Check out some resources I recommend below:
Books
Self-Compassion
- Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
- Fierce Self-Compassion: How women can harness kindness to speak up, claim their power, and thrive by Kristin Neff
- How to be nice to yourself: The everyday guide to self-compassion by Laura R. Silberstein-Tirch
Compassion-Focused
- The Compassionate Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dennis Tirch
Mindfulness and Ways of Living
- Comfortable with Uncertainty Pema Chodron
- Presence – A guide to transforming your most challenging emotions by Ann Weiser Cornell
- No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love and Joy Right Where You Are by Jack Kornfield
- The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner
- The New People Making by Virginia Satir
Boundaries
Family, Trauma and Healing
- It didn’t start with you: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle by Mark Wolynn
- You can Go Home Again: Reconnecting with your Family by Monica McGoldrick
- What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
Relationships and Couplehood
- Love, Honor and Negotiate by Betty Carter
- Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Doug Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
- And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman & Julie Schwartz Gottman
- How to improve your marriage without talking about it by Pat Love and Steve Stosny
- The New Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir
Parenting
- Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott
- How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel J Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Sites/Blogs to Explore
- Self-Compassion – A Healthier Way of Relating to Yourself with Kristin Neff
- Mindful Self-Compassion – Meditations and information with Christopher Germer
- Ten Percent Happier – Meditation for fidgety skeptics
- Insighttimer – Meditations for anxiety, stress & sleep
- Gottman Institute Relationship Blog
Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Site & Books
- The Highly Sensitive Person
- The Highly Sensitive Person
- The Highly Sensitive Person in Love
- The Highly Sensitive Parent
Resources for those coping with toxic relationships
- Out of the Fog For family/loved ones who are in relationship with someone who has a personality disorder.
- Dodging Energy Vampires
- The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist
- Children of the Self-Absorbed
- Will I Ever Be Good Enough
- Stop Walking on Eggshells
LGBTQ2S Resources for Families
- PFlag and PFlag Canada– Parents, families, friends and allies united with LGBTQ2S people to move equality forward. PFlag has local chapters which hold support groups & much more.
- TransparentUSA– Support and community for parents of gender expansive/trans kids and teens
Recommended Psychotherapists
I am happy to offer referrals to other professionals. Just get in touch and we can discuss.
