A Few of Our Favorite Things

Walk through the Self-Help section at any bookstore or do a Google search for a book on a particular subject, and the options can be incredibly overwhelming. With over 180,000 choices of books on the subject of marriage and over 60,000 texts on sex, how do you decide which book is worth your time and money? We have personally reviewed the selections below and can attest to their quality.

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Heather’s Current Favorites

Emily Nagoski’s game-changing New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life.

The Leather Couch provides a comprehensive overview of the BDSM and kink community and guides clinicians on how to meet the unique relational and mental health needs of its members.

Podcast episode featuring Heather Garner in a discussion about what to expect as a polyamorous parent, how kids benefit from having more adults around, and reasons why poly parents might often get criticism from society.

Sara’s Current Favorites

A former admissions dean at Stanford helps parents raise an adult by challenging our notions of childhood and adulthood.

NPR correspondent noticed that families from non-industrial societies parent in more balanced, less reactive ways. So she then spent a few years observing other families to unlock secrets for parenting in different ways.

Oliver takes shots at the motivational interviewing field, meditation, and death-defying cultures to challenge our ideas of “happiness”.

Stephanie’s Current Favorites

The Gottman Card Deck app for couples offers helpful questions, statements, and ideas for improving your relationship.

The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy is the essential guide for singles and couples who want to explore polyamory in ways that are ethically and emotionally sustainable.

In Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable.

Other Staff Favorites

Kristen Flank, PhD recommends this book by Oliver Burkeman, which delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management.

Kylie Stevenson, LMSW recommends Mindful Movement, a Youtube channel offering guided meditation, visualizations, and hypnosis as well as Yoga, Pilates and a variety of mindful movement practices to help you live mindfully, move well and feel great!

Mary Alice Reilly, LMSW recommends Emergent Strategy, a radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help road map to shape the futures we want to live by feeling, mapping, assessing, and learn from the swirling patterns of change around us.