Mindfulness
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
UCSD Fadel Zeidan Brain Mechanisms of Pain and Health Lab
Everyday Mindfulness (local Encinitas)
60 Minutes Special on Mindfulness Anderson Cooper and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Susan Kaiser Greenland The Mindful Parent
Salzberg, S. (2010). Real happiness: The power of meditation: A 28-day program, regular version. Workman Publishing.
Zylowska, L. (2012). The mindfulness prescription for adult ADHD: An 8-step program for strengthening attention, managing emotions, and achieving your goals. Shambhala Publications.
Welch, C. (2020). The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women. Tarcher Perigee.
Wellbeing
UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center
Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Positivity Ratio Barbara Fredrickson
Kelly McGonigal How to Make Stress Your Friend
Yale University Emotion Series with June Gruber
UCLA Mindful Awareness Podcast at Hammer Museum
UC Berkeley The Science of Happiness Podcast
Keltner, D., Marsh, J., & Smith, J. A. (Eds.). (2010). The compassionate instinct: The science of human goodness. WW Norton & Company.
Fredrickson, B. (2013). Love 2.0: How our supreme emotion affects everything we feel, think, do, and become. Avery.
Burnett, W., & Evans, D. J. (2016). Designing your life: How to build a well-lived, joyful life. Knopf.
Compton, W. C. (2005). Introduction to Positive Psychology. Thomson Wadsworth.
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin.
Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). The how of happiness: A scientific approach to getting the life you want. Penguin.
Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The myths of happiness: What should make you happy, but doesn’t, what shouldn’t make you happy, but does. Penguin.
Saltzman, A. (2018). A still quiet place for athletes: Mindfulness skills for achieving peak performance and finding flow in sports and life. New Harbinger Publications.
McGonigal, K. (2019). The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage. Avery.
Marriage/
Couples
Gottman, J. M., & Silver, N. (2015). The seven principles for making marriage work: A practical guide from the country’s foremost relationship expert. Harmony.
Perel, E. (2007). Mating in captivity: Unlocking erotic intelligence. New York, NY: Harper.
Yerkovich, M., & Yerkovich, K. (2006). How we love: A revolutionary approach to deeper connections in marriage. WaterBrook Press.
Lerner, H. (2017). The dance of intimacy. Mehta Publishing House.
Lerner, H. G., & Caruso, B. (2001). The dance of connection: How to talk to someone when you’re mad, hurt, scared, frustrated, insulted, betrayed, or desperate. New York: HarperCollins.
Lerner, H. G. (1992). The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate Relationships. Pandora.
The Gottman Institute: A Research-Based Approach to Relationships
Children/
Families
Greenland, S. K. (2010). The mindful child: How to help your kid manage stress and become happier, kinder, and more compassionate. Simon and Schuster.
Siegel, D. J., & Bryson, T. P. (2012). The whole-brain child: 12 revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s developing mind. Bantam.
Good Inside with Dr. Becky. Parenting advice with practical, easy-to-follow strategies. https://goodinside.com/about/
Stixrud, W., & Johnson, N. (2019). The Self-driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives. Penguin Books.
Lerner, H. (2017). The mother dance. Mehta Publishing House
Siegel, D. J., & Hartzell, M. (2013). Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. Penguin.
Pollack, W. (1998). Real boys. Random House Audio Publ.
Brown, B. (2015). Daring greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead. Penguin.
Osherson, S. (2001). Finding our fathers: How a man’s life is shaped by his relationship with his father. McGraw-Hill Companies.
Levinson, D. J. (1978). The seasons of a man’s life. Random House Digital, Inc.
Friday, N. (1997). My mother/my self: The daughter’s search for identity. Delta.
Leonard, L. S. (1982). The wounded woman: Healing the father-daughter relationship. Ohio University Press.
Teens
Pipher, M., & Gilliam, S. (2019). Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Penguin.
Siegel, D. J. (2015). Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain. Penguin.
Cohen-Sandler, R., & Silver, M. (2000). I’m not mad, I just hate you!: A new understanding of mother-daughter conflict. Penguin.
Kindlon, D. J., & Thompson, M. (2000). Raising Cain: Protecting the emotional life of boys. Random House Digital, Inc.
Damour, L. (2017). Untangled: Guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood. Ballantine Books.
Wiseman, R. (2009). Queen bees and wannabes: Helping your daughter survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends, and the new realities of girl world. Harmony.
Simmons, R. (2002). Odd girl out: The hidden culture of aggression in girls. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Jay, M. (2017). Supernormal: The untold story of adversity and resilience. Twelve.
Emerging Adults
Jay, M. (2012). The defining decade: why your twenties matter–and how to make the most of them now. Hachette UK.
Depression/
Anxiety
Sapolsky, R. M. (2004). Why zebras don’t get ulcers: The acclaimed guide to stress, stress-related diseases, and coping-now revised and updated. Holt paperbacks.
White, E. Z. (1995). An end to panic: breakthrouh techniques for overcoming panic disorder. New Harbinger Publications.
Foa, E. B., & Wilson, R. (2009). Stop obsessing!: How to overcome your obsessions and compulsions. Bantam.
Allen, J. G. (2007). Coping with depression: From catch-22 to hope. American Psychiatric Pub.
Germer, C. (2009). The mindful path to self-compassion: Freeing yourself from destructive thoughts and emotions. Guilford Press.
Horney, K. (1991). Neurosis and human growth: The struggle toward self-realization. WW Norton & Company.
Brown, B. (2010). The gifts of imperfection: Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are. Hazelden Publishing.
Trauma/Post-Traumatic Growth
Wiesel, E. (2006). Night (Vol. 55). Macmillan.
Frankl, V. E. (1985). Man’s search for meaning. Simon and Schuster.
Allen, J. G. (2008). Coping with trauma: Hope through understanding. American Psychiatric Pub.
Van der Kolk, B. A. (2015). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Penguin Books.
Copeland, M. E., & Harris, M. (2000). Healing the trauma of abuse: A women’s workbook. New Harbinger Publications.
Bass, E., Davis, L., & Bateman, P. (1994). The courage to heal.
Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain Siegel, D. J., & Solomon, M. (Eds.). (2003). Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). WW Norton & Company.
Perry, B. D., Szalavitz, M., & Snow, C. M. (2010). Born for love: why empathy is essential and endangered. HarperCollins e-books.
Siegel, D. J. (2010). Mindsight: The new science of personal transformation. Bantam.
Therapy
Siegel, D. J. (2010). The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician’s Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). WW Norton & Company.
Yalom, I. D. (2002). The gift of therapy: An open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients.
Schore, A. N. (2012). The science of the art of psychotherapy (Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology). WW Norton & Company.
Blaustein, M. E., & Kinniburgh, K. M. (2018). Treating traumatic stress in children and adolescents: How to foster resilience through attachment, self-regulation, and competency. Guilford Publications.
Germer, C. K., Siegel, R. D., & Fulton, P. R. (2013). Mindfulness and psychotherapy. Guilford press.
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