personal growth

• Conscious Living: How to create a life of your own design (Gay Hendricks)

• Full Catastrophe Living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness (Jon Kabat-Zinn)

• The Happiness Project (Gretchen Rubin)

• Heal Thy Self (Saki Santorelli)

• If the Buddha Got Stuck: A handbook for change on a spiritual path (Charlotte Sophia Kasl)

• Life Is a Verb: 37 days to wake up, be mindful, and live intentionally (Patti Digh)

• Making Sense of Life’s Changes (William Bridges)

• Man’s Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)

• Spontaneous Happiness (Andrew Weil)

• Taking Flight (Kelly Rae Roberts)

• Unstuck: Your guide to the seven-stage journey out of depression (James S. Gordon)

 

substance abuse

• Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down: 50 things every alcoholic and addict in early recovery should know, or how to stay clean and sober, recovery from addiction and substance abuse (Georgia W. Many)

• Many Roads One Journey: Moving beyond the 12 steps (Charlotte S. Kasl)

 

grief & loss

• Healing After Loss: Daily meditations for working through grief (Martha Whitmore Hickman)

• On Death and Dying (Elizabeth Kübler-Ross)

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart advice for difficult times (Pema Chodron)

 

couples & relationships​

• 365 Questions for Couples (Michael J. Beck, Stanis Marusak Beck, Seanna Beck)

• And Baby Makes Three: The six-step plan for preserving marital intimacy and rekindling romance after baby arrives (John Gottman)

• Attached: The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find— and keep— love (Amir Levine, Rachel Heller)

• The Divorce Remedy: The proven 7-step program for saving Your marriage (Michele Weiner Davis)

• Financial Bliss: A couple’s guide to merging money styles and building a rich life together (Bambi Holzer)

• Getting the Love You Want: A guide for couples (Harville Hendrix)

• The Hard Questions: 100 essential questions to ask before you say “I do” (Susan Piver)

• If the Buddha Dated: A handbook for finding love on a spiritual path (Charlotte Sophia Kasl)

• If the Buddha Married: Creating enduring relationships on a spiritual path (Charlotte Sophia Kasl)

• Keeping the Love You Find: A personal guide (Harville Hendrix)

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A practical guide from the country’s foremost relationship expert (John Gottman)

• The Ten Conversations You Must Have Before You Get Married (Guy Grenier)

• Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage: America’s Love Lab experts share their strategies for strengthening your relationship (John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Joan Declaire)

 

for parents

• If the Buddha Had Kids: Raising children to create a more peaceful world (Charlotte Kasl)

• Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical parenting from birth to six years (Jim Fay, Charles Fay)

• No-Drama Discipline: The whole-brain way to calm the chaos and nurture your child's developing mind (Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson)

• Peaceful Parenting (Nancy S. Buck)

• Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child: Eliminating conflict by establishing clear, firm, and respectful boundaries (Robert J. MacKenzie)

• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s developing mind, survive everyday parenting struggles, and help your family thrive (Daniel Siegel)

 

for parents regarding adolescents

•  Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain (Daniel Siegel)      

• Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A parent’s guide to the new teenager (Anthony E. Wolf)

• Getting to Calm: Cool-headed strategies for parenting tweens + teens (Laura S Kastner, Jennifer Wyatt)

• The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans: How to decode their behavior, develop trust, and raise a respectable adult. (J. Shipp)

• I’d Listen to My Parents If They'd Just Shut Up: What to say and not say when parenting teens (Wolf, A.)

• Parenting Teens With Love And Logic: Preparing adolescents for responsible adulthood (F. Cline & J. Fay)

• Surviving Your Adolescents: How to Manage and Let Go of Your 13-18 Year Olds (T. Phelan)

• The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens: Strategies for unlocking your child’s full potential (D. Haddad)

• Who Stole My Child?: Parenting through the four stages of adolescence (C. Pickhardt) 

• The Yes Brain: How to cultivate courage, curiosity, and resilience in your child (Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson)

• Yes, Your Teen is Crazy! Loving your kid without losing your mind (Michael J. Bradley)       

 

for parents regarding special needs

• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with special needs: Stories of love and understanding for those who care for children with disabilities (Heather McNamara, Karen Simmons)

• Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and coping with attention deficit disorder from childhood through adulthood (Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey)

• Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid: A survival guide for ordinary parents of special children (Gina Gallagher)

 

for children

• The 7 Habits of Happy Kids (Sean Covey, Illustrator Stacy Curtis)

• A Boy and A Bear: The children’s relaxation book (Lori Lite)

• Bubble Riding: A relaxation story, designed to help children increase creativity while lowering stress and anxiety levels (Lori Lite)

• How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger (Elizabeth Verdick, Majorie Lisovskis)

• The Invisible String* (Patrice Karst, Illustrated by Geoff Stevenson)

• The Next Place* (Warren Hanson)

• Tear Soup* (Pat Schwiebert, Check Deklyen, Illustrated by Taylor Bills)

*These are great books for grief of any kind—even for adults!

 

for teens

• The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens (Sean Covey)

• The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (Sean Covey)

• Buddha in Your Backpack: Everyday Buddhism for Teens (Franz Metcalf)

• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just for Teenagers: 101 Stories of Inspiration and Support for Teens (Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark)