Book Recs

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Feeling a bit lost with your own life or the lives of your kids? These book recommendations offer invaluable insights and inspiration to help you navigate your journey. Whether you're seeking solace, self-discovery, or practical tools for growth, these books can illuminate your path.

I personally recommend these books for parents of kids and teens, or for adults seeking extra resources.

Children

  • “The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans” by Aliza Pressman

  • “Good Inside” by Dr Becky Kennedy

  • “Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors” by Robyn Gobbel

  • “The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child's Developing Mind” by Daniel Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson

  • “No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture your Child's Developing Mind” by Daniel Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson

  • “Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help you Raise Children Who Thrive” by Daniel Siegel, MD and Mary Hartzell

  • “The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children” by Ross Greene, PhD

  • “Let’s talk about body boundaries, consent & respect: A book to teach children about body ownership, respectful relationships, feelings and emotions, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors.” by Jayneen Sanders

Teens

  • “Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain” by Daniel Siegel, MD

  • “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults” by Frances E Jensen and Amy Ellis Nutt

  • “The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents” by Dr Lisa Damour

  • “Untangled: Building Teenage Girls Through Seven Transitions into Adulthood” by Dr Lisa Damour

  • “Under pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls” by Dr Lisa Damour

  • “This is so Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained” by Cara Natterson MD and Vanessa Kroll Bennett

Adults

  • “The Gifts of Imperfection,” “Daring Greatly,” “Rising Strong,” “Braving the Wilderness” by Brené Brown

  • “Let Them Theory” by Mel Robbins

  • “Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself” by Nedra Glover Tawwab

  • “The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery” by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile

  • “Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode - and into a Life of Connection” (has a Christian lens) by Aundi Kolber

  • “The Four Tendencies” by Gretchen Rubin

  • “Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones” by James Clear

  • “Come as You Are” by Emily Nagoski

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