Recommended Books

Insightful & Thought-Provoking Books That Are Worth the Read

Many are available as audiobooks

Book cover titled 'Rest is Resistance' by Tricia Hersey, featuring a side profile of a woman with closed eyes and large hoop earrings, against a yellow and orange background.
Book cover titled "The Pain We Carry" focusing on healing from complex PTSD for people of color. Features illustrations of three diverse women in profile against an orange background.

Rest is Resistance Tricia Hersey

Book cover titled "All the Things They Said We Couldn't Have: Stories of Trans Joy" by T. C. Oakes-Moncr

The Pain We Carry Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT

All The Things They Said We Couldn’t Have T.C. Oakes-Monger

Book cover for 'Scattered Minds' by Gabor Maté, MD, with colorful paint splashes and a subtitle about attention deficit disorder.
Book cover titled 'Laziness Does Not Exist' by Devon Price, Ph.D., with a background of horizontal color bands in yellow, orange, red, and purple.

Scattered Minds Gabor Maté, M.D.

Book cover titled "What My Bones Know" by Stephanie Foo, featuring a collage of flowers, bones, and fruit on a dark background.

Laziness Does Not Exist Devon Price, PhD.

Book cover titled "Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma" by Peter A. Levine with Ann Frederick, featuring two tigers in a forest setting.

What My Bones Know Stephanie Foo

Book cover with light blue background titled 'Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free' by Alexandra Elle, labeled as a New York Times bestseller.

Waking the Tiger Peter A. Levine

Book cover of 'Fellix Ever After' by Kacen Callender featuring a portrait of a confident young Black woman with short curly hair, surrounded by colorful flowers and tattoos on her arms, with a bold orange and yellow background.

How We Heal Alexandra Elle

Book cover titled 'Unlearning Shame' by Devon Price, PhD, with a yellow background and text about rejecting self-blame, reclaiming power, and culture.

Felix Ever After Kacen Callender

Book cover titled "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem, featuring an abstract painting of a woman with her eyes closed and hands crossed over her chest.

Unlearning Shame Devon Price, PhD.

Book cover of "When the Body Says No" by Gabor Maté, MD, with a yellow leaf graphic on a light background, featuring black and yellow text.

My Grandmother’s Hands Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP.

Book cover titled 'Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies' by Renee Linklater, featuring a stylized image of a bird with a barbed wire pattern and a circular background.

When the Body Says No Gabor Maté, M.D.

Book cover titled "Euphoria" edited by Laura Kate Dale. The background features pink, white, and blue stripes. The cover includes quotes and descriptions about the book, highlighting stories of joy from trans non-binary and intersex writers.

Decolonizing Trauma Work Renee Linklater

Book cover titled 'The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically: Unmasking for Life' by Devon Price, PhD, with colorful brushstroke design in the background.

Gender Euphoria Laura Kate Dale

Cover of the book titled "It Didn't Start With You" by Mark Wolynn, showing a DNA double helix outline in blue and pink, with a silver Nautilus Book Awards medal at the bottom right corner.

Unmasking For Life Devon Price, PhD.

Book cover titled 'The Deepest Well' by Nadine Burke Harris, MD, with subtitle 'Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity'

It Didn’t Start With You Mark Wolynn

Book cover for "Freedom from Pain: Discover Your Body's Power to Overcome Physical Pain" by Maggie Phillips, PhD, with an orange and green abstract background.

The Deepest Well Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.

Freedom from Pain Peter A. Levine, PhD.