Resources
Guided Breathing Meditation
Relationships
Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship - Stan Tatkin
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John M. Gottman
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love - Sue Johnson (better than her recent book Love Sense, in my opinion)
Making Marriage Simple - Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt
What Makes Love Last? How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal - John Gottman
Wired for Dating - Stan Tatkin
Mindfulness, Meditation, and Neurobiology
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation - Daniel J. Siegel
Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life - Jon Kabat-Zinn
Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation - Sharon Salzberg
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness - Jon Kabat-Zinn
10% Happier - Dan Harris
Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics - Dan Harris
Self-Acceptance and Self-Compassion
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha - Tara Brach
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness - Sharon Salzberg
Kristin Neff's Self Compassion Site: www.self-compassion.org
Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection and her video on Vulnerability: Ted Talk
Parenting
Parenting from the Inside Out - Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
No Drama Discipline - Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child - John Gottman
Film: Inside Out by Pixar (for children and grown-ups)
Buddhism and Mindful Living
Tara Brach on Western Buddhism (audio and video talks): www.tarabrach.com
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience - Sharon Salberg
Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart - Mark Epstein
Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism - Kittisaro and Thanissara
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chodron
Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering - Phillip Moffitt
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki
For Therapists
Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy - Marion Solomon and Stan Tatkin
Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy - Christopher K. Germer and Ronald D. Siegel, Eds.
The Mindful Therapist - Daniel J. Siegel
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy - Christopher K. Germer, Ronald D. Siegel, Paul Fulton, Eds.
Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, Brain - Marion F. Solomon and Daniel J. Siegel
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel van der Kolk
Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective - Mark Epstein
*If you would like additional guidance on which resource might best suit your needs, please send me an email or a short note here and I will be happy to help. Not all recommendations are listed here.