Recommended Readings

Parenting

• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen, and Listen So Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (any age)
• The Think Space - Calvin and Carolyn Richert (early childhood)
• Try and Make Me! - Ray Levy, Bill O'Hanlon, & Tyler Norris Goode (2-12)
• Parenting Teens With Love and Logic - Foster Cline and Jim Fay

Marriage/Relationships

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John Gottman
• Anything else by John Gottman
• Love Busters - Willard Harley
• Fighting for Your Marriage - Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, and Susan Blumberg
• Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart - Dr William Doherty
• The Great Marriage Tune-Up Book: A Proven Program for Evaluating and Renewing Your Relationship - Jeffrey H. Larson
• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love - Dr Sue Johnson
• The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman
• The New Rules of Marriage: What you Need to Know to Make Love Work - Terrence Real

Mental Health

• The Power of Focusing: A practical guide to emotional self healting - Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD
• The Last Self Help Book You'll Ever Need - Paul Pearsal
• The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom: Why the Meaningful Life is Closer Than You Think - Jonathan Haidt

Trauma

• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter Levine with Ann Frederick
• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parent's Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy, and Resilience - Peter Levine and Maggie Kline
• Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary miracle of Healing - Peter Levine and Maggie Kline