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Recommended to me by: a client This is a book about healing, rather than a book about trauma. Amy Fusselman layers incidents with “her pedophile” among meditations about the nature of time, parenting, relationships, healing, bodywork, therapy, New York City cab rides, and writing in a coffee shop when celebrities walk by. She loops […] Subtitle: Ten Steps to Natural Eyesight Improvement Recommended to me by: David Mitchell Meir Schneider tells the story of his own vision improvement starting from near blindness using the Bates Method, and then shares detailed exercises and instructions for vision care and improvement. He founded the School for Self-Healing in San Francisco to share […] Subtitle: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss This is a loving clear-eyed unflinchingly personal look at terminal illness, death, and grief by Oregon’s former governor Barbara Roberts. Her husband Frank Roberts died of cancer during her governorship. From the introduction: I hope for a culture of loving openness in every medical office, […] Subtitle: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body Recommended to me by: a client This is a practical, applied introduction to Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing work. After an introductory summary, he presents 12 exercises, starting with body awareness and grounding, continuing with awareness of felt senses in the body, and then […] Subtitle: Tending Body and Soul through Creativity, Nature, and Intuition Recommended to me by: Robyn Posin As I started reading, I was relieved to discover that Naomi Ardea has thoughtfully structured her book so that it is inviting rather than overwhelming. Stories about her healing process are interspersed with her abstract paintings, peaceful nature […] Subtitle: Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change & Liberate Creativity This is a gentle, step by step introduction to Focusing, with exercises for each section and personal annotated examples of Focusing sessions. David Rome calls his approach Mindful Focusing. He explains how to be with ourselves in a Focusing way without […] Subtitle: A self-healing guide to auto accident trauma & recovery Recommended to me by: watching Diane Poole Heller’s teaching videos This is a practical, easy to follow introduction to Somatic Experiencing as it applies to car crashes, with lots of vignettes and gentle exercises. It focuses on bringing in resources and supporting the body […] Subtitle: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. Additional subtitle: If we are brave enough, often enough, we will fall. This is a book about what it takes to get back up. Recommended to me by: reading Brene Brown’s other books This book covers a lot of ground I care about – how to recover […] Subtitle: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal Recommended to me by: a friend Science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa carefully researches and clearly describes how Chronic Unpredictable Toxic Stress changes the growing brain of a child, pruning neurons and stunting growth in some areas. Because the toxic stress is unpredictable, […] Subtitle: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness Recommended to me by: a client This is a marketing book for Dr. Nelson’s chiropractic and emotion-clearing practice, with lots of dramatically successful case studies, most of which I skimmed. It also includes some interesting self-help techniques. The “sway test” is […] |