Bliss Book List

ABUSE, TRAUMA, PTSD

Davis (1991) Allies In Healing: When The Person You Love Was Sexually Abused As a Child

Back From The Brink: A Family Guide To Overcoming Traumatic Stress – Don Catherall (1992) Back From the Brink: A Family Guide To Overcoming Traumatic Stress

Dragonslippers: This Is What An Abusive Relationship Looks Like – Rosalind B. Penfold (2006) Dragonslippers: This Is What An Abusive Relationship Looks Like.

Healing The Incest Wound: Adult Survivors In Therapy – Christine A. Courtois (1996, 1988) Healing The Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy

Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program To Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, And Overcome Your Shame – Beverly Engel (2006) Healing Your Emotional Self: A Power Program To Help You Raise Your Self Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, And Overcome Your Shame

The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma – Bessel Van Der Kolk (2015) The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Courage To Heal: A Guide For Women Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse – Ellen Bass And Laura Davis (2008, 1998) The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How To Stop Being Abused and How To Stop Abusing – Beverly Engel (2003) The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How To Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques For Overcoming Stress Symptoms – Mary Beth Williams, PhD., LCSW, CTS, and Soili Poijula, PhD. (2013, 2002) The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Stress Symptoms

The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide For Survivors Of Sexual Abuse – Wendy Maltz (2012, 1991) The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide For Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Trauma Recovery: The Aftermath Of Violence– From Domestic Abuse To Political Power – Judith Herman, M.D. (1992) Trauma Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Power.

Victims No Longer: Men Recovering From Incest And Other Sexual Child Abuse – Mike Lew (2014, 1990) Victims No Longer: Men Recovering From Incest And Other Sexual Child Abuse.

ADDICTION

Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions – Gerald G. May (1991, 1988) Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions.

Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception – Abraham Twerski (1997) Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception.

First Year Sobriety: When All That Changes Is Everything – Guy Kettelhack (1998) First Year Sobriety: When All That Changes Is Everything

Healing the Shame that Binds You – John Bradshaw (2005, 1988) Healing the Shame that Binds You

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction – Gabor Maté (2008) In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction.

Loving An Adult Child Of An Alcoholic – Douglas Bey Jr. (2007) Loving An Adult Child Of An Alcoholic

Reclaim Your Family From Addiction – Craig Nakken (2000) Reclaim Your Family From Addiction

Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics – Herbert Gravitz and Julie Bowden (1987) Recovery: a Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics

The 12-Step Buddhist: Enhance Recovery from Any Addiction – Darren Littlejohn (2009) The 12-Step Buddhist: Enhance Recovery from Any Addiction

Thinking Simply About Addiction: A Handbook for Recovery – Richard Sandor (2009) Thinking Simply About Addiction: A Handbook for Recovery

Women, Sex, and Addiction – Charlotte Kasl (1990) Women, Sex and Addiction

ADOPTION

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents – Deborah D. Gray (2005) Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents

Lost & Found: The Adoption Experience – Betty Jean Lifton (1988, 1979) Lost & Found: The Adoption Experience

Stories Of Adoption: Loss And Reunion – Eric Blau (1993) Stories of Adoption: Loss and Reunion

The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers & Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories – Susan Wadia-Ells (1995) The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers & Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories

ANGER

A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook – Elisha Goldstein PhD. and Bob Stahl PhD. (2010) A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook

Overcoming Anger & Irritability: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Dr. William Davies (2000) Overcoming Anger & Irritability: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques.

ANXIETY AND STRESS

Beyond The Relaxation Response – Herbert Benson (1985) Beyond The Relaxation Response.

Full Catastrophe Living: Using The Wisdom Of Your Body And Mind To Face Stress, Pain, And Illness – Jon Kabat-Zinn (2009, 1990) Full Catastrophe Living: Using The Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness.

Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think – Dennis Greenberger (1995) Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think

The Anxiety And Phobia Workbook – Edmund J. Bourne (1990 – 2011) The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook For Anxiety – John Forsyth, PhD. and Georg Eifert, PhD. (2016, 2008) The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety.

The Shyness And Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven Techniques To Overcoming Your Fears – Martin M. Antony, PhD. and Richard P. Swinson, PhD. (2000) The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven Techniques to Overcoming Your Fears

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

Loving Someone With Borderline Personality Disorder: How To Keep Out-Of-Control Emotions From Destroying Your Relationship – Shari Y. Manning, PhD. (2011) Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How To Keep Out-Of-Control Emotions From Destroying Your Relationship.

CAREER AND MOTIVATION

amBITCHous – Debra Condren, PhD. (2006) amBITCHous

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That The Poor Do Not – Robert Kiyosaki (2007) Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Monday That The Poor Do Not

The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom – John Assaraf and Murray Smith (2008) The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom

The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations – Rob Cross and Andrew Parker (2004) The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations.

