Whether you’re looking for practical self-help tools, a deeper understanding of psychology, or just a fascinating read about the human mind and emotions. This is a selection of books that are accessible to everyone, from those just starting their journey of self-discovery to those with a more in-depth interest in Self and psychology.

📖 Help yourself, find new perspectives:

• Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity and Finding Your Life’s Purpose – Martha Beck

• Self Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind – Kristin Neff

• The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges – Paul Gilbert

• The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle

• Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One – Joe Dispenza

• Power Vs Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behaviour – David R. Hawkins

• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead – Brené Brown

• The Emotion Wheel – understanding the nuances of our experiences

• Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel – Candace Pert

• The Heart of Understanding – Thich Nhat Hanh

 

📖 Psychology:

• The Dark Side of the Light Chasers – Debbie Ford

• A Little Book on the Human Shadow – Robert Bly

• Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

• The Drama of the Gifted Child, the search for the true self – Alice Miller

• You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For: A New Approach to Intimate Relationships With the Internal Family Systems Model – Richard C. Schwartz

• Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect – Jonice Webb

 

📖 Understanding Trauma:

• Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors – Janina Fisher

• Trauma and Recovery – Judith Lewis Herman. A foundational text that reframed trauma as not only “war trauma” but also domestic/sexual violence, and shaped modern trauma treatment thinking

• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel Van Der Kolk

• When the Body Says No – Gabor Maté

• Waking The Tiger – Peter Levine

• The Myth of Normal – Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté

• Trauma and Memory – Peter Levine

 

📖 The Emotional Landscape of Physical Health

If you’re interested in exploring why it may be helpful to address emotional health when working through physical issues:

• Your Body Speaks Your Mind – Debbie Shapiro

• Molecules of Emotion – Candace Pert

• When the Body Says No – Gabor Maté

• The Body Bears the Burden – Robert Scaer

 

📖 Conscious Parenting:

• Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive – Daniel J. Siegel MD & Mary Hartzell

 

📖 Research on EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques):

• The Science Behind Tapping – Peta Stapleton, Ph.D.

• EFT News, Science and Research: a list of links.