Bookshelf

Literature can be incredibly healing, validating, and informative. Here is a collected list of books I recommend for healing, self-exploration, and growth.

Highly Sensitive People & Empaths

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron
Brain Training for the Highly Sensitive Person by Julie Bjelland
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nereberg
Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World: How to Create a Happy Life by Ilse Sand
The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person: How To Harness Your Sensitivity In A Chaotic World by Julie Bjelland
The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron
Thrill: The High Sensation Seeking Highly Sensitive Person by Tracy M. Cooper
The Power of Sensitivity by Ted Zeff
The Empath’s Survival Guide by Dr. Judith Orloff (see my book review here.)

Highly Sensitive Children & Teens

The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them by Elaine Aron
Understanding the Highly Sensitive Child: Seeing an Overwhelming World through Their Eyes by James Williams
Supporting the Highly Sensitive Child: Making Sense of Meltdowns by James Williams
The Strong, Sensitive Boy by Ted Zeff
Diary of a Teenage Empath by Jeannette Folan
The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans: How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Raise a Respectable Adult by Josh Shipp

Introverts

The Introvert Advantage: How Quiet People Can Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney
Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids by Susan Cain
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Book by Susan Cain
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung (see my book review here.)

Soul Work

Your Fearless Soul by Christin Myrick (Colorado Author)
Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

PTSD & Trauma Recovery

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker
Trauma Recovery Handbook for Survivors by Rachel Walker
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence–From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith L. Herman
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van de Kolk
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis