trauma and ptsd
- The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
- The Mosaic Mind – Regina Goulding and Richard Schwartz
- Try Softer – Aundi Kober
internal family systems
- The IFS Institute – https://ifs-institute.com/
- Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model – Richard Schwartz
- Internal Family Systems Therapy – Richard Schwartz
- Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life – Tom Holmes
- Christ-Centered IFS Therapy – Russ Harris
- Self-Therapy for Your Inner Critic – Jay Early
- Spirit-Led Life – Mary Steege
- Boundaries for Your Soul- Alison Cook Phd & Kimberly Miller
- Christian Article integrating IFS – http://brichardson.rts.googlepages.com
- Julie Honeycutt talk on IFS – https://www.juliehoneycutt.com/ChristianIFSVideo.en.html
- Richard Schwartz talk on IFS – https://youtu.be/DdZZ7sTX840
spiritual development
- Try Softer – Aundi Kolber
- Boundaries for Your Soul – Alison Cook Phd & Kimberly Miller
- Desire – John Eldridge
- Sacred Romance – John Eldridge & Brent Curtis
- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality – Peter Scazzero
- Abba’s Child – Brennan Manning
- Celebration of Discipline – Richard Foster
- Captivating – Staci Eldridge
- Learning to Walk in the Dark – Barbra Brown Taylor
- When the Heart Waits – Sue Monk Kidd
meditations and daily readings
- The Inner Voice of Love – Henri J. M. Nouwen
- To Bless the Space Between Us – John O’Donohue
- God’s Love Letters to You – Dr. Larry Crabb
- Daily Prayer Readings – https://www.sacredspace.ie/
- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day – Peter Scazzero
- The Book of Common Prayer – Anglican Prayer Book
- IFS Guided Prayer – https://www.kimberlyjunemiller.com/video/how-to-care-for-a-troubled-part-of-your-soul-a-guided-prayer-exercise/
marriage / couples / partners
- You are the One You’ve Been Waiting For – Richard Schwartz
- Celebration of Sex – Doug Rosenau
- Soul Virgins – Doug Rosenau
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
- Boundaries in Marriage and Boundaries with Children – Cloud & Townsend
- How We Love – Kay Yerkovich & Milan Yerkovich
parenting
- The Whole Brain Child – Dan Siegal
- How to Talk to Kids So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk – by Adele Faber
anti-racism resources for white people
Recommendations are by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein in May 2020.
- Black Feminist Thought – Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower – Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir – Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist – Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color – Andrea J. Ritchie
- Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy – Layla F. Saad
- Raising Our Hands – Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness – Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider – Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
- The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century – Grace Lee Boggs
- The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color – Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America – Ira Katznelson
suicide prevention and support
- https://save.org/
- SUICIDE HOT LINE: 1-800-273-8255
- Buncombe County Mobile Crisis Line: 1-888-573-1006
- Buncombe County Behvaioral Urgent Care- Walk in crisis center – https://rhahealthservices.org/c3356-comprehensive-care-center/