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Recommended to me by: Amy Bennett A set of essays loosely tied together in chronological order, with themes of sweetgrass and braiding all the way through. Each essay braids together personal memoir, Native American (specifically Potawatomi) ways of living, and colonialist ways of living. Potawatomi ways developed over generations as people saw what works […] Subtitle: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy Recommended to me by: Reading Lindsay Gibson’s previous book This book repeats some material on emotionally immature parents from the previous book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, in a way that is more focused on how the adult child feels rather than […] Subtitle: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents Lindsay Gibson tells it like it is. There is a lot of clear analysis of the ramifications of dealing with emotionally immature parents, without any waffling about, “Maybe the kid is the problem after all.” Emotionally immature parents are held responsible for falling down […] Subtitle: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging Recommended to me by: Robyn Posin Rachel Naomi Remen writes about wisdom, meaning, connection, grief, compassion, and how to live with authenticity in a series of vignettes from her life and the lives of her patients. She works with people dying of cancer, and their grieving survivors. […] Subtitle: Natural, Living Metaphors for Truama, Healing and Spirit Recommended to me by: Ani Rose Whaleswan. I’ve known the author for a long time online, and I contributed an essay to her collection We Have Come Far. A lyrical, grounded, wise, hopeful book that shares Ani Rose Whaleswan’s connection to nature and positive metaphors […] 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 […] |