Recommended Books for Emotional Wellness and Personal Growth

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• Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance by Matthew Mc Kay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley

• Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh and Arnold Kotler

• NO MUD, NO LOTUS: The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh

• The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer

• Meditation for the Fidgety Skeptic by Dan Harris
  

• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

• Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer

• Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling by Anita A. Johnston PhD.

• Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth

• Mothers Daughters & Body Image by Hillary L. McBride
  

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D

• The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

• What Happened to You? By Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey

• The Drama of the Gifted Child by Allice Miller

• Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Klein

• The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
  

• My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

• Feelings by Bobbi and Dani Jo Brandt (written by kids for kids)

• I’m Happy-Sad by Lory Britain (teaches kids how it’s ok to have more than 1 feeling)

• Move Your Mood by Brenda Miles & Colleen Patterson

• The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas

• In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek

• How Are You Peeling: Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann

• Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

• The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
  

• If You’re Angry and You Know It! by Cecily Kaiser (anger)

• The Angry Ninja by Mary Nhin (anger)

• Train Your Angry Dragon by Steve Herman (anger)

• Roaring Mad Riley by Allison Szczecinski (anger)

• I Am Stronger Than Anger by Elizabeth Cole (anger)

• A Little Spot of Anger by Diane Alber (anger)

• Can Quilliam Learn to Control His Temper? (anger)

• Worry Says What? by Allison Edwards (anxiety)

• Worries are Not Forever by Elizabeth Verdick (anxiety)

• Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival (anxiety)

• Allie the Alligator Gets Anxious (anxiety)

• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall (scared and brave)

• When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland (sad)

• Big Boys Cry by Jonty Howley

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

• Invisible String by Patrice Karst (separation anxiety)

• When I Miss You by Maude Spelman(separation anxiety)

• I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak

• I Love You Because You’re You by Liza Baker

• No Matter What by Debi Gliori

• Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke

• Monster Trouble! by Lane Fredrickson (fear of monsters at night)

• The Little Brute Family by Russell Hoban (about kindness)

• The Lap Snatcher by Bruce Coville (about accepting a new sibling)

• Grow Happy by Jon Lasser (making positive choices)

• Positive Ninja by Mary Nhin
  

• What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Choose Series) by Adir Levy and  Ganit Levy 
  

• Dear Girl by Amy & Paris Rosenthal

• A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy

• My Mouth is a Volcano! by Julia Cook

• Waiting is Not Easy by Mo Willems

• Talk and Work it Out by Cheri Meiners

• Try and Stick with It by Cheri Meiners

• Thank You Body, Thank You Heart by Jennifer Harper

• I Like Myself! By Karen Beaumont (self-esteem)

• Be You! by Peter Reynolds (self-esteem)

• The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld

• Alphabreaths by Christopher Willard & Daniel Rechtschaffen (mindful breathing exercises)

• Breathing Makes it Better by Christopher Willard & Wendy O’ Leary

• The Listening Walk by Paul Showers (mindful listening)

• Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein (teaching how feelings come and go)

• Sitting Still Like a Frog Mindfulness Exercises for Kids by Eline Snile

• Cool Down and Work Through Anger by Cheri Meiners

• Hands are Not for Hitting by Martine Agassi

• What To Do When You Feel Like Hitting: A No Hitting Book for Toddlers by Cara Goodwin

• Teeth are Not for Biting by Elizabeth Verdick

• Little Monkey Calms Down by Michael Dahl

• My Moods, My Choices Flip Book

• Breathe Like a Bear by Kira Willey

• I am Peace by Susan Verde