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White Folks

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robyn DiAngelo

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

Beverly Daniel Tatum

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm 

Robyn DiAngelo

White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

Regina Jackson & Saira Rao

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Layla Saad

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 

Ibram X. Kendi

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color 

Ruby Hamad

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

Emotions + Emotional Intelligence 

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Brene Brown

Language of Emotions

Karla Mclaren 

Trauma

It Didn't Start With You

Mark Wolynn

My Grandmother's Hands

Resmaa Menakem

Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma

Peter Levine

What my Bones Know

Stephanie Foo

What Happened To You?

Bruce Perry

When The Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

Gabor Mate

The Body Keeps The Score

Bessel Van Der Kolk 

Complex PTSD: From Surviving To Thriving

Peter Walker

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

Richard C. Schwartz

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Nadine Burke Harris

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

Body Image

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation

Hilary Kinavey

Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

Linda Bacon

BIPOC Resources

The Pain We Carry: Healing From Complex PTSD For People of Color

Natalie Y. Gutierrez

The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve 

Rheeda Walker

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing 

Joy A. Degruy

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Mary Frances-Winters

Emotional Self-Care for Black Women: Discover How to Raise Your Self-Esteem, Eliminate Negative Thinking and Heal from Past Traumas Even if Your Life is Chaotic Right Now 

Alicia Magoro

Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity

Soo Jin Lee

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning 

Kathy Park Hong

Homecoming: Healing Trauma to Reclaim Your Authentic Self

Thema Bryant

Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind

Fariha Roisin

WOMEN

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Clarissa Pinkola Estes                                 

Untamed

Glennon Doyle

Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit 

Queen Afua

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

Emily Nagoski

Religion + Deconstruction

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

Sarah McCammon

When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

Laura E. Anderson

Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

Linda Kay Klein

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

Beth Allison Barr

Boundaries

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

Nedra Glover Tawwab

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

Nedra Glover Tawwab

 

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself 

Melody Beattie

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

Henry Cloud

The Book of Boundaries

Melissa Urban

Neurodivergence

ADHD 2.0

Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. John J. Ratey

Divergent Mind 

Jenara Nerenberg

Understanding ADHD

by Robert Jason Grant

Understanding Autism

by Robert Jason Grant

Couples + Relationships

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

Esther Perel

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections

Emily Nagoski

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

Julie Schwartz GottmanJohn M. Gottman

The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy

Julie Schwartz GottmanJohn M. Gottman

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

John M. Gottman, Nan Silver

Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

Julie Schwartz GottmanJohn M. Gottman

She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman

Ian Kerner

Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

Jessica Fern

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

Amir LevineRachel Heller

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

Sue Johnson

Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do

Eve Rodsky

Securely Attached

Eli Harwood

Parenting

Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

Becky Kennedy

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

Adele FaberElaine Mazlish

Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life

Laura Markham

No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame

Janet Lansbury

The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child

Daniel J. Siegel

Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting

John M. GottmanJoan DeClaire

The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

Daniel J. Siegel

Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

Hunter Clarke-Fields

How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

Joanna FaberJulie King

Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids

Mona Delahooke

Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges 

Mona Delahooke

Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors 

Robyn Gobbel

Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child 

Ross W. Greene

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