Book Recommendations

• 8 Rules of Love by Jay Shetty
• The Power of Attachment by Diane Poole Heller
• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
• Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships by David Schnarch PhD
• The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work by Terrence Real
• Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship by Terrence Real
• Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment by Gay Hendricks PhD, Emily Durante, et al.
• The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy (The Seven Days Series) by John Gottman PhD
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman PhD
• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson EdD
• The Hold Me Tight Workbook: A Couple's Guide for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson EdD
• Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing by Coleman Barks
• The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition by Jalal al-Din Rumi
• All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
• Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Lover: 101 True Stories of Soul Mates Brought Together by Divine Intervention by Arielle Ford
• The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
• BEQOMING: Everything You Didn't Know You Wanted by Azrya Bequer
• The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire (20th Anniversary Edition) by David Deida
• Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide To Men, Sex, And Love's Deepest Bliss by David Deida
• Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After by Katherine Woodward Thomas
• Calling in "The One" Revised and Expanded: 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life by Katherine Woodward Thomas
• Love, Freedom, Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships by Osho
• Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate by Stan Tatkin PsyD MFT
• How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It by Patricia Love

COMMUNICATION:

• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD

SEXUALITY:

• Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
• Your Blueprint for Pleasure by Jaiya
• Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer
• The MultiOrgasmic Couple by Mantak Chia
• The Inner Smile: Increasing Chi through the Cultivation of JoyThe Inner Smile: Increasing Chi through the Cultivation of Joy by Mantak Chia
• Awaken Healing Energy Through The Tao: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power by Mantak Chia
• Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy by Mantak Chia
• Sacred Sexual Healing: The SHAMAN Method of Sex Magic by Kamala Devi
• The Pleasure Is All Yours: Reclaim Your Body's Bliss and Reignite Your Passion for Life by Rachel Allyn
• The Art of Sexual Ecstasy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers by Margot Anand
• The Magdalen Manuscript: The Alchemies of Horus & the Sex Magic of Isis by Tom Kenyon

• The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain  by Louis Cozolino
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Pat Ogden Ph.D.
• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz
• You Are the One You've Been Waiting For (Internal Family Systems) by Richard C. Schwartz
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Steven C. Hayes
• Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress by Manuela Mischke-Reeds
• The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron Ph.D
• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
• Man's Search for Meaning by Frankl, Viktor E.
• Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess - 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking by Dr. Caroline Leaf
• The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness by Douglas J. Lisle
• Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives by Pia Mellody
• Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love by Pia Mellody
• DBT® Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition by Marsha M. Linehan
• DBT Skills Training Manual, Second Edition by Marsha M. Linehan
• How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan

TRAUMA & NERVOUS SYSTEM:

• In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores GoodnessIn an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine
• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
• Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic MemoryTrauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory by Peter A. Levine
• The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease by Robert Scaer
• On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace by Dave Grossman
• Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Deb Dana
• The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Deb Dana

GRIEF:

• The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of GriefThe Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
• Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse

• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
• Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
• Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Walidah Imarisha
• My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
• Rac(e)ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms by H. Richard Milner IV
• The Enduring, Invisible, and Ubiquitous Centrality of Whiteness by Kenneth V. Hardy
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith
• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
• Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo williams
• Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger by Lama Rod Owens
• Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof
• Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight by Stephanie Hepburn
• Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy by John Bowe
• Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front by Myriam Denov
• Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales
• Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy by Moises Naim
• A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power
• A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
• Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor
• We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
• Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by Nelson Mandela
• Interventions: A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan
• Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Robert Paarlberg
• Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty by Roger Thurow
• The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs
• Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present by Adam Roberts
• Carbon Dharma: The Occupation of Butterflies by Sailesh Rao
• How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger M.D.
• Carbon Yoga: The Vegan Metamorphosis by Sailesh Rao
• Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
• Secret History: The CIA's Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala 1952-1954 by Nick Cullather

• Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith
• Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System (Llewellyn's New Age Series) by Anodea Judith
• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz
• The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
• The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery (Toltec Wisdom) by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Be Still and Listen: A Guide to Unlocking Your Intuition by Jeff Bomberger
• Be Here Now by Ram Dass
• How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss
• Emotion and Healing in the Energy Body: A Handbook of Subtle Energies in Massage and Yoga by Robert Henderson
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon by Dr. Joe Dispenza
• Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza
• You are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza
• Evolve Your Brain by Dr. Joe Dispenza
• Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom by Rod Stryker 
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: 25th Anniversary Edition by Sogyal Rinpoche
• Imagine Heaven: Near Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future that Awaits You by John Burke
• Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing by Anita Moorjani
• Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers by Thich Nhat Hanh
• The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
• Siddhartha: A Novel by Hermann Hesse
• Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
• Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul: 101 True Stories of Angels, Miracles, and Healings by Arielle Ford
• The Sophia Code: A Living Transmission from The Sophia Dragon Tribe by Kaia Ra
• Chicken Soup for the Soul 20th Anniversary Edition: All Your Favorite Original Stories Plus 20 Bonus Stories for the Next 20 Years by Jack Canfield
• The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World by Amit Goswami
• Ritual Baths: Be Your Own Healer by Deborah Hanekamp
• The Inner Matrix: A Guide to Transforming Your Life and Awakening Your Spirit by Joey Klein
• Womb Awakening: Initiatory Wisdom from the Creatrix of All Life by Azra Bertrand M.D.
• The Book of Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred in Everyday Life by Sandra Ingerman MA
• Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential by Caroline Myss
• Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field by Barbara Brennan

• You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay 
• Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
• Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
• I Need Your Love - Is That True?: How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead by Byron Katie
• Own the Day, Own Your Life: Optimized Practices for Waking, Working, Learning, Eating, Training, Playing, Sleeping, and Sex by Aubrey Marcus
• The Right Words at the Right Time by Marlo Thomas
• Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself by Lynne Twist
• The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change by Adam Braun
• Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities by Ali Smith
• The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World's Happiest People by Dan Buettner
• If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging by Sharon Blackie
• The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu
• The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living by Scott Nearing
• Literature: World Masterpieces by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
• The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz
• Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World by Samantha Power

CHILDREN'S BOOKS:

• Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess
• What to do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada
• A little story about the biggest thing that ever happened by William Dalton

YOGA/MEDITATION:

• Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life by Judith Hanson Lasater
• The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T. K. V. Desikachar
• The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within by Osho
• Tantra: The Supreme Understanding by Osho
• Moving Inward: The Journey to Meditation by Rolf Sovik

ANATOMY:

• Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater
• Applied Anatomy & Physiology for Manual Therapists by Pat Archer MS ATC LMP
• Massage Therapist’s Guide to Pathology: Critical Thinking and Practical Application by Ruth Werner LMP NCTMB
• A Colorful Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Brain: A Brain and Psychology Coloring Book (2nd Edition) by John P.J. Pinel and Maggie Edwards

• Expecting Better
• Bringing Up Bebe
• Cribsheet
• Hunt, Gather, Parent
• What to expect when you're Expecting
• AGOC Handbook
• The Happiest Baby on the Block
• The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
• The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions
• Articles for Postpartum:
  • Sleep Training from Birth: Tips for 1-6 Week Olds (https://thepeacefulsleeper.com/sleep-training-from-birth-newborn/)
  • Why Do Babies Cry: The Nine Different Sounds and What They Mean (https://www.firstdiscoverers.co.uk/why-do-babies-cry-different-sounds-and-what-they-mean/)
• Baby-Led Weaning (Rapley & Murkett)
• The Coddling of the American Mind
• There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather
• Operating Instructions by Ann Lamott
• Birth Without Fear
• What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood (Sacks & Birndorf)
• Nurture
• Why Did No One Tell Me This? The Doula's (Honest) Guide for Expectant Parents
• Precious Little Sleep: The Complete Baby Guide for Modern Parents
• Feeding Littles & Beyond (Maffucci)
• Baby Sign Language: More Than 150 Signs Baby Can Use and Understand (Diane Ryan)
• Baby Sign Language Songs & Games Age 0-3 (Lane Rebelo)