The Success Principles: How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be – Jack Canfield (2006) The Success Principles: How TO Get From Where You Are to Where You Want To Be

What Colour Is Your Parachute: A Practical Manual For Job-Hunters And Career-Changers – Richard N. Bolles (2019) What Colour Is Your Parachute: A Practical Manual For Job-Hunters And Career Changers

COMMUNICATION

Getting to Yes: Negotiating an Agreement Without Giving In – Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton (1991, 1981) Getting to Yes: Negotiating an Agreement Without Giving In

Give and Take: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics – Chester L. Karrass (1993, 1974) Give And Take: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics

Language In Thought And Action – S.I Hayakawa And Alan R. Hayakawa (1991, 1949) Language In Thought And Action

Non-Violent Communication: A Language Of Life – Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD. (2003, 1999) Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life – Marshall B. Rosenberg (2003) Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook: A Practical Guide for Individual, Group or Classroom Study – Lucy Leu (2003) Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook: A Practical Guide for Individual, Group or Classroom Study

The Dance Of Connection: How To Talk To Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, Or Desperate – Harriet Lerner, PhD. (2002) The Dance of Connection: How To Talk To Someone Who You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed or Desperate

The Five Keys To Mindful Communication – Susan Gillis Chapman (2012) The Five Keys To Mindful Communication

You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation – Deborah Tannen (2007) You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

DEPRESSION

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things – Jenny Lawson (2017) Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things.

Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing The Way You Think – Dennis Greenberger, PhD. and Christine A. Padesky, PhD. (1995) Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing The Way You Think.

Overcoming Depression: A Step-By-Step Approach To Overcoming Depression – Paul Gilbert (1997) Overcoming Depression: A Step-By-Step Approach To Overcoming Depression.

Overcoming Depression One Step At A Time: The New Behavioural Activation Approach To Getting Your Life Back – Michael E. Addis, PhD. and Christopher R. Martell, PhD. (2004) Overcoming Depression One Step At A Time: The New Behavioural Activation Approach to Getting Your Life Back

The Feeling Good Handbook – David D. Burns (1989) The Feeling Good Handbook

The Mindfulness And Acceptance Workbook For Depression: Using Acceptance And Commitment Therapy To Move Through Depression And Create A Life Worth Living – Kirk Strosahl, PhD. and Patricia Robinson, PhD. (2008) The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression: Using Acceptance And Commitment Therapy to Move Through Depression and Create a Life Worth Living

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness – Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn (2007) The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness.

The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program To Free Yourself From Depression And Emotional Distress – John D. Teasdale, Mark Williams, and Zindel V. Segal (2014) The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself From Depression and Emotional Distress.

When Someone You Love Is Depressed – Laura Epstein Rosen, PhD. and Xavier Francisco Amador, PhD. (1996) When Someone You Love Is Depressed.

DIVORCE AND SEPARATION

Conscious Divorce: Ending A Marriage With Integrity – Susan Allison (2001) Conscious Divorce: Ending a Marriage with Integrity

The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart – Constance Ahrons, PhD. (1995) The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart

EATING DISORDERS

Eating Disorders: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, And The Person Within – Hilde Bruch (1979) Eating Disorders: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, And The Person Within

Getting Better Bit(E) By Bit(E): A Survivor Kit For Sufferers Of Bulimia Nervosa And Binge Eating Disorders – Ulrike Schmidt, Janet Treasure and Granatir June (1993) Getting Better Bit(E) by Bit (E)

Skills-Based Learning For Caring For A Loved One With An Eating Disorder – Janet Treasure, Geoffrey Smith And Anna Crane (2007) Skills-Based Learning For Caring For a Loved One With An Eating Disorder.

FAMILY THERAPY

Family Ties That Bind: A Self-Help Guide To Change Through Family of Origin Therapy – Dr. Ronald W. Richardson (1998, 1984) Family Ties That Bind: A Self-Help Guide To Change Through Family of Origin Therapy

The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting – Alice Miller (2006) The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life – Susan Forward (2009, 1989) Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers – Karyl McBride (2008) Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

FEMALE IDENTITY

Love Warrior- Glennon Doyle Melton(2016) Love Warrior.

The Dance Of Anger: A Woman’s Guide To Changing The Patterns Of Intimate Relationships Harriet Lerner, PhD. (2005, 1985) The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide To Changing The Pattern’s OF Intimate Relationships.

The Dance Of Intimacy: A Woman’s Guide To Courageous Acts Of Change In Key Relationships – Harriet Lerner, PhD. (1989)The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts Of Change In Key Relationships.

