For anyone who is recovering from the pain associated with relationships.
Sometimes you need to hear someone else's story to recognize characteristics in your own.
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, Hardcover
So many have this experience. This is a great book to feel understood and to begin healing.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
No one ever tells you how to give yourself what you never got from painful relationships, until now.
How to Be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles & Heal
Take this book slowly and be very kind with yourself as you learn about the psychosomatic connection.
The Body Keeps the Score: Healing Trauma
This is the most compassionate and eye-opening book I've found about trauma. Even if you're not affected personally, it will help you understand others.
What Happened to You?: Trauma & Healing
I'll admit I resisted at first but this book about experiencing emotional neglect resonated a lot the more I listened. Feeling seen and understood is so healing. I recommend the book over the audiobook.
Running On Empty book by Jonice Webb
There's a space left in many of us a mother's love was supposed to fill from childhood. Without her love, we spend our lives knowing something's missing and searching for it. Perhaps this names that emptiness and helps you heal.
Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Heal
For people in or recovering from abuse of any kind, this book answers questions that plague us about confusing and abusive behavior. I repeat, this can be relevant for anyone who's experienced abuse.
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
