Suggested Reading

10 books we highly recommend

1. Daniel Siegel - The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
2. Bruce Lipton - The Biology of Belief: unleashing the power of consciousness, matter, and miracles.
3. Joseph Chilton Pearce - Magical Child
4. John Lee - Growing Yourself Back Up
5. John Bradshaw - Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child
6. Melody Beattie - Codependent no More
7. Louis Cozolino - The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain
8. Tomas Verny - The Secret Life of the Unborn Child
9. BonniePema Chodron - When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
10. Angeles Arrien - The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary

Addictions and Recovery

• John Bradshaw - Healing the Shame that Binds You
• Robert Burney - Codependence: Dance of Wounded Souls —A Cosmic Perspective of Codependence and the Human Condition
• Patrick Carnes - Don’t Call It Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction
• Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction
• Judy Hollis - Fat is a Family Affair
• Pia Mellody - Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives
• Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love —The Love Connection to Codependence

Creativity

• Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
• Vein of Gold - A Journey to Your Creative Heart
• Susan O’Doherty - Getting Unstuck Without Coming Unglued: A Woman’s Guide to Unblocking Creativity

Emotional Release

• Arthur Janov - The New Primal Scream: Primal Therapy Twenty Years On
• The Primal Scream: Primal Therapy —The Cure for Neurosis
• Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health
• John Lee - Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately
• T.I. Rubin - The Angry Book

Family/Parenting/Childhood

• Thomas Armstrong - The Radiant Child
• Seven Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing Your Multiple Intelligences
• Robin Karr-Morse & Meredith S. Wiley - Ghosts From the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence
• R.D. Laing - The Politics of the Family, and Other Essays
• Ken Magid - High Risk: Children Without a Conscience
• Alice Miller - Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
• For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
• Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society’s Betrayal of the Child
• Mary Piper - The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families
• Virginia Satir - New Peoplemaking
• Daniel Siegel & Mary Hartzell- Parenting From the Inside Out

Grief

• Margaret Bouvard & Evelyn Gladu - The Path Through Grief: A Compassionate Guide
• John Bowlby - Loss: Sadness and Depression
• Alexandra Kennedy - Your Loved Ones Live On Within You
• Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - On Death and Dying
• Christine Longaker - Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Core of Dying
• Sukie Miller - Finding Hope When a Child Dies: What Other Cultures Can Teach Us
• Raymond Moody Jr. & Diane Arcangel - Life After Loss: Conquering Grief and Finding Hope
• Ashley Davis Prend - Transcending Loss: Understanding the Lifelong Impact of Grief and How to Make It Meaningful
• Phil Rich - The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery
• Dr. Catherine M. Sanders - Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again
• Judy Tattlebaum - The Courage to Grieve

Inner Child Work

• Jeremiah Abrams, Editor - Reclaiming the Inner Child
• Margaret Paul - Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child
• Cathryn Taylor - The Inner Child Workbook: What to Do With Your Past When It Just Won’t Go Away

Pre- and Perinatal Psychology

• Arthur Janov - Imprints: The Lifelong Effects of the Birthing Process
• Marshall Klaus - Your Amazing Newborn
• Ashley Montagu - Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin
• Peter Nathanielsz - Life In the Womb: The Origins of Health and Disease
• Randolph Heiniger - Kids Learn from the Inside Out
• Tomas Verny - The Secret Life of the Unborn Child
• Myrium Szejer - Talking with Babies: Healing with Words in a Maternity Ward

Relationships

• Sharon Ellison - Taking the War Out of Our Words: The Art of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication
• John M. Gottman - The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide From the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert
• John M. Gottman & The Relationship Cure: A Five-Step Guide to Strengthening
• Joan DeClaire - Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships
• Harville Hendrix - Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
• Keeping the Love You Find Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved
• Dean Ornish - Love and Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy
• David Schnarch - Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
• Maurice Taylor & Seana McGee - The New Couple: Why the Old Rules Don’t Work and What Does
• Charles Whitfield - Boundaries and Relationships: Knowing, Protecting & Enjoying Self

Self-care

• Elaine Aron - The Highly Sensitive Person
• Jacquelyn Aldana - The 15-Minute Miracle
• Mary Ellen Copeland - Wellness Recovery Action Plan
• Wayne Dyer - Power of Intension: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way
• Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life
• Shad Helmstetter - What to Say When You Talk to Your Self
• Anne Katherine - Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day
• Tama Kieves - This Time I Dance! Trusting the Journey of Creating the Work You Love: How One Harvard Lawyer Left It All to Have It All!
• John Robbins - Reclaiming Our Health
• Thom Rutledge - Embracing Fear and Finding the Courage to Live Your Life
• Manuel Smith - When I Say No, I Feel Guilty

Spirituality

• Deepak Chopra - Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old
• Florinda Donner - Being-in-Dreaming: An Initiation to the Sorcerers’ World
• Foundation for Inner Peace - A Course In Miracles
• Taro Gold - Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Book of Eastern Wisdom
• Willis Harmon - Higher Creativity: Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough Insights
• Roger Housden - Ten Poems to Change Your Life
• Dancing with Joy
• Risking Everything: 110 Poems of Love and Revelation
• Deborah Johnson - Living the Sacred Yes: Affirmations for Action
• Wayne Muller - Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood
• Don Miguel Ruiz - Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
• Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
• Marianne Williamson - The Healing of America
• A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
• A Woman’s Worth
• Gary Zukav - The Seat Of the Soul

Stress Management

• David Burns - The Feeling Good Handbook
• Richard Carlson - Don’t Sweat Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life
• Doc Lew Chidre - Freeze Frame: One Minute Stress Management – A Scientifically Proven Technique for Clear Decision Making and Improved Health
• Peter Williams - You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
• Jon Kabat-Zinn - Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

Trauma

• Judith Herman - Trauma and Recovery
• Maggie Scarf - Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: The Mind/Body Connection
• Peter A. Levine - Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma—The Inner Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

Other

• Daniel Amen - Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
• Bonnie Badenoch - Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology
• Ram Dass - Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
• Stanislav Grof - Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in Psychotherapy
• Candace Pert - Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine
• Daniel Siegel - The Mindful Brain