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Recommended Reading On Healing And Self-Care

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Trauma

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Parenting

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Substance Use Recovery

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Memoirs

Cover of a book titled 'An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness' by Kay Redfield Jamison. The cover features a pale background with leafless tree branches and two red circles on the branches, with a quote from Oliver Sacks.

Book cover of 'Modern Terri Cheney', featuring a blurred black-and-white close-up of a woman with long hair and an acoustic guitar, with quotes and titles in orange and white text.

Book cover titled 'Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family' by Robert Kolker, with a vintage family photo of children and adults on a staircase decorated for Christmas.

Cover of a memoir titled "Building a Life Worth Living" by Marsha M. Linehan, featuring blue line art of a tree with leaves on a pink background.

The cover of the book titled 'Beautiful Boy' by David Sheff, featuring a black-and-white photo of a person with their arm raised, and some text indicating it is a bestselling memoir about a father's journey through his son's addiction.

Book cover of "Solito" by Javier Zamora, featuring a silhouette of a boy filled with a landscape of mountains, sky, and terrain, with quotes praising the book and a "Read with Jenna" sticker.

Book cover titled "I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, A Movement" by Jessica Zucker with a colorful watercolor background in shades of yellow, purple, and pink.

Book cover of "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy, featuring a woman in a pink outfit with a wig, holding a pink urn, against a yellow background.

Book cover of 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls, featuring a black and white illustration of a girl holding a small glass castle.

Book cover titled 'Coming Clean' by Kimberly Rae Miller, featuring pink paper hearts and flower shapes on a white background.

Meditation & Mindfulness

A colorful, stylized illustration of a waking up scene with a person sitting up in bed, stretching, and a window with sunlight.

Book cover titled 'Radical Compassion' by Tara Brach, with a light blue background, yellow spiral design in the center, and red handwritten-style text reading 'Radical Compassion'.

Book cover titled "Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach, Ph.D., with the subtitle "Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha" and a foreword by Jack Kornfield. The cover features a white flower within a blue aura or glow.

Cover of a book titled "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, featuring a green and yellow gradient background with text highlighting it as a New York Times bestseller and over 5 million copies sold.

Book cover titled 'Wherever You Go There You Are' by Jon Kabat-Zinn, 10th anniversary edition, featuring a desert landscape with sand dunes.

The cover of a book titled "Full Catastrophe Living" by Jon Kabat-Zinn, featuring a blue background with gold and purple text, and a circular floral emblem at the bottom.

Illustration of Winnie the Pooh hanging onto a red balloon on a red background, with the text 'the Tao of Pooh' and a Chinese character inside a circle.

Book cover for 'Way of the Peaceful Warrior' by Dan Millman featuring a man doing a handstand against a partly cloudy sky.

Book cover titled "Total Meditation" by Deepak Chopra with subtitle "Practices in Living the Awakened Life" and a graphic of concentric circles in shades of yellow and orange.

Cover of a book titled "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom," authored by Don Miguel Ruiz, featuring four stylized lotus flowers and four torn paper accents.

Book cover titled '10% Happier' by Dan Harris, featuring a glass of water and text about taming inner voice and reducing stress.

Motivational & Self-Care

A highway overpass with vehicles driving underneath, clear sky in the background.

Cover of a book titled "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson, with a bright orange background, black large bold text, a white circle with additional text, and black ink splatter graphic.

Book cover titled "Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope" by Mark Manson with a turquoise background, black and white text, and black ink splatters.

Book cover titled "Daring Greatly" by Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW. The subtitle reads "How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead." The cover indicates more than 2 million copies sold and it is a #1 New York Times bestseller.

Book cover titled 'The Gifts of Imperfection' by Brené Brown, featuring a dove and a heart symbol.

Book cover of 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchen Rubin, featuring a bright blue background, yellow text, and an illustration of a bird flying above a row of colorful city buildings.

Cover of the book titled 'You Are a Badass' by Jen Sincero with a yellow background and black, orange, and green text.

