RECOMMENDED READS: GROWTH & HEALING
Thoughtfully selected books to support you through every season of growth—whether you're healing old wounds, nurturing self-compassion, exploring identity, or deepening your connection with yourself and others.
Emotional Wellness, Healing & Grow
Explore these powerful books for self-understanding, compassion, and healing from emotional wounds—whether you're just beginning your journey or deepening the work.
✓ The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
✓ Atlas of the Heart – Brené Brown
✓ Self-Compassion – Kristin Neff
✓ The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook – Neff & Germer
✓ It Didn’t Start with You – Mark Wolynn
✓ No Bad Parts – Richard C. Schwartz
✓ Healing Your Inner Child – Robert Jackman
✓ Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach
✓ The Mountain Is You – Brianna Wiest
✓ Emotional Self-Care for Black Women – Valerie C. Thompkins
✓ Set Boundaries, Find Peace – Nedra Glover Tawwab
✓ What Happened to You? – Oprah Winfrey & Dr. Bruce Perry
✓ Crowned – Tatiana Jerome
✓ Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay C. Gibson
✓ Drama Free – Nedra Glover Tawwab
Attachment, Relationships & Intimacy
Books to help you understand how you connect with others—romantically, platonically, and everything in between. These titles explore attachment styles, healthy boundaries, and emotional safety.
✓ Attached – Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
✓ Codependent No More – Melody Beattie
✓ Come as You Are – Emily Nagoski
✓ The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
✓ Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus – John Gray
✓ The Guide to Getting It On – Paul Joannides
✓ Polysecure – Jessica Fern
✓ I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me – Kreisman & Straus
✓ Stop Walking on Eggshells – Mason & Kreger
Gender, Body Image & Identity
Celebrate self-expression, body liberation, and identity. These reads support those navigating gender, body acceptance, or the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals.
✓ The Body Is Not an Apology – Sonya Renee Taylor
✓ Beyond the Gender Binary – Alok Vaid-Menon
✓ You Just Need to Lose Weight – Aubrey Gordon
✓ This Is Our Rainbow – Katherine Locke et al.
✓ Life Without Ed – Jenni Schaefer
Parenting & Co-Parenting
Parenting is both beautiful and hard. These books support emotionally attuned, connected, and respectful parenting—whether you’re co-parenting, raising a strong-willed child, or navigating divorce.
✓ The Whole-Brain Child – Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
✓ No-Drama Discipline – Siegel & Bryson
✓ Parenting the Strong-Willed Child – Rex Forehand
✓ How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
✓ The Highly Sensitive Child – Elaine Aron
✓ Parenting with Love and Logic – Foster Cline & Jim Fay
✓ Treating Explosive Kids – Ross Greene
✓ The Invisible String – Patrice Karst
✓ BIFF for Co-Parent Communication – Bill Eddy
✓ Don’t Alienate the Kids – Bill Eddy
✓ Overcoming the Alienation Crisis – Foster, Campbell, & McGowan
✓ Raising Good Humans – Hunter Clarke-Fields
✓ The Conscious Parent – Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Children’s Books for Big Feelings & Life Changes
Kid-friendly, therapist-approved stories to help little ones understand emotions, change, mindfulness, and empathy in a gentle, engaging way.
✓ Two Homes – Claire Masurel
✓ A Terrible Thing Happened – Margaret Holmes
✓ Listen Like an Elephant – Amanda Greenslade
✓ The Color Monster – Anna Llenas
✓ My Magic Breath – Nick Ortner
✓ Ruby Finds a Worry – Tom Percival
✓ All Are Welcome – Alexandra Penfold