The Wounded Woman: Hope And Healing For Those Who Hurt – Dr. Steve Stephens And Pam Vredevelt (2006) The Wounded Woman: Hope and Healing For Those Who Hurt.

Women’s Sexualities – Carol Rinkleib Ellison (2000) Women’s Sexualities.

Women’s Sexuality Across The Life Span: Challenging Myths, Creating Meanings – Judith C. Daniluk (2003, 1998) Women’s Sexuality Across The Life Span: Challenging Myths, Creating Meanings.

Women Who Love Sex: An Inquiry into the Expanding Spirit of Women’s Erotic Experience – Gina Ogden (2007, 1999) Women Who Love Sex: An Inquiry into the Expanding Spirit of Women’s Erotic Experience.

FERTILITY

Empty Womb, Aching Heart – Marlo Schalesky (2001) Empty Womb, Aching Heart

Hannah’s Hope: Seeking God’s Heart In The Midst Of Infertility, Miscarriage And Adoption Loss – Jennifer Saake (2005)Hannah’s Hope: Seeking God’s Heart In The Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage And Adoption Loss

Infertility: A Guide For The Childless Couple – Barbara Eck Menning (1988) Infertility: A Guide For The Childless Couple

Sexuality And Fertility After Cancer – Leslie R. Schover, PhD. (1997) Sexuality And Fertility After Cancer

The Art of Waiting – Belle Boggs (2016) The Art of Waiting

Unsung Lullabies: Understanding And Coping With Infertility – Janet Jaffe, PhD., Martha Ourieff Diamond, PhD., and David J. Diamond, PhD. (2005) Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility

GENERAL SELF-DEVELOPMENT

A Return To Innocence: Philosophical Guidance In An Age Of Cynicism – Jeffrey M. Schwartz M.D. (1998) A Return To Innocence: Philosophical Guidance In An Age of Cynicism

Authentic Happiness: Using The New Positive Psychology To Realize Your Potential For Lasting Fulfillment – Martin Seligman (2004) Authentic Happiness: Using The New Positive Psychology To Realize Your Potential For Lasting Fulfillment.

Being: A Manual For Life – Bennet Wong and Jock Mckeen (2013) Being: A Manual For Life

Born To Win: Transactional Analysis With Gestalt Experiments – Muriel James And Dorothy Jongeward (1996) Born To Win: Transactional Analysis With Gestalt Experiments

Calming the Emotional Storm: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Manage Your Emotions and Balance Your Life – Sheri Van Dijk (2012) Calming the Emotional Storm: Using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills to Manage Your Emotions and Balance Your Life.

Daring Greatly: How The Courage To Be Vulnerable Transforms The Way We Live, Love, Parent, And Lead – Brené Brown, PhD., LMSW (2012) Daring Greatly: How The Courage To Be Vulnerable Transforms The Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.

Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain – António R. Damásio (2005, 1994) Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ – Daniel Goleman (2006, 1995) Emotional Intelligence: Why It can Matter More Than IQ

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding Of Happiness And Well-Being – Martin Seligman (2011) Flourish: a Visionary New Understanding Of Happiness and Well-Being

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things – Jenny Lawson (2017) Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things.

Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program To Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, And Overcome Your Shame – Beverly Engel (2006) Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program To Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, And Overcome Your Shame.

How Can I Forgive You: The Courage To Forgive, The Freedom Not To – Janis Abraham Spring, PhD. (2005) How Can I Forgive You: The Courage to Forgive, The Freedom Not To

If Life Is A Game, These Are The Rules – Cherie Carter-Scott (1998) If Life Is a Game, These Are The Rules

I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Making The Journey From ‘What Will People Think?’ To ‘I Am Enough’ – Brené Brown, PhD., LMSW (2007) I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Making The Journey From “What Will People Think? To “I Am Enough”

Learned Optimism: How To Change Your Mind And Your Life – Martin Seligman, Phd. (1998) Learned Optimism: How To Change Your Mind And Your Life.

Losing Control, Finding Serenity: How The Need To Control Hurts Us and How To Let It Go – Daniel A. Miller (2011) Losing Control, Finding Serenity: How The Need to Control Hurts Us and How To Let It Go.

Rising Strong – Brené Brown (2015) Rising Strong

Schopenhauer’s Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas: Five Stories Of Psychotherapy – Deborah Anna Luepnitz (2003) Schopenhauer’s Porcupines: Intimacy and It’s Dilemmas Five Stories of Psychotherapy

Social intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships – Daniel Goleman (2006) Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships

Stumbling On Happiness – Daniel Todd Gilbert (2007) Stumbling On Happiness

The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters And What You Can Do To Get More Of It – Kelly Mcgonigal (2011) The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters And What You Can Do To Get More Of It

Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method For Getting Out Of Your Own Way – Rick Carson (2003, 1983) Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method For Getting Out Of Your Own Way

The Gifts Of Imperfection: Let Go Of Who You Think You’re Supposed To Be And Embrace Who You Are – Brené Brown, PhD., LMSW (2010) The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go Of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be And Embrace Who You Are.

