Self-Help Book Recommendations

The healing journey can feel daunting because many of us were not taught healing practices by our parents or in school. Therefore, it can be really helpful to continuously educate ourselves throughout the healing journey so that we can become aware of our triggers, emotional patterns, and how our pasts may still be impacting us today.

I know that finding a good self-help book can be difficult, so I compiled this list of some of my favorites. 

Here are my Book Recommendations….

For those Starting their Healing Journey:

• It Wasn’t Your Fault: Freeing Yourself from the Shame of Childhood Abuse with the Power of Self-Compassion by Beverly Engel

• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

• How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePera

• The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith by Gabrielle Bernstein

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle

• Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza

• The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

For Healing from Rape & Sexual Abuse:

• Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

• Tao Tantric Arts for Women: Cultivating Sexual Energy, Love, and Spirit by Minke de Vos

• Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

• The Sexual Healing Journey by Wendy Maltz

• The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass

For Healing from Trauma:

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine

• The Courage to Rise: Using Movement, Mindfulness, and Healing Foods to Triumph over Trauma by Liz Arch 

For Growing & Healing Relationships:

• Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt

• The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman

• Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD   

For Healing from Infidelity

• The State Of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity - a book for anyone who has ever loved by Esther Perel

• Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt

• The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman

• Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD

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