Colorful abstract background with swirls of pink, purple, blue, red, and gold glitter, featuring the title "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle in white bold letters, and a handwritten note indicating she is an author of a #1 New York Times bestseller with the words "Love Warrior."

Book cover titled "Setting Boundaries will set you free" by Nancy Levin with a foreword by Christiane Northrup, M.D., on a blue and yellow gradient background.

Book cover titled "My Year with Eleanor" by Noelle Hancock, depicting a person swimming in water with legs and yellow flippers raised above the surface against a clear sky.

Cover of the book "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone" by Lori Gottlieb, featuring a yellow box with crumpled paper on top, set against a blue background.

Mood Workbooks

An airplane flying through a blue sky with clouds.

The book cover of "Feeling Great" by David D. Burns, MD, features a white background with a large yellow circle in the center. The title is inside the yellow circle in bold, dark blue text. The subtitle below reads, "The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety," in smaller dark blue font. The author's name appears at the top, along with a note that he is the bestselling author of "Feeling Good".

Book cover of 'Own It. Make Your Anxiety Work for You' by Caroline Foran, featuring turquoise background, yellow and white text, and a yellow border.

Book cover titled "Detox Your Thoughts" with subtitle "Quit Negative Self-Talk for Good & Discover the Life You've Always Wanted" and author Andrea Bonior, PhD, a Washington Post columnist. Background features a blue watercolor design with white bubbles.

Cover of a workbook titled 'The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety' by Tanya J. Peterson, MS, NCC, offering an 8-week solution to manage anxiety, worry, and stress with watercolor background in shades of green, blue, and teal.

Cover of a book titled 'Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts' by Sally M. Winston, PhD, and Martin N. Seif, PhD, with a cloud background.

Book cover titled 'The Anatomy of Anxiety' by Ellen Vora, M.D., with a pink and blue watercolor background.

Trauma

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Cover of a book titled 'The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma' by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. The cover is blue with an abstract black silhouette of a human figure with a red spot on the chest and yellow starbursts around it.

Book cover of "Trauma and Recovery" by Judith Herman, M.D. featuring a black background, the title in large white text, a quote at the top, and a colorful abstract drawing with the words "When will we stop?" written in red.

Book cover featuring Gabrielle Bernstein with a close-up of her face, resting her chin on her hand, and the title 'HAPPY DAYS' in large purple letters.

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

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Parenting

Cover of the book titled 'Good Inside' by Dr. Becky Kennedy, with a yellow background and colorful text. The subtitle reads 'A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be'.

Book cover titled 'Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids' by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, with a foreword by Carla Naumburg, PhD. The cover features colorful illustrations of trees and a fountain.

Book cover titled "Bringing Up Bébé" by Pamela Druckerman, featuring an illustration of a woman standing behind a child in a stroller, with a light yellow background and red, white, and blue striped border.

Fair Play Book Cover

A close-up of a read and white toothbrush with a blue replacement head and a small amount of toothpaste on the bristles.

Eating Disorders

Cover of a book titled 'Body Kindness' with watercolor circles in pink, yellow, and blue. Subtitle: 'Transform your health from the inside out—and never say diet again.' Author: Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN.

Book cover for 'Empty: A Memoir' by Susan Burton, depicting a woman sitting in a bathtub viewed from above, holding a mirror over her face.

A woman lying among a vibrant arrangement of purple, red, orange, and blue flowers with a sunflower pattern around her head, in a bed of purple flowers, promoting a message about self-love.

A white rail with blue and yellow accents and a gray top, extending over water with a boat and mountain in the background.

Motherhood

From One Mom To Another Book Cover

Releasing the Mother Load: How to Carry Less and Enjoy Motherhood More Hardcover

Beautiful Chaos: On Motherhood, Overwhelming Love and Finding Yourself Paperback

Book cover titled 'Normalize It: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women's Lives' by Jessica Zucker, PhD, with a yellow background, a large pink mouth with open lips on the left, and black text with some red accents.

Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool (The ParentData Series) Hardcover

Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Series) Paperback

What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood Paperback

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Substance Use Recovery

Quit Like a Woman Book Cover

Sober curious Book Cover

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