General Book Recommendations

• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
• Braving The Wilderness by Brene Brown
• Self Compassion by Kristin Neff
• In An Unspoken Voice: How the body releases trauma and restores goodness by Peter Levine
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
• The Brain That Changes Itself: stories of triumph from the frontiers of brain science by Norman Dodge
• Getting Past your Past: take control of your life with self help techniques for EMDR by Francine Shapiro
• Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
• Anam Cara by John O’Donohue
• The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate

Grief and Loss:

• Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A memoir of friendship by Gail Caldwell
• The Long Goodbye by Meghan O’Rourke
• The Geography of Loss by Patty Digh
• Here if you Need Me by Kate Braestrup
• Option B: facing adversity, building resilience and finding joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
• Healing After Loss by Martha Whitmore Hickman
• Unattended Sorrow: recovering from loss and reviving the heart by Stephen Levine

TED Talks:

• The Surprising Science of Happiness by Dan Gilbert
• The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown
• Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are by Amy Cuddy
• The Power of the Introvert by Susan Cain
• The Beautiful Awful by Alyssa Monks