Here are some books that I frequently recommend…

 Relationships:

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep – Love - By Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

  • The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Paperback – By Gary Chapman

  • What Makes Love Last? – By John Gottman

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert – By John Gottman

  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond – By Patricia Evans

  • Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships - Marshall Rosenberg

  • If The Buddha Dated - by Charolotte Kasl

Parenting:

  • Parenting From The Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive - By Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting - By John Gottman, Joan Declaire, et al.

  • The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering out Children - By Shefali Tsabary

  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind - By Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

  • Positive Discipline: The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and Problem-Solving Skills - by Jane Nelsen

  • No Drama Discipline: The Whole Brain Way to Calm The Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind - By Daniel Seigel and Tina Payne Bryson

  • How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk - By Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

  • How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 - By Adele Faber and Julie King

  • Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected - By Susan Stiffleman

  • How Toddlers Thrive: What Parents Can Do Today for Children Ages 2-5 to Plant the Seeds of Lifelong Success – By Tovah Klein

  • Into the Minds of Babes: How Screen Time Affects Children - By Lisa Guernsey

  • Brining Up Bebe: One Mother Discovers The Wisdom of French Parenting - By Pamela Druckerman

  • The Confident Parent-A Pediatrician’s Guide to Caring for Your Little One Without Losing Your Joy, Your Mind, or Yourself - By Jane Scott and Stephanie Land

  • Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain - By Dana Suskand

  • The Nurture Shock - By Po Bronson

Body Image and Eating:

  • Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works – By Evelyn Tribole

  • Beyond Beautiful: A Practical Guide to Being Happy, Confident, and You in a Looks-Obsessed World – By Anuschka Rees

  • Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out and Never Say Diet Again - By Rebecca Scritchfield

  • Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are - By Hillary L. McBride

Grief and Loss:

  • It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand – By Megan Devine

  • Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome. - By Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner

  • No Happy Endings - By Nora McInerny

  • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief – By Francis Weller

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times – By Pema Chodron

  • What God Is Honored Here: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color - By Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang

  • Poor Your Soul - By Mira Pctain

Adoption and Foster Care:

  • The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child – Nancy Newton Verrier

  • To The End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care- Cris Beam

  • Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours - By Sarah Sentilles

Other:

  • It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are And How To End The Cycle - Mark Wolynn

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - By Bessel van der Kolk

  • What Happened To You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - By Bruce D Perry and Oprah Winfrey

  • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself – By Melody Beattie

  • Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love That Heals Fear and Shame – By Tara Brach

  • Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation - By Daniel Siegel

  • The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships – By Harriet Lerner

  • The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You – By Elaine Aaron

  • Daring Greatly: How the Courage To Be Vulnerable Transforms The Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - By Brene Brown

  • Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself – By Aziz Gazipura

  • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go Of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be And Embrace Who You Are - By Brene Brown

  • The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do – By Sarah Knight

  • Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward – By Gemma Hartley

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: The Counterintuitive Approach to a Good Living Life - By Mark Manson

  • Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life - By Emily Nagoski

  • Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - By Mary Roach

  • Quiet: A Book About Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking - By Susan Cain

  • Unconditional Confidence - By Pema Chodron

  • Fully Present - By Susan Smally and Diana Winston

  • She Comes First - By Ian Kerner

  • The Happiness Project - By Gretchen Rubin