Psychological Trauma (PTSD & cPTSD/Complex/Relational/Attachment)
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self Involved Parents by Lindsey C. Gibson https://a.co/d/d91ccvN
The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk https://a.co/d/8rLbm6d
Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Generation Trauma by Dr. Mariel Buqué https://a.co/d/er7FY4y
The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Mate https://a.co/d/2CsdLq5
I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
by Terrence Real https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684835398?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_GZ67EVWCZ7RW5X7PMX66_1&bestFormat=true&newOGT=1
It’s Not You: Healing and Identifying from Narcissistic People by Dr. Rumani Durvasala https://a.co/d/5EyADmm
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman, M.D. https://a.co/d/fktuloO
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Dr. Peter Levine https://a.co/d/15TKyaa
Stories of Healing
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover https://a.co/d/hi5HRqT
Everything All At Once: A Memoir by Steph Catudal https://a.co/d/4BcE4JA
Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis https://a.co/d/4reDEmy
To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation by Dr. Frank Anderson https://a.co/d/cDPZUs8
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo https://a.co/d/aAMf0sj
Getting To Know Ourselves/Healing
Addiction to Perfection by Marion Woodman https://a.co/d/cjIeZ6K
How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
by Dr. Nicole LePera https://a.co/d/cikj26k
No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz https://a.co/d/iOlQ9mO
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckart Tolle https://a.co/d/7OxU5Ti
Radical Acceptance by Dr. Tara Brach https://a.co/d/bpRjTwX
Self Compassion by Dr. Kristin Neff https://a.co/d/bpRjTwX
Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems Therapy by Dr. Frank Anderson https://a.co/d/cJIhp1e
Attachment
https://www.attachmenttraumanetwork.org/about
The Origins of Attachment Theory – a paper about John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth and their work.
What is Attachment Theory? from About Psychology website
Serve and Return – a key concept from the Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University.
Getting attached: Parental attachment and child development – blog from Brookings Institution, April 2015
The Importance of Early Childhood and Relationships – A 2014 Chicago Humanities Festival Talk – Dr. Bruce Perry (video)
Relationships
Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship by Terrence Real https://a.co/d/9qKZYXz
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel https://a.co/d/aRkKN94
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
by Nedra Glover Tawwab (Author) https://a.co/d/512v7J1
You Are The One You Have Been Waiting For by Dr. Richard Schwartz https://a.co/d/325TlhW
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell Hooks https://a.co/d/dGH101Q
Implementing Healthy Boundaries
Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Dr. Henry Cloud Dr. John Townsend https://a.co/d/60XTFlu
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships by Nedra Glover Tawwab https://a.co/d/jb6U9N7
Learning How to Meditate
Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. https://imcw.org/
Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg https://a.co/d/ihlACcH
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron https://a.co/d/9qKZYXz
Daily Meditation Books
The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo https://a.co/d/3KYlJVA
Learning to Reconnect with our Physical Bodies
Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith https://a.co/d/826hvpT
Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. https://a.co/d/g9Es2ih
Somatic Therapy for Healing Trauma: Effective Tools to Strengthen the Mind-Body Connection by Jordan Dann https://a.co/d/7xF02rw
Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process by Cathy A. Malchiodi, Ph.D. https://a.co/d/fG5qsii
Recommended Podcasts
Body Scanning (7 minutes or less):
Tara Brach:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862?i=1000676130880 Becoming Bodhisattvas in a Troubled World (helpful if you are really struggling with the political climate)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862?i=1000664066386 Love is Always Here (helpful if you are feeling alone, unloved, or very isolated)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862?i=1000652888766 Spiritual Reparenting (another helpful one if you are feeling alone, unloved, or very isolated/struggling with family issues, especially issues with parents)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862?i=1000664741035 Desire and Addiction (Part 1): Voices of Longing Calling You Home (helpful if you are struggling with compulsive behaviors, or if you have a history of compulsive behaviors)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862?i=1000665396955 Desire and Addiction (Part 2): Voices of Longing Calling You Home (helpful if you are struggling with compulsive behaviors, or if you have a history of compulsive behaviors)
Stories of healing:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-sean-5-ways-to-get-unstuck-from-where-you-are-now/id1450994021?i=1000684364558 (Big Sean on Jay Shetty’s podcast)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trevor-noah-on-how-to-turn-bad-experiences-into-healing/id1450994021?i=1000588775927 (Trevor Noah on Jay Shetty’s podcast)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-glimmer-of-hope-kimberly-shannon-murphy-the/id1632851388?i=1000647474518 (the inspiring story of trauma & healing of stuntwoman Kimberly Shannon Murphy)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/discover-more/id1478666639?i=1000666625105 (the inspiring story of trauma and healing of Dr. Frank Anderson)