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Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading

Resources for Creating Phenomenal Family:

The Intentional Family 

Doherty, William PhD

 

The Resilient Self: How Survivors in Troubled Families Rise Above Diversity.

Wolin, Steven and Sophie Wolin.

 

Child Development & Parenting:

The Five Love Languages of Teenagers 

Chapman, Gary

 

Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility.

Cline,Foster W. & Fay, Jim

 

Family Virtues Guide 

Popov, Linda Kavelin

 

The Virtues Guide 

Popov, Linda Kavelin

 

Developmental Disability/Delay:

The Out of Sync Child

Kranowitz, Carol Stock (One of the Best books on Sensory Dysfunction & Integration)

 

Divorce:

Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce

Newman, Gary

 

Mom’s House, Dad’s House

Ricci, Isolina


Grieving, Death & Dying:

When Children Grieve 

James, J.W., Friedman, R., and Mathews, Leslie L.

 

Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying 

Levine, Stephen


Forgiveness & Healing:

Forgiveness: The Greatest Healer of All

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

Love is Letting Go of Fear 

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

 

Forgive for Good

Lauskin, Fred

 

Forgive for Love 

Lauskin, Fred

 

The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate 

Lerner, Harriet


Getting it Together: Effective Tools for Change

Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes 

Bridges, William

 

The Way of Transition: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moment

Bridges, William

 

Personhood: The Art of Being Fully Human

Buscaglia, Leo

 

Comfortable with Uncertainty

Chordron, Pema

 

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

Chodron, Pema

 

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times 

Chodron, Pema

 

When Things Fall Apart

Chodron, Pema

 

Excuse Me Your LIFE is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feeling 

Grabhorn, Lynn

 

Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness

Kabat-Zinn, Joni

Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

Katie, Byron

 

Love is Letting Go Of Fear

Jampolsky, Gerald

 

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway 

Jeffers, Susan

 

Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

Lesser, Elizabeth

 

Guide to Stress Reduction

Mason, John L.

 

Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood

Muller, Wayne

 

It’s Not Your Fault: How Healing Relationships Change Your Brain & Can Help You Overcome a Painful Past 

Romano-McGraw, Patricia

 

The Four Agreements 

Ruiz, Don Miguel

 

Love Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness 

Salzberg, Sharon

 

Just for Kids (3-6 years)

Fred Stays With Me 

Coffeit, Nancy

 

Where Is Daddy? 

Goff, Beth

 

Divorce Is…(Coloring Book) 

Magid & Schreibman

 

Two Homes 

Masre, Claire

 

Mom and Dad Don’t Live Together Anymore 

Stinson, Kathy

My Family’s Changing 

Thomas, Pat


Just for Children and Young Adults (7 and older)

It’s Not the End of the World 

Blume, Judy

 

Surviving Your Parents’ Divorce 

Boeckman, Charles

 

Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families

Brown, Laureen and Brown, Marc

 

Where in the World is the Perfect Family? 

Heat, Amy

 

When Children Grieve 

James, J.W., Friedman, R., and Mathews, Leslie L.

 

How to Get it Together When Your Parents Are Coming Apart

Richard & Willis

 

Why Are We Getting a Divorce? 

Krementz, Jill 

 

When Mom and Dad Divorce

Nickman, Steven and DeGoat, Diane

 

Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids

Ricci, Isolina


Mindfulness: Strategies for Relaxation and Stress Reduction

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

Hanh, Thich Nhat

 

Miracle of Mindfulness 

Nanh, Thich Nhat

 

Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions 

Hanh, Thich Nhat

 

Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness

Kabat-Zinn, Joni

 

Guide to Stress Reduction 

Mason, L. John

 

Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing

McCall, Timothy and Yoga Journal

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