nonfiction that feels like going to therapy (without the copay)
created by redhead.rambles
last updated August, 2026
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
Jenny Lawson
So When Are You Having Kids: The Definitive Guide for Those Who Aren’t Sure If, When, or How They Want to Become Parents
Jordan Davidson
Why Won’t You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts
Harriet Lerner
The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response
Ellen Vora
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Henry Cloud
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Mark Wolynn
It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
Ramani Durvasula
Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse
Jackson MacKenzie
AuDHD Women: Navigating Life After Late Discovery: A Compassionate Guide to Living with Autism and ADHD
Sarah Jones
The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Anna Lembke
The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's Final Chapter
David Kessler
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Elisabeth KĂĽbler-Ross
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
Stephanie Foo
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
Tara Schuster
Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
Marc Brackett
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker
The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It
W. Chris Winter
Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
Karyl McBride
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond
Patricia Evans
Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect
Jonice Webb
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
Amir Levine
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski
How to Keep House While Drowning
K.C. Davis
Who Deserves Your Love: How to Create Boundaries to Start, Strengthen, or End Any Relationship
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers: Quiet the Critical Voice in Your Head, Heal Self-Doubt, and Live the Life You Deserve
Stephanie M. Kriesberg
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