Resources & Recommendations

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How to Develop Self Compassion

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Recommended Readings

Books by Christina Northrup:

  • Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

  • Goddesses Never Age

  • The Wisdom of Menopause

  • Mother Daughter Wisdom

  • Beautiful Girl

Books by Melody Beattie:

  • Codependent No More

  • Daily Meditation Book of Healing

  • The Language of Letting Go

  • The New Codependency

  • Beyond Codependency

  • Choices

  • Stop Being Mean to Yourself

Books by Claudia Black:

  • It Can Never Happen to Me

  • Changing Course

  • Unspoken Legacy: Impact of Trauma and Addiction

  • Deceived: Facing The Trauma of Sexual Betrayal

 

Books by Jane Middleton-Moz:

  • After the Tears

  • Shame and Guilt

  • Children of Trauma

Books by Pia Mellody:

  • Facing Codependence

  • Facing Love and Addiction

  • The Intimacy Factor

Books by Esther Perel:

  • The State of Affairs

  • Mating in Captivity

Books by Judith Orloff:

  • The Empath’s Survival Guide

  • Emotional Freedom

Books by Beverly Engel:

  • Healing Your Emotional Self

  • The Emotionally Abused Woman

  • The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome: What to do if someone in your life has a dual personality - or if you do

  • Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman

  • The Parenthood Decision

  • It Wasn’t Your Fault

Books by Charlotte Kasl:

  • Women, Sex, Addiction

  • Many Roads, One Journey

  • A Home for the Heart

More Books:

  • Growing Beyond Survival - Elizabeth Vermilyea

  • My Mother, Myself - Nancy Friday

  • Molecules of Emotion - Candace Pert

  • Gift From The Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Books for Parents:

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

  • Raising Your Spirited Child - Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

  • 1-2-3 Magic, Effective Discipline for Children 2-12, 3rd Edition - Thomas W. Phelan, PhD

  • Change your Brain, Change Your Life - Daniel G. Amen, MD

  • Delivered From Distraction - Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder - Edward Hallowell, MD

  • The Bipolar Child - Demitri Papolos, MD & Janice Papolos

  • Overcoming Depression - Demitri Papolos, MD & Janice Papolos

  • Friends Forever: How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make and Keep Good Friends - Fred Frankel

  • Why Don’t They Like Me? Helping Your Child Make and Keep Friends - Susan M. Sheridan