The Language Of Letting Go: Daily Meditations For Co-Dependents – Melody Beattie (1990) The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations for Co-Dependents.

The Life-Changing Magic Of Not Giving a F*Ck: How To Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have With People You Don’t Like Doing Things You Don’t Want To Do – Sarah Knight (2015) The Life-Changing Magic Of Not Giving a F*CK: How To Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have with People You Don’t Like Doing Things You Don’t Want To Do

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning – Ernest Kurtz (1993) The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning.

Thoughts and Feeling: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life – Matthew McKay, PhD., Martha Davis, PhD., and Patrick Fanning (2007, 1981) Thoughts and Feeling: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life.

GRIEF

A Grief Observed – C. S. Lewis (1961) A Greif Observed

Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas – Alan Wolfelt (2001) Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas

How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies – Therese Rando (1991) How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies

In the Presence of Grief: Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying and Bereavement Issues – Dorothy Stroh Becvar (2001) In the Presence of Grief: Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying and Bereavement Issues

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler (2007) On Greif and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss – Pat Schweibert (1995) Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss

When Bad Things Happen To Good People – Harold Kushner (2004) When Bad Things Happen To Good People

KINK AND BSDM

Different Loving: A Complete Exploration of the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission – Gloria Brame, Jon Jacobs, and William Brame (1996) Different Loving: A Complete Exploration of the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission

Fetish Sex: An Erotic Guide For Couples – Violet Blue (2015)

Fetish Sex: An Erotic Guide for Couples

On the Safe Edge: A Manual for SM Play – Trevor Jacques (1994) On the Safe Edge: A Manual for SM Play

SM 101: A Realistic Introduction – Jay Wiseman (2013, 1997) SM 101: A Realistic Introduction

The New Bottoming Book – Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy (2015) The New Bottoming Book

The New Topping Book – Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy (2013, 1996) The New Topping Book

The S&M Feminist – Clarisse Thorn (2012) The S & M Feminist

LGBTQIA+

The New Lesbian Sex Book – Wendy Caster (2008) The New Lesbian Sex Book.

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource For The Transgender Community – Laura
Erickson-Schroth (2014) Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: a Resource For The Transgender Community

Sex And The Sacred: Gay Identity And Spiritual Growth – Daniel A. Helminiak (2006) Sex And The Sacred: Gay Identity And Spiritual Growth.

Sex Happens: The Gay Man’s Guide To Creative Intimacy – Arlen K. Leight, PhD. (2013) Sex Happens: The Gay Man’s guide to Creative Intimacy

MALE IDENTITY

When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behaviour, Change Your Relationship. David B. Wexler, PhD. (2004) When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behaviour, Change Your Relationship.

Man Up: Surviving Modern Masculinity – Jack Urwin (2016) Man Up: Surviving Modern Masculinity.

The New Manhood: The Handbook for A New Kind of Man – Steve Biddulph (2010) The New Manhood: The Handbook for a New Kind of Man

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love – bell hooks (2004) The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love.

MINDFULNESS, SPIRITUALITY, BUDDHISM

A Path With Heart: A Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life – Jack Kornfield (1993) A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life

Always Maintain A Joyful Mind: And Other Lojong Teachings On Awakening Compassion And Fearlessness – Pema Chödrön (2007) Always Maintain A Joyful Mind: And Other Lojong Teachings On Awakening Compassion and Fearlessness.

Breath By Breath: The Liberating Practice Of Insight Meditation – Larry Rosenburg (2004, 1998) Breath By Breath: The Liberating Practice Of Insight

Comfortable With Uncertainty: 108 Teachings On Cultivating Fearlessness And Compassion – Pema Chödrön (2002) Comfortable With Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness And Compassion.

