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Subtitle: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture Recommended to me by: Nora Samaran’s online essay The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture This book contains three of Nora Samaran’s powerful essays (also available on her blog) and dialogues with other writers that expand on the themes of nurturance, attachment, shame, gaslighting, gendered violence, and […] Subtitle: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect Emotional neglect is the whitespace between parental actions, what didn’t happen rather than what did happen. Lack of emotional connection, not paying attention, and not responding competently to the child’s emotional needs. The parent sees the child as an extension of themselves, a possession, or a burden, rather […] Subtitle: A Memoir of Estrangement Recommended to me by: Body Impolitic A powerful, lyrical book about Harriet Brown’s complicated relationship with her difficult mother, including estrangement, and about family estrangement in general. She describes her ambivalence and self-blame in the face of anecdotes demonstrating dramatic emotional abuse, as well as the long process of […] Subtitle: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand Recommended to me by: Robyn Posin The way our culture deals with grief is vastly broken. We treat it as a problem to be solved rather than as an experience to be carried. We shame grieving people for not doing the process “right” […] Subtitle: A new understanding and treatment for prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndromes Recommended to me by: a client As is clear from the subtitle, this book is written by and for men, or at least people with prostates and penises. The book is focused on physiology rather than gender, and a lot of […] Subtitle: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine Recommended to me by:Tracy Andrews, LAc This is a fascinating look at how acupuncture channels correspond with fascial planes and embryonic development. The author is a medical doctor as well as an acupuncturist, and includes vignettes of using acupuncture in the ER. […] Subtitle: A Recipe for Healing After Loss Grandy, a “somewhat wise” grandmother with a long silver braid, has suffered a big loss. In gorgeous detailed illustrations we see her making tear soup with her tears, memories, and time. She grieves alone and with friends. She gives it all the time it needs, far longer […] Recommended to me by: my cousin Bedridden with a severe neurological illness, Elisabeth Tova Bailey finds companionship and entertainment in watching a woodland snail go about its life on her bedstand. The snail is housed first with a potted violet plant, and then in an elaborate terrarium. The book describes the snail’s life in […] Subtitle: Professional Guidelines for Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Movement Teachers Recommended to me by: Ethics and Boundaries class in massage school I re-read this book because I’m planning to write about dual relationships. Nina McIntosh writes lucidly about the need for clear boundaries as a bodyworker. The book is filled with guidelines and anecdotes […] Subtitle: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom Recommended to me by: My friend Linda K. Helen Thorpe spent a year and a half observing and helping in an ELA (English Language Acquisition) class at South High School in Denver Colorado. Her journalist’s eye is both clear and compassionate as she watches a […] |