Book recommendations
On boundaries, codependency, and burnout
Set Boundaries, Find Peace (Nedra Glover Tawwab)
Burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle (Emily and Amelia Nagoski)
Codependent No More (Melody Beattie)
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: how to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents (Lindsay Gibson)
On relationships, attachment, and sex
Love Sense: the revolutionary new science of romantic relationships (Sue Johnson)
Hold Me Tight: seven conversations for a lifetime of love (Sue Johnson)
Attached: the new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find and keep love (Amir Levine)
A General Theory of Love (Lewis, Amini, &Lannon)
Come as You Are: the surprising new science that will transform your sex life (Emily Nagoski)
Shameless: A Sexual Reformation (Nadia Bolz-Weber)
Anything by Sue Johnson or John & Julie Gottman
On trauma and stress
The Body Keeps the Score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma (Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: the acclaimed guide to stress, stress related diseases, and coping (Robert Saplsky)
What Happened To You?: conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing
On resiliency and hope
Man’s Search for Meaning (Victor Frankl)
The Gift: 12 lessons to save your life (Edith Eger)
Option B: facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy (Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant)
On self-compassion and self-care
Self-compassion: the proven power of being kind to yourself (Kristin Neff)
Buy Yourself the Fucking Lillies: and other rituals to fix your life from someone who’s been there (Tara Shuster)
Present over Perfect: leaving behind frantic for a simpler, more soulful way of living (Shauna Niequist)
On vulnerability, becoming, and authenticity
Untamed (Glennon Doyle)
Daring Greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead (Brené Brown)
Braving the Wilderness: the quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone (Brené Brown)
Rising Strong: the reckoning, the rumble, the revolution (Brené Brown)
On therapy
The Gift of Therapy: an open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients (Irvin Yalom)
On Becoming a Person: a therapist’s view of psychotherapy (Carl Rogers)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb)
Group: how one therapist and a circle of strangers changed my life (Christie Tate)