Coming To Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and The World Through Mindfulness – Jon Kabat-Zinn (2006) Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and The World Through Mindfulness

Dharma Road: A Short Cab Ride To Self Discovery – Brian Haycock (2010)Dharma Road: A Short Cab Ride To Self Discovery

Focusing – Eugene T. Gendlin (1982, 1978) Focusing

Insight Meditation: The Practice Of Freedom – Joseph Goldstein (2003, 1993) Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom

Letting Everything Become Your Teacher: 100 Lessons In Mindfulness – Jon Kabat-Zinn (2009) Letting Everything Become Your Teacher: 100 Lessons In Mindfulness

Mindfulness And Acceptance: Expanding The Cognitive-Behavioural Tradition – Steven C. Hayes, Victoria M. Follette, and Marsha M. Linehan (2004) Mindfulness And Acceptance: Expanding The Cognitive-Behavioural Tradition

Mindfulness As Medicine: A Story Of Healing Body and Spirit – Sister Dang Nghiem (2015) Mindfulness As Medicine: A Story Of Healing Body and Spirit

Mindfulness For Beginners – Jon Kabat-Zinn (2006) Mindfulness for Beginners

Mindfulness: 25th Anniversary Edition – Ellen J. Langer (2014, 1989) Mindfulness: 25th Anniversary Edition – Ellen J. Langer (2014, 1989) Mindfulness: 25th Anniversary Edition

No Time To Lose: A Timely Guide To The Way Of The Bodhisattva – Pema Chödrön (2005) No Time To Lose: A Timely Guide To The Way Of The Bodhisattva

One Moment Meditation: Stillness For People On The Go – Martin Boroson (2009) One Moment Meditation: Stillness For People On The Go

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With The Heart Of A Buddha – Tara Brach (2004) Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With The Heart Of a Buddha

Reconciliation: Healing The Inner Child – Thich Nhat Hanh (2010) Reconciliation: Healing The Inner Child

Start Where You Are: A Guide To Compassionate Living – Pema Chödrön (2201, 1994) Start Where You Are: A Guide To Compassionate Living.

Taking The Leap: Freeing Ourselves From Old Habits And Fears – Pema Chödrön (2009) Taking The Leap: Freeing Ourselves From Old Habits and Fears.

Tao Te Ching – Stephen Mitchell (2006) Tao Te Ching

The Book Of Awakening: Having The Life You Want By Being Present To The Life You Have – Mark Nepo (1999) The Book Of Awakening: Having The Life You Want By Being Present To The Life You Have

The Joy Of Living: Unlocking The Secret And Science Of Happiness – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2007) The Joy Of Living: Unlocking The Secret And Science Of Happiness.

The Little Book Of Mindfulness: 10 Minutes A Day To Less Stress, More Peace – Dr. Patricia Collard(2014) The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 Minutes A Day To Less Stress, More Peace

The Mindful Geek: Mindfulness Meditation For Secular Skeptics – Michael W. Taft (2015) The Mindful Geek: Mindfulness Meditation for Secular Skeptics

The Miracle Of Mindfulness: An Introduction To The Practice Of Meditation – Thich Nhat Hanh (1999, 1975) The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction To The Practice Of Meditation

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times – Pema Chödrön (2007, 2001) The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach To Psychology – Chögyam Trungpa (2005) The Sanity We Are Born With: Buddhist Approach To Psychology

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself – Michael A. Singer (2007) The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

The Wisdom Of No Escape: How To Love Yourself And Your World – Pema Chödrön (2004, 1991) The Wisdom Of No Escape: How To Love Yourself and Your World.

Toward A Psychology Of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and The Path Of Personal And Spiritual Transformation – John Welwood (2002) Toward A Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and The Path Of Personal And Spiritual Transformation

True Refuge: Finding Peace And Freedom In Your Own Awakened Heart – Tara Brach, Phd. (2013) True Refuge. Finding Peace and Freedom In Your Own Awakened Heart.

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times – Pema Chödrön (2000, 1996) When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times.

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life – Jon Kabat-Zinn (2001) Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki (1970) Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

MISCARRIAGE

About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope – Jessica Berger Gross (2006) About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope

Healing Your Grieving Heart After Miscarriage: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families – Alan Wolfelt (2015) Healing Your Grieving Heart After Miscarriage: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families

Miscarriage – Margaret Leroy (1988) Miscarriage

Miscarriage Mom: The Unspoken Realities of Miscarriage and How to Cope – Kristy Parisi (2015) Miscarriage Mom: The Unspoken Realities of Miscarriage and How to Cope

OCD

Brain Lock: Free Yourself From Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour – Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. (1997) Brain Lock: Free Yourself From Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour

Loving Someone with OCD: Help for You and Your Family – Kathleen M. Rupertus, MA. MS. and Cherry Pedrick, RN (2005) Loving Someone with OCD: Help for You and Your Family.

Stop Obsessing! How To Overcome Your Obsessions And Compulsions – Edna Foa, PhD. and Reid Wilson PhD. (2001) Stop Obsessing! How To Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions.

Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say “No Way” – and Parents Say “Way To Go” – John S. March, PhD. (2006, 1995) Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say “No Way” – and Parents Say “Way To Go”

PARENTING

Attached at the Heart: Eight Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children – Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker (2009) Attached at the Heart: Eight Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children.

Parenting From The Inside Out – Daniel J. Seigal(2004) Parenting From The Inside Out

Dilemmas Of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk About Sexuality – Deborah L. Tollman (2005) Dilemmas of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk About Sexuality

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children – Shefali Tsabary, PhD. (2010) The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children – Ross Greene (2005, 1998) The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

The Mother of All Parenting Books: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Happy, Healthy Child from Preschool Through the Preteens – Ann Douglas (2004) The Mother of All Parenting Books: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Happy, Healthy Child from Preschool Through the Preteens

The Naked Truth About Sex: A Guide To Intelligent Sexual Choices For Teenagers & Twentysomethings – Dr. Roger W. Libby (2006) The Naked Truth About Sex: A Guide To Intelligent Sexual Choices for Teenagers & Twentysomethings

POLYAMORY AND CONSENSUAL NON-MONOGAMY

Rewriting The Rules: An Integrative Guide To Love, Sex and Relationships – Meg Barker (2012) Rewriting The Rules: An Integrative Guide To Love, Sex and Relationships

The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families – Elizabeth Sheff
(2013) The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families

Love In Abundance: A Counselor’s Advice On Open Relationships – Kathy Labriola
(2010) Love In Abundance: A Counselor’s Advice On Open Relationships

More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory – Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert, Janet Hardy and Tatiana Gill (2014) More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory

Open: Love, Sex And Life In An Open Marriage – Jenny Block
(2008) Open: Love, Sex And Life In An Open Marriage

Opening Up: A Guide To Creating And Sustaining Open Relationships – Tristan Taormino (2007) Opening Up: A Guide To Creating And Sustaining Open Relationships

Polyamory In The 21st Century: Love & Intimacy With Multiple Partners – Deborah Anapol
(2010) Polyamory In The 21st Century: Love & Intimacy With Multiple Partners

Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits – Deborah M. Anapol
(1997) Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits

Rewriting The Rules: An Integrative Guide To Love, Sex And Relationships – Meg
Barker (2012) Rewriting The Rules: An Integrative Guide To Love, Sex And Relationships

Sex, Love & Marriage In The 21st Century: The Next Sexual Revolution – Timothy Perper, Martha Cornog, and Robert T. Francoeur (1999) Sex, Love & Marriage In The 21st Century: The Next Sexual Revolution

Stories From The Polycule: Real Life In Polyamorous Families – Elizabeth Sheff (2015) Stories From The Polycule: Real Life In Polyamorous Families

The Art And Etiquette Of Polyamory: A Hands-On Guide To Open Sexual Relationships – Francoise Simpere
(2011) The Art And Etiquette Of Polyamory: A Hands-On Guide To Open Sexual Relationships

The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide To Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures – Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy
(2011) The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide To Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures

The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights For Managing Open Relationships – Kathy Labriola (2013) The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships

The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy & Casual Sex – Marcia Munson and Judith Stelboum (1999) The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy & Casual Sex

The New Intimacy: Open-Ended Marriage & Alternative Lifestyles – Ronald Mazur
(2000) The New Intimacy: Open-Ended Marriage & Alternative Lifestyles

The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity – Tammy Nelson (2013) The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity

The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships And Families -Elisabeth Sheff (2015) The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships And Families

What Does Polyamory Look Like? Polydiverse Patterns Of Loving & Living In Modern Polyamorous Relationships – Mim Chapman, Phd. (2010) What Does Polyamory Look Like? Polydiverse Patterns Of Loving & Living In Modern Polyamorous Relationships

RELATIONSHIPS

After The Affair: Healing The Pain And Rebuilding Trust When A Partner Has Been Unfaithful – Janis Abrahams Spring, PhD. (2012)After The Affair: Healing The Pain And Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful

Boundaries and Relationships: Knowing, Protecting and Enjoying the Self – Charles L. Whitfield, MD. (1994)Boundaries and Relationships: Knowing, Protecting and Enjoying the Self

Challenge Of The Heart: Love, Sex And Intimacy In Changing Times – John Welwood (1985) Challenge Of the Heart: Love, Sex And Intimacy In Changing Times

Daring To Trust: Opening Ourselves To Real Love And Intimacy – David Richo (2010) Daring To Trust: Opening Ourselves To Real Love and Intimacy

Dancing With Fire: A Mindful Way To Loving Relationships – John Amodeo (2013) Dancing with Fire: A Mindful Way To Loving Relationships

Embracing The Beloved: Relationship As A Path Of Awakening – Stephen and Ondrea Levine (1994) Embracing The Beloved: Relationship As a Path of Awakening

Equal Partners, Good Friends: Empowering Couples Through Therapy – Claire Rabin (1996) Equal Partners, Good Friends: Empowering Couples Through Therapy

Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way Of Thinking About Human Interactions – Roberta M. Gilbert (1992)Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way Of Thinking About Human Interactions

Fighting For Your Marriage: Positive Steps For Preventing Divorce And Preserving A Lasting Love – Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, and Susan L. Blumberg (2001, 1994) Fighting For Your Marriage: Positive Steps For Preventing Divorce And Preserving A Lasting Love

Forgiving the Devil: Coming to Terms with Damaged Relationships – Terry D. Hargrave (2001) Forgiving the Devil: Coming to Terms with Damaged Relationships

Getting The Love You Want – Harville Hendrix (2005, 1988) Getting The Love You Want

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations For A Lifetime Of Love – Dr. Sue Johnson (2008)
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations For A Lifetime Of Love

How Can I Forgive You: The Courage To Forgive, The Freedom Not To – Janis Abraham Spring, PhD. (2005)How Can I Forgive You: The Courage To Forgive, The Freedom Not To

How To Be An Adult In Relationships: The Five Keys To Mindful Loving – David Richo (2002) How To Be An Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys To Mindful Loving

Intellectual Foreplay: Questions For Lovers & Lovers-To-Be – Eve Hogan (2000) Intellectual Foreplay: Questions For Lovers & Lovers-To-Be

Intimacy & Desire: Awaken The Passion In Your Relationship – Dr. David Schnarch (2009) Intimacy & Desire: Awaken The Passion In Your Relationship

Joining: The Relationship Garden – Jock Mckeen And Bennet Wong (2013) Joining: The Relationship Garden

Keeping The Love You Find – Harville Hendrix, PhD. (1993) Keeping The Love You Find

Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science Of Romantic Relationships – Dr. Sue Johnson (2013) Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships

Loving Against The Odds: Creating The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted – Rob Parsons (1994) Loving Against The Odds: Creating The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted

Loving Your Partner Without Losing Your Self – Martha Baldwin Beveridge (2002) Loving Your Partner Without Losing Yourself

Mating In Captivity: Reconciling The Erotic and The Domestic – Esther Perel (2006) Mating in Captivity: Reconciling The Erotic and The Domestic

Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love And Intimacy Alive In Committed Relationships – David Schnarch, PhD. (2009, 1997) Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love And Intimacy Alive In Committed Relationships

Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing The Wound Of The Heart – John Welwood (2007) Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing The Wound Of The Heart

The Seven Principles For Making Marriages Work – John Gottman, PhD. and Nan Silver (2000)The Seven Principles For Making Marriages Work

The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman (1995) The Five Love Languages

The Intimacy Struggle: Revised and Expanded For All Adults – Janet G. Woititz (1993) The Intimacy Struggle: Revised and Expanded For All Adults

When The Past Is Present: Healing The Emotional Wounds That Sabotage Our Relationships – David Richo (2008) When The Past Is Present: Healing The Emotional Wounds That Sabotage Our Relationships

10 Lessons To Transform Your Marriage – John Gottman, PhD. and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD. (2007) 10 Lessons To Transform Your Marriage

SELF ESTEEM, WEIGHT CHALLENGES

A Return To Innocence: Philosophical Guidance In An Age Of Cynicism – Jeffrey M. Schwartz M.D. (1998) A Return To Innocence: Philosophical Guidance In An Age of Cynicism

Learned Optimism: How To Change Your Mind And Your Life – Martin Seligman, Phd. (1998) Learned Optimism: How To Change Your Mind And Your Life.

Overcoming Weight Problems: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive-Behavioural Techniques – Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert And Clare Grace (2007) Overcoming Weight Problems: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive-Behavioural Techniques

Self-Esteem: A Proven Program Of Cognitive Techniques For Assessing, Improving And Maintaining Your Self-Esteem – Matthew Mckay, PhD., and Patrick Fanning (2000) Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques For Assessing, Improving And Maintaining Your Self-Esteem.

The Mindful Path To Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself From Destructive Thoughts And Emotions – Christopher K. Germer, Phd. (2009) The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself From Destructive Thoughts and Emotions.

The Self-Esteem Workbook – Glenn R. Schiraldi, Phd. (2002) The Self-Esteem Workbook.

10 Simple Solutions For Building Self-Esteem: How To End Self-Doubt, Gain Confidence, And Create A Positive Self-Image – Glenn R. Schiraldi, Phd. (2007) 10 Simple Solutions For Building Self-Esteem: How To End Self-Doubt, Gain Confidence, And Create A Positive Self Image.

