Self-healing books
How to Do the Work
What is How to Do the Work about?
“How to Do the Work” is a transformative guide by renowned therapist Dr. Nicole LePera, The Holistic Psychologist. Drawing from her extensive expertise, Dr. LePera provides readers with actionable steps to recognize and break free from ingrained patterns, heal past wounds, and ultimately foster personal growth. This book offers a fresh approach to self-improvement, blending psychology, spirituality, and mindfulness.
The Mountain Is You
What is The Mountain Is You about?
“The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery” by Brianna Wiest teaches acceptance of self-sabotage, strategies for developing emotional intelligence, and unlocking potential. You'll learn how to master the mighty mountains that block your path to a better self.
Healing Is the New High
What is Healing Is the New High about?
With Vex King’s book “Healing Is the New High,” you’ll learn how to find inner peace and heal your mind and soul. This book combines yogic principles and practical techniques that are easy to implement. The author teaches how to raise your vibration, improve your body’s energy, foster meaningful relationships, and more.
What Happened to You?
What is What Happened to You? about?
“What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey explain trauma's impact on personality development. You will learn how past experiences shape behavior and influence relationship building. Real-life stories strengthen the effectiveness of recommendations and give faith in the possibility of solving problems
It Didn't Start with You
What is It Didn't Start with You about?
“It Didn’t Start With You” offers a groundbreaking exploration of how family traumas can shape our lives. This scientifically-backed journey will help you understand how traumas can manifest in forms like anxiety, depression, or obsessive thoughts. The book connects these issues to the experiences of our parents or grandparents, introducing the concept that traumatic legacies can be inherited.
Radical Acceptance
What is Radical Acceptance about?
“Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach is a unique blend of Eastern mindfulness with Western psychology. Brach explores the concept of Radical Acceptance, encouraging us to confront and release our deepest fears and insecurities. She demonstrates the path to self-love, mindfulness, and inner peace through interesting stories and practical exercises.
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
What is Maybe You Should Talk To Someone about?
"Maybe You Should Talk to Someone" makes us recognize the psychological challenges we face and the barriers we create for ourselves. It emphasizes that these issues often run deeper than they appear and that seeking help from a therapist is essential to truly understanding and addressing them.
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on it
What is Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on it about?
“Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on it” (2012) is a guide to generating self-love through various techniques and methods. It will help you see your strengths and learn to forgive yourself. Read on and gain an understanding that love should be directed not only at others but also at oneself.
You Can Heal Your Life
What is You Can Heal Your Life about?
Written by Louise Hay, popular lecturer and teacher of self-development, "You Can Heal Your Life" demonstrates the power of our mindset. Hay teaches the readers how thoughts can shape reality, and even heal us from illnesses. You’ll find heartfelt advice on self-love and changing various aspects of your life for better.
The Body Keeps the Score
What is The Body Keeps the Score about?
Trauma is not uncommon—many people experience it. So, how can we learn to recover from it? In his work “The Body Keeps the Score”, Bessel van der Kolk suggests looking at the trauma from a different angle and offers a new way of healing.
Moving Beyond Trauma
What is Moving Beyond Trauma about?
Explaining how trauma is connected to our nervous system, Ilene Smith offers a body-oriented approach to trauma. Her book can help the readers to better understand their feelings and decide what path of healing they should take. Based on research and Smith’s personal and professional experience, this guide is valuable for people dealing with traumatic past.
Healing the Shame that Binds You
What is Healing the Shame that Binds You about?
Toxic shame has a corrosive influence on the perception of self and on our choices. In "Healing the Shame that Binds You", John Bradshaw explains the nature of shame-based behaviors and offers ways for healing. He also shares his personal struggles with alcohol consumption rooted in shame, providing readers with support and understanding.
The Transformation
What is The Transformation about?
If you want to overcome depression, anxiety, and heal from life's traumas, The Transformation is an essential tool for this. Written by by James S. Gordon, M.D, it masterfully delves into the effects of trauma on our brains and perceptions, exploring both theory and lived practice. This book can help individuals break away from negative patterns and return to a happier, more meaningful life.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
What is Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents about?
Were your parents emotionally mature? How do you feel reflecting on your childhood? Do you feel loneliness or anxiousness? The book “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” by Lindsay C. Gibson answers all these questions and helps us overcome childhood trauma. This book can guide you in overcoming feelings of abandonment and loneliness and help you meet your emotional needs if you're willing to. You'll learn the four primary categories of parents that lack emotional maturity, the drawbacks of their influence, and the coping strategies that children of such families usually develop.
Self-Compassion
What is Self-Compassion about?
If constant feelings of guilt and inadequacy are no news for you, check out “Self-Compassion” by Dr. Kristin Neff, where she discovers the transformative power of self-compassion. In her book, Neff uncovers how embracing self-compassion can lead to deeper connections, resilience, and emotional well-being in every aspect of life and offers easy ways to achieve it.
The Untethered Soul
What is The Untethered Soul about?
Everyone wants to be happy, but being a human constantly brings up factors that prevent this from happening. Michael A. Singer’s book “The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself” will teach you how to be happy in spite of stress, problems, and constant failures.
You Are Here
What is You Are Here about?
How do you find happiness in the present moment? Read Thich Nhat Hanh's book, "You Are Here," to find out. You will learn to cultivate mindfulness through awareness of breathing and walking, deep listening, and skillful speech. And you will finally heal your emotional pain and build real love in your relationship.
When Things Fall Apart
What is When Things Fall Apart about?
You might be wondering how people can remain full of light and joy during the uncertain and turbulent times we live in. In her book “When Things Fall Apart,” Pema Chödrön offers a new perspective on confronting fear, pain, and anxiety. Inspired by Buddhist philosophy, she proves that instead of running away from these feelings, we should look them in the eyes and be open.
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