Boundaries
Books
Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You — Patricia Evans
Set Boundaries, Find Peace — Nedra Glover Tawwab
The Gifts of Imperfection — Brené Brown
Rising Strong — Brené Brown
Online Resources
Brené Brown — https://brenebrown.com/
Domestic Violence
Books
Why Does He Do That? — Lundy Bancroft
Was It Even Abuse? Restoring Clarity After Covert Abuse — Emma Rose Byham
When Dad Hurts Mom — Lundy Bancroft
No Visible Bruises — Rachel Louise Snyder
Online Resources
DomesticShelters.org — https://www.domesticshelters.org
Central Concepts in Getting Free From Abuse — Lundy Bancroft
https://lundybancroft.com/five-central-concepts-in-getting-free-from-abuse/
Eating Disorders
Books
The Wisdom of Your Body — Hillary L. McBride
Intuitive Eating — Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
Online Resources
Yoga4EatingDisorders — https://yoga4eatingdisorders.com
Encouragement
Online Resources
Letters From Love, Elizabeth Gilbert — https://elizabethgilbert.substack.com/
Financial Assistance
Online Resources
Grants for Single Mothers — https://singlemothersgrants.org
Local US Food Banks Directory — https://www.feedingamerica.org/
Finding Yourself / Vocation
Books
Finding Your Own North Star — Martha Beck
The Way of Integrity — Martha Beck
Let Your Life Speak — Parker Palme
Fawning
Online Resources
Fawning — Trauma Rewired Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fawn-sexual-fawn/id1537602643?i=1000628228225
Healing & Self Growth
Books
Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible — Ruth King
The Mindful Self Compassion Workbook - Kristen Neff
Sister Outsider — Audre Lorde
The Language of Emotions — Karla McLaren
Try Softer — Aundi Kolber
Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It for Good — Kimberly Ann Johnson
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory — Deb Dana
Online Resources
Bloom for Women — https://bloomforwomen.com
What Is a Glimmer? (It’s the opposite of a trigger) — https://www.charliehealth.com/post/what-are-glimmers-how-they-benefit-mental-health
Self-Compassion — Kristin Neff — https://selfcompassion.org
The Resilience Toolkit — https://theresiliencetoolkit.co
Illness / Auto Immune Disorders
Books
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice — Raj Patel & Rupa Marya
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture — Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté
When the Body Says No: The Hidden Cost of Stress — Gabor Maté
Leadership
Books
Dare to Lead — Brené Brown
Online Resources
Memoirs of Healing
Books
Group — Christie Tate
Surviving: Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships — Beverly Gooden
The Choice — Edith Eva Eger
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma — Dr. Stephanie Foo
Finding Me — Viola Davis
Narcissism / Difficult Co-Parenting
Books
Controlling People — Patricia Evans
Disarming the Narcissist — Dr. Wendy T. Behary
Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone With Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder — Bill Eddy
The High-Conflict Co-Parenting Survival Guide — Megan Hunter & Andrea LaRochelle
Online Resources
High Conflict Institute — https://www.highconflictinstitute.com
Parenting
Books
Hold On to Your Kids — Gabor Maté & Gordon Neufeld
When Dad Hurts Mom — Lundy Bancroft
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk — Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Raising Good Humans — Hunter Clarke-Young
Parenting Effectiveness Training — Dr. Thomas Gordon
Good Inside — Dr. Becky Kennedy
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child — John M. Gottman & Joan DeClaire
Online Resources
Raising Embodied Boys — Holistic Life Navigation Podcast (Episode 281)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ahB4myshugd1rUvFVdxSupporting Your Boys Through Puberty — Episode 282
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2BeQ4GAxmeGVyRNl3o8JsPInterrupting Teenage Isolation — Episode 284
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ukRdQyhO8Rt2MbYVWXtqkUnruffled Podcast Janet Landsburyhttps://www.janetlansbury.com/podcast-audio/
Presenting in Court
Online Resources
Kaitlyn Jorgensen — Instagram: @kaitlyn.jorgensen
Relationships
Books
What Makes Love Last? How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal — John Gottman & Nan Silver
How to Be an Adult in Relationships — David Richo
Atlas of the Heart, Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience — Brené Brown
The Love Prescription — John M. Gottman & Julie Schwartz Gottman
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work — John M. Gottman
Online Resources
The Good Enough Relationship — https://www.gottman.com/blog/truth-expectations-relationships/
Gottman Institute, a research based approach to relationships— https://www.gottmaninstitute.com
Esther Perel, resources for relationships and intimacy— https://www.estherperel.com/
What Makes Love Last Podcast Episode on Unlocking Us (Brené Brown & the Gottmans)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bren%C3%A9-with-drs-john-and-julie-gottman-on-what-makes-love-last/id1494350511?i=1000645343264
Religious / Spiritual
Books
Psalms for Praying — Nan Merrill
The Gift — Hafiz
Online Resources
Liturgies for Parents, breath prayers for parents — https://www.liturgiesforparents.com/
Genesis Project — relapse prevention / recovery, Christian oriented https://www.genesisprocess.org
Muslimahs Against Abuse - Muslim oriented abuse recovery and prevention https://ma-ac.org/
Trauma
Books
Trauma and Recovery — Judith Herman
It Didn’t Start With You — Mark Wolynn
The Biology of Trauma — Aimie Apigian
Online Resources
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
https://www.isst-d.org/
Young Adult Resources
Online Resources
One Love Empowering young people to see the signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships
Love Is Respect Healthy Relationships for young adults