SEX THERAPY

A Nice Girl’s Guide To Talking Dirty – Sarah Fox (2012) A Nice Girl’s Guide To Talking Dirty

Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide for Men and Women – Jack Morin (2000, 1980) Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide for Men and Women

Assisted Loving: The Journey Through Sexuality And Aging – Ginger T. Manley (2013) Assisted Loving: The Journey Through Sexuality And Aging

Challenge Of The Heart: Love, Sex And Intimacy In Changing Times – John Welwood (1985) Challenge Of The Heart: Love, Sex and Intimacy In Changing Times

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life – Emily Nagoski, PhD. (2015) Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

Erectile Disorders: Assessment And Treatment – Raymond C. Rosen (1992) Erectile Disorders: Assessment And Treatment

For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy – Lonnie Garfield Barbach, PhD. (2001, 1982) For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy

For Yourself: The Fulfillment Of Female Sexuality – Lonnie Garfield Barbach, PhD. (2000, 1975) For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality

Guide To Getting It On: Unzipped – Paul Joannides (2006, 1996) Guide To Getting It On: Unzipped

Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide To Confronting, Diagnosing, And Treating Sexual Pain – Deborah Coady MD, and Nancy Fish MPH (2011) Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide To Confronting, Diagnosing, And Treating Sexual Pain

Men Cancer Sex – Anne Katz, RN, PhD. (2010) Men Cancer Sex

Men’s Sexual Health: Fitness For Satisfying Sex – Barry W. Mccarty and Michael E. Metz (2007) Men’s Sexual Health: Fitness For Satisfying Sex

Orgasms For Two: The Joy Of Partnersex – Betty Dodson, PhD. (2002) Orgasms For Two: The Joy of Partnersex

Overcoming Sexual Problems: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – Vicky Ford (2005) Overcoming Sexual Problems: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

Rekindling Desire: A Step-By-Step Program To Help Low-Sex And No-Sex Marriages – Barry and Emily J. Mccarthy (2003) Rekindling Desire: A Step By Step Program To Help Low-Sex And No-Sex Marriages

Resurrecting Sex: Solving Sexual Problems And Revolutionizing Your Relationship – David Schnarch, PhD. (2002) Resurrecting Sex: Solving Sexual Problems and Revolutionizing Your Relationship

Rewriting The Rules: An Integrative Guide To Love, Sex And Relationships – Meg Barker (2012) Rewriting The Rules: An Integrative Guide To Love, Sex and Relationships

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships – Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá (2012) Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What it Means for Modern Relationships.

Sex Happens: The Gay Man’s Guide To Creative Intimacy – Arlen K. Leight, PhD. (2013) Sex Happens: The Gay Man’s Guide To Creative Intimacy

Sex Matters For Women: A Complete Guide To Taking Care Of Your Sexual Self – Sallie Foley, MSW, Sally A. Kope, MSW, and Dennis P. Sugrue (2001) Sex Matters For Women: A Complete Guide To Taking Care OF Your Sexual Self

Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex AND How To Get It – Marty Klein, PhD. (2012) Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex and How To Get it

The BIG Book Of Masturbation – Martha Cornog (2015, 2003) The BIG Book of Masturbation

The Elusive Orgasm: A Woman’s Guide To Why She Can’t And How She Can Orgasm – Vivienne Cass, PhD. (2007, 2004) The Elusive Orgasm: A Woman’s Guide To Why She Can’t And How She Can Orgasm

The Naked Truth About Sex: A Guide To Intelligent Sexual Choices For Teenagers & Twentysomethings – Dr. Roger W. Libby (2006) The Naked Truth About Sex: A Guide To Intelligent Sexual Choices For Teenagers & Twentysomethings

The New Lesbian Sex Book – Wendy Caster (2008) The New Lesbian Sex Book

The New Male Sexuality: Revised Edition – Bernie Zilbergeld PhD. (1999) The New Male Sexuality: Revised Edition

The Orgasm Answer Guide – Barry R. Komisaruk, Beverly Whipple, Sarah Nasserzadeh, and Carlos Beyer-Flores (2009) The Orgasm Answer Guide

The Sexual Male: Problems And Solutions – Richard Milsten, MD, and Julian Slowinski, Psyd. (2000) The Sexual Male: Problems and Solutions

The Ultimate Guide To Sex And Disability: For All Of Us Who Live With Disabilities, Chronic Pain, And Illness – Miriam Kaufman, MD, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette (2011, 2003) The Ultimate Guide To Sex And Disability: For All Of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, And Illness

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide For All Of Us – Felice Newman (2004, 1999) The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide For All Of Us

When Sex Hurts: A Woman’s Guide To Banishing Sexual Pain – Andrew T. Goldstein, MD, Caroline Pukall, PhD., and Irwin Goldstein MD. (2011) When Sex Hurts: A Woman’s Guide To Banishing Sexual Pain

Women Cancer Sex – Anne Katz, RN, PhD. (2009) Women Cancer Sex

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