Kristin’s Reading List:
A list of lovely, thoughtful, healing, and/or silly books I’ve collected over the years:
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No Bad Parts – Richard Schwartz
Trauma Stewardship – Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
What My Bones Know – Stephanie Foo
Brain on Fire – Susannah Cahalan
Surviving Schizophrenia – E. Fuller Torrey
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog – Bruce D. Perry
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Lori Gottlieb
The Gift of Therapy – Irvin D. Yalom
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David D. Burns
Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – Lindsay C. Gibson
When Religion Hurts You – Laura E. Anderson
How to Manage Your Eco-Anxiety – Anouchka Grose
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Good Inside – Dr. Becky Kennedy
Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions – Jeanine A. Penzo
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail – John M. Gottman
Untamed – Glennon Doyle
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This is Your Brain on Food – Uma Naidoo
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle – Emily Nagoski
Come as You Are – Emily Nagoski
Reclaiming Body Trust – Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant
Mindful Self-Compassion – Kristen Neff
Hunger – Roxane Gay
Hyperbole and a Half – Allie Brosh
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The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
Out of Your Mind – Alan Watts
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
The Book of Joy – Douglas Abrams
Love Wins – Rob Bell
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Educated – Tara Westover
Hillbilly Elegy – J.D. Vance
Hunger – Roxane Gay (also fits under Wellness)
What My Bones Know – Stephanie Foo (also under Trauma)
Brain on Fire – Susannah Cahalan (also under Mental Health)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Lori Gottlieb (also under Mental Health)
A Thousand Naked Strangers – Kevin Hazzard
Untamed – Glennon Doyle (also under Relationships)
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Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
The Life Impossible – Matt Haig
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The Art of Frugal Hedonism – Annie Raser-Rowland & Adam Grubb
The Hidden Life of Trees – Peter Wohlleben
The Book of Hope – Jane Goodall & Douglas Abrams
How to Manage Your Eco-Anxiety – Anouchka Grose (also under Mental Health)
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You Better Be Lightning – Andrea Gibson
Hyperbole and a Half – Allie Brosh (also under Wellness)