Recs if you like The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma...

this list spans from self help books that are actually helpful to in depth theories about healing. you would probably find quite a few of these books on your therapist’s bookshelf. maybe you are looking for deeper healing. maybe you are a therapist looking for your next read. welcome :)

healing generational trauma is punk af ❤️‍🩹

books that suggest new ways of being, inspire transformations of heart and help you step from thought into action ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ #RealEyesRealizeRealLies ⚜️ Recs Welcome ⚜️

Brain, consciousness, the hidden pathways of our mind. [Disclaimer: Some of these books have been hotly discussed as they often handle sensitive topics - look up trigger warnings and potential problematic discussions before reading to see if it is the right fit for you.]

“The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.” Books featured on the podcast “If Books Could Kill,” hosted by Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri.

These books try to get to the root of what pain is and where it comes from and how humans have tried to treat it. From chronic illness, disability to medication. Nonfiction regarding health, women's health, mental health, painkillers, opium, the body and autoimmune diseases. This list is NOT about finding healing (since that is a very individual journey) but how to be seen and understood and how to find the words to describe pain and sickness.

This is a personal curriculum reading list that was put together to help with understanding CPTSD and how to begin the journey to recovery. This list was created with people who identify as creative women in mind; however, the titles on this list are useful reads for anyone who wants to figure themselves out and hopefully live life feeling more at ease, safe, and confident.

i’m a massage therapist by trade, obsessed with the growing body of research around trauma, fascia, and the role of somatics in whole-self healing. some of these selections are more hard science based, some memoir, and some more ‘woo-woo’ - but all of them are informing my thinking around bodywork for myself and my clients.

Non-fiction books about health and how our body works, from anatomy to mental health, from healing to studying medicine. 😷 [Note: Some of these books might be controversial or resonate with some more than with others. Pick and choose what works for YOU. :)] Recommendations welcome

Books cited in Nasty Work by Ericka Hart

nonfiction that feels like going to therapy (without the copay)

Every book recommended by members of the band (except for the one that must not be named). Most of these were recommended by Lucy Dacus. If you are sitting on more books which any member of the band recommended, please hit me up and I will update the list!

books you might find helpful no matter where you are on your deconstruction path

A mix of memoir, fiction, and psychology exploring the impact of complex trauma - and the ways people survive, create meaning, and heal.

All of the books mentioned in Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert.

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(These were either referenced, uplifted, briefly mentioned, or criticized by the author)

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It's towards the end of disability pride month, so I thought I would recommend some of the nonfiction books that I've either used for my studies or would handsell as a bookseller. If you have any other suggestions, let me know!

Not comfort. Clarity. These books show the world as it actually is. (fiction and nonfiction)

Memoirs, psychology texts, reference papers, workbooks and novels... if those things are a primary focus of the text, it's going here.

Nonfiction focused on trauma, dissociation, and the neuroscience of how we survive. For survivors, clinicians, students, and the casually curious.

Just getting back into reading and feeling a bit overwhelmed at all the options? These were my go to recommendations for people while I was a longtime bookseller! I've tried to touch on most genres in this master list so you have a good selection, but I definitely could have missed a few since there are so many.