A Good Great Read – This list is meant to interest you and perhaps send you off to the bookstore or library to delve ever deeper.
Relationships/Separation
Gottman, John. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Random House. 1999.
McCoy, Dorothy. The Manipulative Man – Identify his Behaviour, Counter the Abuse and Regain Control. Adams Media. 2006.
Hendrix, Harville and Hunt, Helen LaKelly. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples 20th Anniversary Edition. Holt and Company. 2007.
Dinerman, Sara and Kearns, J.M. How can I be your lover when I’m too busy being your mother? The answer to Becoming Partners Again. NY Simon & Schuster. 2012.
Levine, Amir and Heller, Rachel. Attached. The New Science Of Adult Attachment And How It Can Help You Find – And Keep – Love. Penguin Group. 2011
Bennett, Michael and Bennett, Sarah. F*ck Love: One shrink’s sensible advice for finding a lasting relationship. Touchstone Publishing. 2017
Parenting
Tsabary, Shefali. The Conscious Parent. Namaste Publications. 2010
Norwood, Perdita Kirkness and Wingender, Teri. The Enlightened Stepmother: Revolutionizing the Role. NY Avon Books. 1999.
Stiffelman, Susan. Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kinds While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected. Simon & Schuster. 2010.
Rothchild, Gillian. Dear Mom and Dad: What Kids of Divorce Really Want to Say to Their Parents: More Than 180 ways to Help Your Child Survive Your Divorce. Simon & Schuster. 1999.
Gottman, John. Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting. Simon & Schuster. 1997.
Loss
Chodron, Pema. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Shambala Publications. 1997.
Bloomfield, Harold, H and McWilliams, Peter. How to Survive The Loss Of A Love. Prelude Press. 1991. (On line in full for free).
Ford, Debbie. Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life. HarperCollins. 2001.
Lowrance, Michele. The Good Karma Divorce: Turn Negative Emotions into Positve Actions, and Get On with the Rest of Your Life. HarperCollins. 2011.
Abrahms Spring, Janis. After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful. HarperCollins. 1996.
Kabat-Zinn, Jon, PhD. Full Catastrophe Living Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. Delacorte Press. 1990.
Mind & Body
Levine, Peter. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. North Atlantic Books. 1997
Dweck, Carol. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Random House. 2006.
Van Der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penquin Group. 2014.
Rothschild, Babette. The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment. W.W. Norton and Company Publication. 2000
Katie, Byron, Your Inner Awakening: The Work of Byron Katie: Four Questions That Will Transform Your Life. Simon and Schuster Audio 2007.
www.thework.com website has all the information and tools to do “The Work” for free on line.
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life. NY Hyperion. 1994.
De Becker, Gavin. The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence. Little, Brown & Co, Ltd. 1997.
Bancroft, Lundy. Why Does He DO That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men. The Berkley Publishing Group. 2002.
Siegel, Daniel J. Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. Bantam books. 2011.
Hanson, Rich and Mendius, Richard. The practical neuroscience of Buddha’s Brain happiness, love & wisdom. New Harbinger. 2009.
Bourne, Edmund. The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Ed. New Harbinger Pub. Inc. 2005.
Mate, Gabor. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Knopf Canada. 2009.
Mate, Gabor. When The Body Says No: The cost of Hidden Stress. Knopf Canada. 2004.
Levine, Peter. In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness. North Atlantic Books. 2010
Eskapa, Roy. The Cure for Alcoholism: The Medically Proven Way to Eliminate Alcohol Addiction. BenBella Books. 2012
LGBTQIA
Fairchild, Betty and Hayward, Nancy. Now That You Know: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children, Updated Edition Harvest. 2001.
Kaufman PhD, Gershon. Coming Out of Shame: Transforming Gay and Lesbian Lives. Doubleday. 1996.
