Aware. Awake. Alive. Resources

It’s hard to go at being deeply aware, truly awake, and fully alive alone. We all need inspiration, motivation, new armor and tools to take on the exploration. Below you will find great resources to assist your journey and keep you going and to help access Self.

"Parts are little inner beings who are trying their best to keep you safe." -Richard Schwartz

What to Read

  • About Feeling It all

  • Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown

  • I Thought it was Just Me (but it isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think” to “I am Enough” by Brené Brown

  • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brené Brown

  • Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. by Brené Brown

  • Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

  • The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook - Kristen Neff

  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle

  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

  • The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman

  • Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

  • The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

  • Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chodron

  • Radical Acceptance: Embracing your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach

  • Radical Compassion by Tara Brach

  • A Year to Live: How to Live this Year as If It Were Your Last by Stephen Levine

  • Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind can Heal the Heart by Tara Bennett- Goleman

  • Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent you Want to Be by Becky Kennedy

  • About IFS

  • You are the One You’ve been Waiting for by Richard Schwartz

  • Self Therapy Workbook by Bonnie Weiss

  • Internal Family Systems Training Manual by Frank Anderson

  • Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy by Susan McConnell

  • Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems by Frank Anderson

  • No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz

  • The One Inside: 30 Days to Your Authentic Self by Tammy Sollenberger

  • About Mindfulness & Meditation

  • How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind by Pema Chodron

  • Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment - and Your Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Every Day Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • About Trauma

  • Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman

  • Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

  • Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory by Peter Levine and Bessel van der Kolk

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

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

  • About Dream Work

  • Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert A. Johnson

  • Dream Tending: Awakening to the Healing Power of Dreams by Stephen Aizenstat

  • Dreams, A Portal to the Source by Edward Whitmont & Sylvia Brinton Perera

  • About Archetypes and Myth

  • Women Who Run with Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  • Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

  • We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love by Robert A. Johnson

  • She: Understanding Feminine Psychology by Robert A. Johnson

  • He: Understanding Masculine Psychology by Robert A. Johnson

  • Living Myth: Personal Meaning as a Way of Life by D. Stephenson Bond

  • The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell