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Explore our list of mental health and wellness books recommended by our staff.
Boundaries identify and express how other people can behave around us so that we feel safe. Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your LifeBoundaries
The pain of loss can feel overwhelming. While everyone grieves differently, there are healthy ways to cope and learn to heal. Grief & Loss
LGBTQ+ people experience alarmingly high rates of mental health challenges. It disrupts their daily lives and can be life-threatening, especially for children and youth. Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning Son or Daughter Becoming Nicole: The inspiring story of transgender actor-activist Nicole Maines and her extraordinary family The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender BoxesLGBTQIA+
Parenting is hard. These books are written by parenting specialists and focus on positive parenting, facilitating connection, positive parent-child relationships, understanding the developing child’s brain, gentle parenting, science-backed parenting, and positive discipline. Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive Positive Discipline: The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and Problem-Solving SkillsParenting
The following is a collection of books about personal development themes such as self-compassion, empathy, self-esteem, building confidence, and finding your identity. Personal Development
Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and HealingTrauma