Recommended Books and Reading

Mindfulness

• Beginning Mindfulness: Learning the Way of Awareness, by Andrew Weiss (New World Library, 2004).
- A very practical step-by-step guide to mindfulness training.

• The Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh (Beacon Press, 1999).
- More than a how-to, this book conveys the joyfulness and playfulness that can come from mindfulness in everyday life.

PTSD and Trauma

• What Is PTSD?: 3 Steps To Healing Trauma Paperback
by Dr. Anna Baranowsky, Teresa Lauer LMHC.

• In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness.
by Peter A. Levine.

Relationships

• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love
by Amir Levine, Rachel Heller.

• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love.
by Sue Johnson

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.
by John Gottman Ph.D