Authentic Self Association

Recommended for further introspection, understanding, and learning

Adoption 

• The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier
• American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser
• The Gathering Place by Emma Stevens
• The Baby Thief by Barbara Bisantz Raymond
• The Connected Child by David Cross, Karyn Purvis, and Wendy Sunshine
• Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption by Gretchen Sisson

Attachment 

• Attached by Amir Levine

Daily Meditations

• The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest

Caregiving 

• Caring for Your Aging Parents by Raenn Herman and Bernard Shulman
• The In-Between by Hadley Vlahos

Codependent 

• Codependent No Move by Melody Beattie 
• The New Codependency by Melody Beattie 

Current Literature

• Talk therapy is being used more by Americans, while use of psych meds alone is down : Health News- https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5387204/talk-therapy-psychotherapy-ssri-psychiatric-drugs

Grief 

• Let Me Fucking Cry by Rhiannon Janae
• It’s Okay That You’re Not Okay by Megan Devine

Trauma 

• No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van Der Kolk 
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
• Healing Trauma by Peter Levine 
• Yes to Life by Victor Frankl 

Slowing Down 

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by 
• Wintering by Katherine May 

Others 

• Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg – (NVC is a method of communicating created by psychologist Marshall Rosenberg based on universal human feelings and needs.

• Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes du Men – (focuses on the militant masculinity that white evangelicals idealize and how it has manifested in a pattern of abuse among evangelical leaders)

• In Sheep’s Clothing by George Simon – (reveals the aggressive, undercover agenda of manipulative individuals, whose covert tactics would otherwise remain hidden.)

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – (is a story of following one’s dreams to find one’s purpose in life.)

• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl – (Frankl claims that one finds meaning in life through three ways. Through work, especially when that work is both creative in nature and aligned with a purpose greater than ourselves. Through love, which often manifests itself in the service of others. And through suffering, which is fundamental to the human experience.)

• Group by Christie Tate – (An original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers – her psychotherapy group – and in turn finds human connection, and herself.)

• The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest – (explains how to actively train your mind to identify your core needs and build a life that serves them. It’ll show you how to stop sabotaging yourself and act in line with what you truly want and deserve)