Recommendations.

Influencing Authors and Books



Brene Brown

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. Center City, MN: Hazelden. 2010

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead. New York City: Gotham. 2012

Rising Strong: The Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution. Random House. 2015

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone. Random House. 2017

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Random House. 2018



Glennon Doyle

Carry On, Warrior. Scribner. 2013

Love Warrior. Flatiron Books. 2016

Untamed. Dial Press. 2020



Edith Eger

The Choice - Embrace the Possible. Scribner, 2017

The Gift - 12 Lessons to Save Your Life. Ebury Publishing, 2020



Ekhart Tolle

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Namaste Publishing, 1997

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, Dutton, October 11, 2005



Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications. 2007

The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection. New York, NY: Harmony Books. 2015



Marshall Rosenberg

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Third Edition. Encinitas, CA: PuddleDancer Press. 2015



Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body is not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishing, Inc. 2021

Your Body is not an Apology: WORKBOOK, 2021


Marc Wollyn

It Didn’t Start With You: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how we change the cycle. Penguin Audio, 2016

Marc Brackett

Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive. New York, NY. Celadon Books. 2019



Don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements. San Rafael, CA. Amber Allen Publishing. 1997



Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

Attached: The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find – and keep – love. New York, NY. Tarcher Perigree. 2010



Bruce Fisher and Robert Alberti

Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends. Third Edition. Atascadero, CA. Impact Publishers. 2006





Recommended Podcasts

Unlocking Us

Checking in with Susan David

the mel robbins podcast

Ten Percent Happier

The Happiness Lab

Armchair Expert

Hidden Brain

On Being

Work/Life

The Whole Therapist





Mental Health Links



The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information and counseling resources:


Alcoholics Anonymous


Center for Online Addiction


Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder


National Center for PTSD


Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse


The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website


Depression and How Therapy Can Help


Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics


SAMHSA's Suicide Prevention


Suicide Awareness Voices of Education


Internet Mental Health



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