Book Recommendations

  • The Realm of Hungry Ghosts (Gabor Mate) – Explores the science and human stories behind addiction, offering insight into its roots and paths toward recovery and compassion.

  • Social Anxiety:

    Improv(e) Your Conversations (Patrick King) – Shows how improv principles can help you communicate more confidently, listen better, and build stronger connections in everyday conversations.

    It’s Not Always Depression (Hilary Jacobs Hendel) - Helps readers understand how buried emotions, trauma and defense patterns — not just “depression” — can undermine well‑being, and offers the Change Triangle as a practical framework to reconnect with core feelings and reclaim authentic self‑understanding.

  • Scattered Minds (Gabor Mate) - explores how ADHD develops through a complex interplay of early childhood environment, emotional stress, and neurological sensitivity.

    Children:

    Smart but Scattered (Dr. Peg Dawson & Dr. Richard Guare) - A practical guide to supporting executive functioning in kids with ADHD

    The Explosive Child (Dr. Ross Greene) - While not ADHD-specific, it offers compassionate approaches for understanding and supporting children with emotional dysregulation

    What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew (Dr. Sharon Saline) - Written with input from kids with ADHD, providing insight into their experiences and needs.

    Adults:

    ADHD 2.0 (Dr. Edward Hallowell & Dr. John Ratey) - A modern update on ADHD research, including strategies for thriving with ADHD in today’s world.

    Driven to Distraction (Dr. Edward Hallowell & Dr. John Ratey) - Written by two psychiatrists with ADHD, covering both scientific and personal perspectives on ADHD.

    Taking Charge of Adult ADHD (Dr. Russell Barkley) - One of the most scientifically rigorous books on ADHD, focusing on executive functioning, treatment options, and practical strategies.

    Your Brain’s Not Broken (Tamara Rosier, PhD) - A compassionate and practical book on managing ADHD, especially emotional regulation and productivity struggles.

    Women:

    Divergent Mind (Jenara Nerenberg) - Focuses on neurodivergence in women, including ADHD and autism, and how it’s often misunderstood.

    Women with ADHD (Sari Solden & Michelle Frank) - Explores how ADHD presents differently in women and AFAB individuals, with practical strategies for managing symptoms.

  • The Wisdom of Your Body (Hillary L. McBride) - Helps you reconnect with your body — offering psychological insight, trauma healing, and practical embodiment practices to reclaim wholeness, presence, and self‑compassion.

  • Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life (Jan Black) – Empowers readers to recognize their limits, assert their needs, and build a life grounded in self-respect.

    Codependent No More (Melody Beattie) - Helps readers recognize and break patterns of codependency, set healthy boundaries, and reclaim personal autonomy in relationships.

    Set Boundaries, Find Peace (Nedra Tawwab) – A practical guide to identifying, communicating, and maintaining boundaries to create healthier relationships and a calmer life.

    The Language of Letting Go (Melodie Beattie) – Daily reflections that help readers practice healthy detachment, self-care, and emotional freedom.

  • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking The Stress Cycle (Emily & Amanda Nagoski) - Explains how to complete the body’s stress response to prevent burnout and reclaim energy, joy, and balance in life.

  • The Explosive Child (Ross W. Greene) - Practical strategies to build a collaborative relationship with your child to work through problems together.

  • The Artist’s Way (Julia Cameron) – A guide to unlocking creativity and self-expression through practical exercises, reflection, and reclaiming your inner artist.

  • It’s Not Always Depression (Hilary Jacobs Hendel) - Helps readers understand how buried emotions, trauma and defense patterns — not just “depression” — can undermine well‑being, and offers the Change Triangle as a practical framework to reconnect with core feelings and reclaim authentic self‑understanding.

  • Children:

    The Invisible String (Patrice Karst) - A gentle story that helps children understand grief, loss, and the enduring connections of love through the metaphor of an invisible string.

    Pet Loss:

    Invisible Leash (Patrice Karst) – A comforting story that helps readers—especially children, but meaningful for all—feel connected to a pet’s love even after they’ve passed.

    The Last Walk (Jessica Pierce) – A reflective exploration of the final stages of a pet’s life, offering insight, science, and compassion for both animals and their humans.

  • No Bad Parts (Richard D. Schwartz) - Introduces Internal Family Systems therapy, showing how embracing all aspects of ourselves leads to healing, self-compassion, and inner harmony.

    You’re The One You’ve Been Waiting For (Richard D. Schwartz) - Introduces Internal Family Systems therapy, showing readers how to understand their inner parts, resolve internal conflicts, and cultivate lasting self-compassion and emotional healing.

  • Attached (Amir Levine & Rachel S. F. Heller) - Attached explains adult attachment styles and shows how understanding them can help people build healthier, more secure romantic relationships.

    Codependent No More (Melody Beattie) - Helps readers recognize and break patterns of codependency, set healthy boundaries, and reclaim personal autonomy in relationships.

    The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins) - A straightforward, practical guide that teaches you to stop trying to control other people and instead redirect your energy toward your own emotional well‑being, boundaries, and personal growth with the simple mantra “Let Them / Let Me.”

    Romantic Relationships:

    Come Together (Emily Nagoski) - Offers practical insights into building stronger, healthier relationships through science-backed communication and connection strategies.

    You’re the One You’ve Been Waiting For (Richard D. Schwartz) -Introduces Internal Family Systems therapy, showing readers how to understand their inner parts, resolve internal conflicts, and cultivate lasting self-compassion and emotional healing.

    Friendships:

    What Did I Do Wrong? (Liz Pryor) – Offers compassionate guidance for understanding and coping with the pain of an unexpected friendship breakup when the reasons feel unclear.

  • It’s Not Always Depression (Hilary Jacobs Hendel) - Helps readers understand how buried emotions, trauma and defense patterns — not just “depression” — can undermine well‑being, and offers the Change Triangle as a practical framework to reconnect with core feelings and reclaim authentic self‑understanding.

    No Bad Parts (Richard C. Schwartz) - Introduces Internal Family Systems therapy, showing how embracing all aspects of ourselves leads to healing, self-compassion, and inner harmony.

    The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel A. Van Kolk) – Explores how trauma shapes the brain and body, and how healing is possible through both mind- and body-based therapies.

    The Myth of Normal (Gabor Mate) – Examines how modern society contributes to illness and disconnection, arguing that trauma is far more widespread—and normalized—than we realize.

    The Wisdom of Your Body (Hillary L. McBride) - Helps you reconnect with your body — offering psychological insight, trauma healing, and practical embodiment practices to reclaim wholeness, presence, and self‑compassion.

    What Happened to You? (Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey) – A conversation about how trauma and adversity shape behavior, shifting the question from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”

    What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo) – A memoir detailing the author’s journey through complex PTSD and her process of understanding and healing long-term trauma.