I’m a big reader. The content we consume directly influences the way we think and therefore my lens of our therapeutic work.
Hopefully you’ll get to know me better through my bookshelf.
My Bookshelf
Memoirs
LOVE WARRIOR
Glennon Doyle
LIAR’S CLUB
Mary Karr
WILD
Cheryl Strayed
EMPTY
Susan Burton
LIT
Mary Karr
I KNOW WHY THE CAGE BIRD SINGS
Maya Angelou
JUST KIDS
Patti Smith
Addiction
CHASING THE SCREAM: THE OPPOSITE OF ADDICTION IS CONNECTION
Johan Hari
IN THE REALM OF HUNGRY CHOSTS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH ADDICTION
Gabor Maté
Loss
LET’S TALK ABOUT DEATH OVER DINNER
Michael Hebb
WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR
Paul Kalanithi
KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM: STORIES THAT HEAL
Rachel Naomi Remen
Sense of Self
THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION
Brene Brown
FIRST, WE MAKE THE BEAST BEAUTIFUL
Sarah Wilson
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE
Lori Gottleib
Perinatal
WHEN SURVIVORS GIVE BIRTH
Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus
TRAUMATIC CHILDBIRTH
Cheryl Tatano Beck
MINDFUL BIRTHING
Nancy Bardacke
BEYOND THE EGG TIMER
Sharon Praissman Fisher & Emma Williams
Wellbeing and Sustainability
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE
Michael Pollan
MYCELIUM RUNNING
Paul Stamets
PARENTING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Elizabeth Bechard
Trauma
SEXUAL HEALING: A GUIDE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS
Wendy Maltz
MY ABSOULTE DARLING
Gabriel Tallent
IN AN UNSPOKEN VOICE: THE BODY RELEASES TRAUMA AND RESTORES GOODNESS
Peter Levine
THE BODY KEEPS SCORE
Bessel van der Kolk
LETTING GO OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS
Lisa Ferentz
THE COURAGE TO HEAL: A GUIDE FOR WOMEN SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE
Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
AMERICAN DIRT
Jeanine Cummins
BECOMING SAFELY EMBODIED
Deirdre Fay
YOUR RESONANT SELF
Sarah Peyton
Racial Justice
WHITE FRAGILITY
Robin DiAngelo
CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENT
Isabel Wilkerson
WHITE TEETH
Zadie Smith
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE
Ijeoma Oluo
JUST MERCY
Bryan Stevenson
Relationships
THE NEW RULES OF MARRIAGE
Terrance Real
HOLD ME TIGHT
Dr. Sue Johnson
MATING IN CAPTIVITY
Esther Perel
Sexual Health
COME AS YOU ARE: THE SURPRISING NEW SCIENCE THAT WILL TRASNFORM YOUR SEX LIFE
Emily Nagoski
SHE COMES FIRST
Ian Kerner
Spirituality
MINDFULNESS IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Henepola Gunaratana
TRUE REFUGE
Tara Brach
THE ART OF JOY
14th Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler
MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING
Viktor Frankl
THE WISDOM OF NO ESCAPE AND THE PATH OF LOVING KINDNESS
Pema Chödrön
BECOMING WISE
Krista Tippett
WHY FISH DON’T EXIST
Lulu Miller
The Journey
SHANTARAM
Gregory David Roberts
TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Cheryl Strayed
Food & Eating
THE INTUITIVE EATING WORKBOOK
Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch