RECOMMENDED READING

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Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT by Russ Harris

Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart by Tara Bennett-Goleman

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection by Jia Jiang

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman

Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson

The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown

The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good For You and How to Get Good At It by Kelly McGonigal

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel J. Siegel

On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Own Families by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross