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Rest is Resistance: Free Yourself From Grind Culture and Reclaim Your Life by Tricia Hersey
Heart Minded: How to Hold Yourself and Others in Love by Sarah Blondin
Mother Hunger by Kelly McDaniel, LPC
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Confidence & Vulnerability
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown, PhD
Awakening Joy by James Baraz
Learning to Love Yourself by Gay Hendricks PhD
Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent and Feeling Guilty… And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, and Unapologetically Being Yourself by Aziz Gazipura
Self-Compassion: The proven power of being kind to yourself by Kristin Neff, PhD
Ted Talks: The Power of Vulnerability AND Listening to Shame by Brene Brown PhD
Neurodiversity & Neurocomplexity
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You by Jenara Nerenberg
The Highly Sensitive Person: How To Thrive When The World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron PhD
Is this Autism?: A Guide for Clinicians and Everyone Else by Donna Henderson, Sarah Wayland, Jemell White
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, PhD
Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD are So Ashamed and What We Can Do To Help by Richard Pink
Pathological Demand Avoidance (or Persistent Desire for Autonomy) PDF
ADHD or Autism? Article by Dr. Neff
Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Wellbeing of Gifted Adults and Youth by Paula Prober
The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius by Mary-Elaine Jacobson PsyD
Venn Diagram of Autism, ADHD & Giftedness by Katy Higgins Lee, MFT
RelationshipS
Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection by Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman
AUDIO on YouTube: Fight Right Gottman Q&A with Matthias J Barker and Jimmy Knowles
The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships by Diane Poole Heller, PhD
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski PhD
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma: Staci Haines
Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson
Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
Wired For Love by Stan Tatkin PsyD MFT
Trauma
Trauma and The Unbound Body by Judith Blackstone PhD
The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible by Ruth King
Nurturing Resilience by Stephen Terrell and Kathy Kain
Call of the Wild by Kimberly Ann Johnson
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté MD
The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body In The Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk MD
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher
Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, Clare Pain and Daniel Siegel MD
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick
The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner’s Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment by Kathy L Kaine and Alaine Duncan
Relational and Body-Centered Practices for Healing Trauma: Lifting the Burdens of the Past by Sharon Stanely
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map For Recovering From Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker
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