A Few of My Favorite Things
There are so many great books out there to help with all sorts of challenges. Here are some of my favorite self-help books that I have read and recommended over the years.
Books
- The 36-Hour Day, sixth edition: The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book), Mar 17, 2017 by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
- Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder, Jan 2, 2010 by Paul Mason MS and Randi Kreger
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Dec 30, 2008 by David D. Burns
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, Aug 27, 2010 by Brené Brown
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Apr 7, 2015 by Brené Brown
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Sep 27, 2016 by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Succulent Wild Woman, May 2, 1997 by Sark
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert Paperback, May 5, 2015 by John Gottman PhD (Author), Nan Silver (Author)
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself Paperback, September 1, 1986 by Melody Beattie (Author)
- Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition), Apr 19, 2006 by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
- Parenting Teens With Love And Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood, Updated and Expanded Edition, Apr 19, 2006 by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
- Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts and Aggressive Behaviors, Nov 1, 2009 by Pat Harvey and Jeanine Penzo
- Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions: DBT Skills to Help Your Teen Navigate Emotional and Behavioral Challenges, Dec 1, 2015 by Pat Harvey and Jeanine Penzo
Recommended Anti-Racist Reading
How to Be an Antiracist
Author: Ibram X. Kendi (2019)
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Author: Austin Channing Brown (2018)
So You Want to Talk About Race
Author: Ijeoma Oluo (2019)
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Author: Robin DiAngelo (2018)
Between the World and Me
Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Author: Michelle Alexander (2010)
How We Fight for Our Lives
Author: Saeed Jones (2019)
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School
Author: Monique Morris (2018)
A Black Women’s History of the United States
Authors: Daina Raimy Berry & Kali Nicole Gross (2020)
Pretty & Fun Things
Knock Knock I Totally Got This Inner-Truth Journal Paperback – January 15, 2017
SELF Journal – BestSelfCo