"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." -C.S. Lewis
Recommended Books
Happiness:
Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar
Happiness (A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill: Happiness) by Matthieu Ricard
Igniting Faith In 40 Days: The Power of Hope, Declarations, and Negativity Fasts by Steve and Wendy Backlund *
Codepency and Shame:
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself By Melody Beattie
Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time by Melody Beattie
Codependent No More series by Andrei Nedelcu
Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love by Pia Mellody
Conquering Shame and Codependcy: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You by Darlene Lancer
I Thought It was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame by Brene Brown, PhD
Relationships:
Boundaries in Marriage by Cloud and Townsend *
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman, PhD
The Marriage You’ve Always Dreamed Of by Dr. Gary Smalley *
The DNA of Relationships by Dr. Gary Smalley *
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman*
Fortified Marriages, Marriage Manual & Workbook by Chris Garner *
Love Must Be Tough by Dr. James Dobson *
Men are from Mars Women are from Venus by John Gray, PhD
How to Get Your Husband to Listen to You by Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby
Motivating Your Man God’s Way by Dr. Emerson & Sarah Eggerichs *
Rescue Your Love Life by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend *
Sex Begins in the Kitchen by Dr. Kevin Leman *
Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He’ll Change by Robin Norwood
Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood
The Love Dare by Alex Kenrick *
How to Be An Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo
Anger:
The Dance of Anger- by Harriet Lerner, PhD
Abuse:
When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship by David Wexler, PhD (for men)
You Don’t Have to Take It Anymore: Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, Loving One by Steven Stosny, PhD (book for both the abuser and the victim)
Love Without Hurt: Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, Loving One by Steven Stosny, PhD (book for both the abuser and the victim)
The Verbally Abusive Man: Can He Change? A Woman’s Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go by Patricia Evans
Mending the Soul by Steven R. Tracy *
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond by Patricia Evans
Why Does He Do That? Inside The Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
Dangerous Marriage: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence by S.R. McDill & Linda McDill
Stop Hurting the Woman You Love: Breaking the Cycle of Abusive Behavior by Charlie Donaldson, Randy Flood, with Elaine Eldridge
Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them: Breaking the Cycle of Physical and Emotional Abuse by Paul Hegstrom *
How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing: The Emotionally Abusive Relationship by Beverly Engel
Parenting:
Bringing up Boys by James Dobson *
Parents’ Answer Book by Dr. James Dobson *
Parenting Isn’t for Cowards by Dr. James Dobson *
The Five Love Languages of Children by Chapman & Campbell *
The Unmotivated Child by Natalie Rathvon
What to Expect the Toddler Years by Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway
10 Days to a Less Defiant Child by Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD
The Explosive Child by Ross Greene, PhD
Grief:
A Grace Disguised by Sittser *
Where is God When it Hurts? By Philip Yancey *
Other:
When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz
*books recommended for faith-based clients