Books

Grief, Trauma and Post Trauma

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo *This book is fabulous, the first half describes intense abuse and may be triggering
Crying In H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
The Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry *A textbook style guide to trauma’s affect on mind and body
No Happy Endings: A Memoir by Nora McInerny
Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table) by Nora McInerny
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson
The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole by Arielle Schwartz
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations With a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship by Terrence Real
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child the Heart of Parenting by John Gottman and Joan Declaire
Transforming the Difficult Child – The Nurtured Heart Approach and workbook by Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley a really interesting book on parent-child interactions and how to transform them

The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Adventures by Janet W. Hardy
Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships by Tristan Taormino
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron