Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us Out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode by Aundi Kolber encourages readers to heal from chronic stress and trauma through self-compassion, gentleness, and nervous-system awareness rather than relentless self-improvement.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk explains how trauma reshapes the brain and body while exploring therapies that help people reconnect with themselves and recover.

The Wisdom of Your Body by Hillary McBride explores how listening to and trusting the body can support emotional healing, self-understanding, and living more fully.

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem examines how racial trauma lives in the body across generations and offers body-centered practices for healing and reconciliation.

Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro explains how unresolved memories shape present emotions and behaviors while introducing EMDR techniques to help people process and heal from past experiences.

“What Is EMDR?” from EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) provides an accessible overview of EMDR therapy, including how it works and what to expect in treatment.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson helps adults identify the four types of emotionally immature parents (Emotional, Driven, Passive, and Rejecting) and offers strategies to break cycles, set boundaries, and develop healthier relationships.

What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo is a memoir tracing the author’s journey through therapy, healing, and understanding her diagnosis of complex PTSD rooted in childhood trauma.

The Attachment Project Quiz helps individuals identify their attachment style and explore how it may be affecting their relationships.

Altogether You: Experiencing Personal and Spiritual Transformation with Internal Family Systems Therapy by Jenna Riemersma integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Christian spirituality to help readers understand their inner parts, heal wounds, and experience deeper personal and spiritual transformation.

No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz introduces the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, helping readers understand and compassionately work with different “parts” of themselves to heal emotional wounds and build greater self-leadership.

Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson uses attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help couples recognize negative relationship patterns, strengthen emotional connection, and create more secure bonds.

The Gottman Institute provides evidence-based tools and research-backed strategies to help couples improve communication, manage conflict, deepen intimacy, and strengthen long-term relationships.

Good Inside by Becky Kennedy offers a compassionate, practical approach to parenting that helps caregivers understand children’s behavior, stay regulated, and build stronger parent-child relationships.

The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson explains child brain development and offers practical strategies to help parents support emotional regulation and understand how they can support their children’s developing brain and emotional system.

If you are new to the Enneagram, the Enneagram Institute is a great place to read about the nine types, especially in relationships. You can also purchase a validated test through the website. 

The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile introduces the nine Enneagram personality types and helps readers better understand their motivations, relationships, and paths toward personal growth.

The Sacred Enneagram by Christopher L. Heuertz explores the Enneagram through a spiritual lens, helping readers deepen self-awareness and spiritual growth.

Atlas: Enneagram by Sleeping at Last is a musical project featuring songs inspired by each Enneagram type, offering an emotionally resonant way to reflect on types and learn about one’s deep desires and motivations. There are accompanying podcasts delving into each type.