Resources
“You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness."
– Brenee Brown
Relationships
Are You Mad at Me? How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You by Meg Josephson
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristen Neff
Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power and Thrive by Kristen Neff
It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani Durvasula
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves-and How to Find Our Way Back by Ingrid Clayton
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers by Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Mate
Safe People by Henry Could and John Townsend
Life Transitions
Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky Kennedy
Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown
Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose by Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up In Order to Move Forward by Dr. Henry Cloud
The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on The Caregiving Path by Emma Heming Willis
Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I’m Learning to Say by Kelly Corrigan
Grief
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
Demystifying Death to Live More Fully: Nothing to Fear by Julie McFadden, RN
It’s Okay that You’re Not Ok; Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman
On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler
Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Healing the Impact of Loss by Claire Bidwell Smith
No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler