Some helpful resources
Neurobiology/Addiction/Trauma
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
Building Autonomy/Confidence
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover
Living in the Power Zone by Cedar Barstow and Reynold Ruslan Feldman
Dealing with difficult emotions
Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
Relationships/Dating/Attachment/Parenting
Addiction to Love by Susan Peabody
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller
Rewire Your Brain for Love by Marsha Lucas
Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson
How to be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo
Out of the Doghouse by Robert Weiss
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert A. Glover
Parenting from the Inside Out by Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Non-monogamy by Jessica Fern
Thank you, More Please by Lily Womble
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
Mystical Women
When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone
Connectivity
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton
The Art of Living by Thích Nhất Hạnh
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
Suggested Podcasts
Between Us: A Psychotherapy Podcast with John Totten
Dating Intentionally by Talia Koren
Problem Solved with Jeff Guenther, LPC