Library

Books

• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

  by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

  An exploration of the science of how our brain learns, changes, and thinks.

  ISBN 978-1-57224-695-9

  General

• The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

  by Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D.

  A guide to growing as parents alongside our children.

  ISBN 978-1-897238-45-5

  Parenting

• The Courage to Suffer: A New Clinical Framework for Life’s Greatest Crises

  by Daryl R. Van Tongeren and Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren

  An exploration of resilience through loss and trauma by cultivating meaning.

  ISBN 978-1-59947-524-0

  Grief and loss

• The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

  by Mary-Frances O’Connor, Ph.D.

  An exploration of how our brain changes and is impacted by grief.

  ISBN 978-0-06-294624-9

  Grief and loss

• I Will Remember You: What to Do When Someone You Love Dies: A Guidebook Through Grief for Teens

  by Laura Dower

  Education, validation, and activities to support teens experiencing loss.

  ISBN 0-439-13961-9

  Grief and loss

• Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live

  by Marie de Hennezel

  Stories of people at the end of life, from the perspective of a psychologist who cares for them.

  ISBN 0-679-76859-9

  End-of-life care

• It’s OK That You’re Not OK

  by Megan Devine

  A compassionate look at grief that doesn’t try to rush or fix it.

  ISBN 978-1-62203-907-4

  Grief and loss

• The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life’s Final Chapter

  by David Kessler

  A compassionate guide for those at the end of life and the people who love them.

  ISBN 978-0-06-113759-4

  End-of-life careCaregiver support

• NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children

  by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

  A science-based exploration of parenting topics, including sleep, positive reinforcement, language, and speech.

  ISBN 978-0-446-50412-6

  Parenting

• Permission to Mourn: A New Way to Do Grief

  by Tom Zuba

  The author poetically reflects on the deaths of his wife and two children.

  ISBN 978-1-60047-565-8

  Grief and loss

• Positively Pooh: Timeless Wisdom from Pooh

  by A. A. Milne

  Lighthearted life lessons and mindfulness from a favorite bear.

  ISBN 978-0-525-47931-4

  General

• Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

  by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

  A guide to empowering parents to become the best version of themselves.

  ISBN 978-1-4767-2376-1

  Parenting

• Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

  by Thich Nhat Hanh

  An exploration of how mindfulness practice can help heal childhood suffering and trauma.

  ISBN 978-1-935209-64-5

  General

• Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World

  by Dr. Traci Baxley

  A guide for parents to support and uplift the next generation in creating a more inclusive world.

  ISBN 978-0-06-308236-6

  Parenting

• Talking With Children About Loss: Words, Strategies, and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce, and Other Difficult Times

  by Maria Trozzi

  A guide to help parents talk with their children about specific death and non-death losses.

  ISBN 0-399-52543-2

  ParentingGrief and loss

• Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms

  by David Kessler

  An exploration of three common phenomena experienced by the dying.

  ISBN 978-1-4019-2543-7

  End-of-life care

• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind

  by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

  A look at supporting healthy brain development in children.

  ISBN 978-0-553-38669-1

  Parenting

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