GET STARTED
Mindfully Aligned Logo
GET STARTED

Books That Have Shaped My Work

A collection of books that have influenced the way I think about healing, relationships, identity, and living more fully. These are books I’ve found meaningful in my own learning and work, and I’m sharing them in case something here resonates with you.

Presence & Self-Connection

  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
  • Thinking, Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman
  • The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
  • Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
  • A Hidden Wholeness by Parker Palmer

Feelings

  • Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
  • Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett
  • Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
  • When the Body Says “No” by Gabor Maté

Grief & Illness

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
  • From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
  • How to be Sick by Toni Bernhard
  • On Death & Dying by Elisabeth Kubler Ross

Relationships

  • The Power of Two by Susan Heitler
  • Anxious in Love by Carolyn Daitch and Lissah Lorberbaum
  • Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
  • Making Peace with your Parents Dr. Harold H. Bloomfield and Dr. Leonard Felder
  • Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

Trauma

  • Getting Past your Past by Francine Shapiro
  • Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
  • The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
  • Your Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Communication

  • Your Perfect Right by Alberti and Emmons
  • Games People Play by Eric Berne
  • Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B Rosenberg

Parenting

  • Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Pressman
  • The Conscious Parent by Shefali Tsabary
  • Your X year old series by Louise Bates Ames
  • The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
  • Positive Discipline by Jane NelsonPositive Discipline by Jane Nelson
  • How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Gender

  • The Gender Quest Workbook
  • Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan Coyote
  • Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
  • Transgender History by Susan Stryker

Book a Consult