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RESOURCES

Self-Care/Relationships

  • Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives  by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir.                          

  • One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer Ph.D.

  • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are  by Brene Brown

  • Everyday Vitality, Turning Stress into Strength by Samantha Boardman, MD

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejectiong, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

  • US: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship by Terrence Real

  • Attached. The New Science of Adult Attachment and how it can Help You Find - And Keep - Love by Amir Levine, M.D., and Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A.

  • Permission to Feel: The Power of Emotional Intelligence to Achieve Well-Being and Success by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.

  • Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin

  • Too Much: A Guide to Breaking the Cycle of High-Functioning Co-dependency by Terri Cole

  • The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner

  • The Power of TED: The Empowerment Dynamic by David Emerald

  • Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr

  • Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life by James Hollis, Ph.D

  • Ageless Aging: A Woman's Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan by Maddy Dychtwald

  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
     

Mindfulness

  • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself  by Michael A. Singer

  • A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

  • A Permeable Life: Poems & Essays  by Carrie Newcomer

  • Here and Now: Living in the Spirit by Henri J.M. Nouwen

  • Wherever You Go, There You Are  by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection  by Michael A. Singer

  • Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory Boyle

 

Depression/Anxiety/Trauma

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

  • Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode - and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber, MA, LPC

  • Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

  • Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks by Barry McDonagh

  • I Don’t Want to Talk About It by Terrence Real

  • The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns

  • A Mind of Your Own: The Truth about Depression and How Women Can Heal their Bodies to Reclaim their Lives by Kelly Brogan, MD

  • Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now by Dr. Claire Weedes

 

Career

  • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

  • Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer

  • Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron

  • Reboot Your Life: Energize Your Career & Life by Taking a Break by Catherine Allen, Nancy Bearg, Rita Foley, Jaye Smith

  • The New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dream...at Any Age You Want by Mitch Anthony

 

Nutrition/Health

  • Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain – for Life  by David Perlmutter, MD

  • The Mindful Diet: How to Transform Your Relationship with Food for Lasting Weight Loss and Vibrant Health by Ruth Wolever, PhD and Beth Reardon, MS, RD, LDN

  • Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: A Mindful Eating Program to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle by Michelle May

  • Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Binge Eating: A Mindful Eating Program for Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body by Michelle May M.D. and Kari Anderson DBH LPC     

  • The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Healp You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood & End Cravings by Trudy Scott, CN 

  • Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School by Gregg D. Jacobs

 

Grief/Loss

  • 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

  • Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

  • How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove, PhD, Harold H. Bloomfield, MD & Peter McWilliams

  • A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing After the Death of a Loved One by Carol Staudacher

  • A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry Sitser

  • Joy in the Journey: Finding Abundance in the Shadow of Death by Steve & Sharol Hayner

  • Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor

  • Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman

 

Enneagram Books and Assessments

  • The Enneagram Institute: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson

  • The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut, PhD

  • The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success by Scott Allender

  • The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron 

Enneagram Tests: 

Podcasts 

  • The Mel Robbins Podcast

  • We Can Do Hard Things

  • 10 Percent Happier with Dan Harris

  • The One You Feed

  • Everything Happens. with Kate Bowler

  • A Bit of Optimism

  • The Mindbodygreeen Podcast

  • Typology

  • All There Is with Anderson Cooper

  • Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

 

Meditation CDs/Apps

 

Insight Timer - The most popular free meditation app | Insight Timer

https://insighttimer.com/

 

Calm - Meditation Techniques for Sleep and Stress Reduction

https://www.calm.com/

Loving Kindness/Metta Meditation

https://www.mettainstitute.org/mettameditation.html

 

Daily Devotionals

Center for Action and Contemplation: Richard Rohr

https://cac.org/richard-rohr/richard-rohr-ofm/

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