Staff Picks: Resources from Real Therapists
Holistic Consultation Staff Picks: Resources from Real Therapists
In every newsletter, we feature a staff member from the Holistic Consultation team, and they provide recommendations for our readers + clients. Here’s a roundup of all of our staff picks so far:
- Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to YourselfbyDr. Kristin Neff
- Do you struggle with being kind to yourself? How about just being compassionate with yourself? Dr. Kristin Neff wrote this book for people just like you. This book explains helpful, practical ways to stop criticizing yourself all of the time and to build up your sense of self-compassion. Instead of being on the emotional rollercoaster of self-criticism, you can enjoy a happy and fulfilled life.
- First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through AnxietybySarah Wilson
- Sarah Wilson, the author of this book, was inspired to write about anxiety after reading the Chinese proverb: “The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.” She explores anxiety triggers, treatment options, trends, interviews fellow anxiety sufferers, and offers tips for living with anxiety.
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- It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycleby Mark Wolynn
- “The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations….It Didn’t Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch.”
- Resurrecting Sex: Solving Sexual Problems and Revolutionizing Your Relationshipby David Schnarch
- “In this remarkable new book, Dr. David Schnarch, world-renowned sex and marital therapist and author of Passionate Marriage, offers a groundbreaking approach to resolving sexual difficulties and the relationship problems they cause. By showing couples how they can turn their worst sex and relationship disasters into personal growth and spiritual connection, Dr. Schnarch offers couples the best sex of their lives.”
- 10 Things to Remember When Your Child Gets Angryfrom Psychology Today
- “One of the most critical tasks of childhood is learning to tolerate the wounds of everyday life without moving into reactive anger. That gives us the opportunity to address those challenges and resolve them more constructively. Kids don’t learn this through banishment, but by us teaching them to honor all their feelings, while being responsible for their actions.”
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- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are Highby Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler.
- “Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences, or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life’s most difficult and important conversations, say what’s on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want.”
- The Gratitude Diariesby Janice Kaplan
- “Relying on both amusing personal experiences and extensive research, Kaplan explores how gratitude can transform every aspect of life including marriage and friendship, money and ambition, and health and fitness. She learns how appreciating your spouse changes the neurons of your brain and why saying thanks helps CEOs succeed. Through extensive interviews with experts and lively conversations with real people including celebrities like Matt Damon, Daniel Craig, and Jerry Seinfeld, Kaplan discovers the role of gratitude in everything from our sense of fulfillment to our children’s happiness. With warmth, humor, and appealing insight, Janice’s journey will empower readers to think positively and start living their own best year ever.”
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- Radical Compassionby Tara Brach
- Tara Brach is a well known teacher on the topic of mindfulness. In this book, she dives deep into her four step meditation program, teaching you how to bring more meaning back into your life.
- Atomic Habitsby James Clear
- Why can it be so hard to ditch our bad habits and develop new ones? James Clear, who is a world expert on forming habits, argues we don’t have the right systems in place to make changes. In this book, he’ll walk you through a better system to develop and stick to habits.
- I Always Want to Be Where I’m Notby Wes Crenshaw PhD
- If you or someone you love is living with ADD or ADHD, this book is a guide to how to successfully live life. Wes Crenshaw covers topics like how to manage relationships with loved ones while detailing 13 principles for successfully living with ADD & ADHD.
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- Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find- and Keep- Loveby Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
- Learning more about what attachment styles are and how your specific attachment style manifests can be a great way to improve your relationships (and your life). This book goes into the science behind attachment theory and breaks it down so you can understand the concepts and apply them to your own relationships.
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Leadby Brené Brown
- What does vulnerability mean to you? Brené Brown, who has spent her career researching things like shame, vulnerability, courage, and empathy, writes in this book that vulnerability is the source of many traits, courage included. Instead of being afraid to be vulnerable, Brown argues that being vulnerable is the key to unlocking much of the human experience. If you’re ready to step into courage, read this.
- Bad Girls Throughout Historyby Anne Shen
- Learn about 100 remarkable women who challenged the status quo and changed the rules for those who followed by reading this work by Ann Shen.
- Make Room for Fiction, too.
- Erica also recommends finding lighter fiction books as a tool for self-care for some clients. Finding a story you can’t get enough of is a great way to take your mind off of heavier things. Check out your local library or get recommendations from your friends and family.
- Katherine Center’s books, especially Things You Save in a Fire and How to Walk Away are Erica’s favorites right now.
- Erica also recommends finding lighter fiction books as a tool for self-care for some clients. Finding a story you can’t get enough of is a great way to take your mind off of heavier things. Check out your local library or get recommendations from your friends and family.
- The Power of Vulnerability | Brene Brown
- “Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.”
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- I’m Fine…And Other Liesby Whitney Cummings
- This memoir by comedian Whitney Cummings is funny, awkward, and honest. She describes a lifetime of living with anxiety and co-dependency disorder and the work she’s done to manage them with wit and humor. This book is a relatable and easy read, so if you’re interested in her story of working through her mental health issues, pick it up.
- Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis
- This memoir by Rachel Hollis asks an essential question: “Am I the only person who has no idea what they’re doing?!” Rachel Hollis expands on the lies and misunderstandings that held her back in life and how she moved past them to get where she is today. If you’re looking for some motivation for a passionate life, check it out.
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