Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
I’ll admit even as an avid reader I struggle to find the time to read like I would like to. Lately I’ve been going through some personal stuff with family and have started back to therapy. I started listening to books on Audible since I didn’t have the time to sit down and turn the pages and it has been a game changer for me. I am a firm believer in self healing in any way that you can instead of holding it all in as I once did. My self healing journey is not over but through some amazing self healing books that guide me into this process, I am well on my way. I wanted to encourage you especially during this time to take on this process to help yourself too. Maybe that’s through the loss of a loved one, dealing with a break up, feeling the stress of parenting or a damaged relationship with a family member. Whatever your struggle may be, diving into it and taking on the issue can be extremely vital for your well being.
11 Inspiring and Self Healing Books (I couldn’t pick just 10):
Mix of self-help, spiritual, inspiring, and informative books for your general well-being.
- You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life: Jen Sincero
- The Power of Now: Eckhart Tolle
- Big Magic: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Girl, Stop Apologizing: Rachel Hollis
- When to Speak up and When to Shut Up: Michael D. Sedler
- Love yourself, Live your Spirit: Sonia Choquette
- Captivating: John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge
- Carry On, Warrior: Glennon Doyle Melton
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: Mark Manson
- Girl, Wash Your Face: Rachel Hollis
- Untamed, Glennon Doyle
10 Books For Self Healing From Childhood Trauma:
As someone who has endured her own trauma with an unhealthy parent, I think these books are amazing for a damaged parental relationship or abuse in general in childhood.
- Daughter Detox
- The Body Keeps The Score
- Childhood Disrupted
- The Mom Factor
- Overcoming Childhood Trauma
- Healing Development Trauma
- The Emotionally Absent Mother
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – by Lindsay C Gibson
- Good Stuff from Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family – by Karen Casey (Paperback)
- The Fatherless Daughter Project: Understanding Our Losses and Reclaiming Our Lives
10 Books For Breakups/Divorce:
It can feel like the end of the world when you’re experiencing heartbreak. Hopefully these reads help you get through it.
- It’s Called A Breakup Because It’s Broken
- The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: How to Turn the Pain of a Breakup Into Healing, Insight, and New Love
- This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
- The Year of Magical Thinking.
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
- The Breakup Bible: The Smart Woman’s Guide to Healing from a Breakup or Divorce – Rachel Sussman
- It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself – Laura A. Wasser
- Heart Healing: The Power of Forgiveness to Heal a Broken Heart – Susyn Reeve
10 Books When Grieving:
Losing a loved one is one of the absolute hardest trials you will experience in life, if not THE hardest. These books are about all forms of loss to help.
- How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies
- The Other Side of Sadness
- I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye
- Bearing the Unbearable
- A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children
- The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of our Parents
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child
- The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies?
- It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way
10 Books For Parenting:
Parenting is one of the hardest journeys I’ve embarked on. It challenges you in a way like no other. You are not alone and it takes a village.
- The Strong Willed Child
- A Return To Love
- Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- The Whole-Brain Child
- NO-DRAMA DISCIPLINE BY DANIEL J. SIEGEL
- SIMPLICITY PARENTING: USING THE EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF LESS TO RAISE CALMER, HAPPIER, AND MORE SECURE KIDS BY KIM PAYNE AND LISA ROSS
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
- FOR DEALING WITH THE “MENTAL LOAD”All the Rage
- Taking Care of Your Child, Ninth Edition: A Parent’s Illustrated Guide to Complete Medical Care
- How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
Whatever you may be experiencing to seek out self healing through self help books, sometimes it is just better to hear it from an unbiased source. I hope these books give you promise and help you on your journey. Feel free to drop any suggestions on other self healing books in the comments below.
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