By no way are these conclusive, but they have helped me in my recovery journey, for me to recover from trauma, emotional abuse and to help me understand who I am, so far….and whilst ive put them in categories, many overlap…
On Understanding Abusive behaviour including Narcissism
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C Gibson
Recovering from Emotionally immature Parents by Lindsay C Gibson
Children of the aging Self-Absorbed by Nina Brown
Surrounded by Psychopaths by Thomas Eriksen
On Understanding My behaviours as a result of Parental Abuse
Codependant no More by Melody Beattie
Beyond Codependent by Melody Beattie
On Understanding myself and self awareness
Bittersweet by Susan Cain
Highly Sensitive people by Elaine Aron
Sensitive by Hannah Jane Walker
The road back to you : An Enneagram to self discovery by Cron and Stabile
The Sacred Enneagram by Christopher Heurtz
Courage to be Disliked by Kishimi, Koga
Courage to be Happy by Kishimi, Koga
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
The Therapeutic Journey by Alain de Botton
On Spirituality & Emotional Growth
Falling Upwards by Richard Rohr (and The Naked now)
The Universal Christ – Richard Rohr
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
The Things you only see when you slow down by Haemin Sunim
Love for Imperfect Things by Haemin Sunim
The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav
Spiritual Partnership by Gary Zukav
The Alchemist, Zahir, 11 Minutes, Brida, The Pilgrimage – Paulo Coelho
The Zen of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirisig
The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama & Howard Cutler
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz
Eternal Echoes – Exploring the hunger to belong – John O Donohue
You are the Universe by Deepak Chopra
The Untethered Soul by Michael A Singer
Living Untethered by Michael A Singer
Anam Cara, Eternal Echoes by John O Donohue
On Understanding Trauma
The Body Keeps the score by Van Der Kolk
Recovery of your Inner child by Lucia Capacchione
The Power of your other hand by Lucia Capacchione
The Choice by Edith Eger
The Gift by Edith Eger
Dibs in Search of Self by Axline
Born to Win by James and Jongeward
Mans Search for Meaning – Victor Frankl
Staring at the Sun by Irvin Yalom
Heartwork – The Path of Self compassion – Radhule Weininger
What Happened to you by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Conversations that make a difference for Children and Young People by Lisa Cherry
Working with Relational and developmental trauma in children and adolescents by Karen Treisman
On Mental Health
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Selected Poetry books by Donna Ashworth, Yung Pueblo and Rupi Kaur….oh and Rumi.
James Ballantyne 