7 must-read science books like Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us by Stephen W. Porges

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Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us

By: Stephen W. Porges

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The creator of the Polyvagal Theory explains the principles in simple terms that are accessible to …

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1. Healing the Shame that Binds You

By: John Bradshaw

4.09

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

“I used to drink,” writes John Bradshaw, “to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I dran… read more

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  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else’s love, it’s generally because it is a counterfeit form of love."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

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2. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

By: Jonice Webb , Christine Musello

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

Running on Emptyis the first self-help book about Emotional Neglect: an invisible force from your c… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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3. The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series)

By: Melody Beattie

4.71

Format: 595 pages, Paperback

Written for those of us who struggle with codependency, these daily meditations offer growth and re… read more

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  • self help
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  • psychology
  • mental health

4. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more

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5. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

By: Pete Walker

3.99

Format: 512 pages,

I have Complex PTSD [Cptsd] and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced… read more

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6. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

By: Peter A. Levine , None

3.67

Format: 272 pages,

Nature's Lessons in Healing Trauma... Waking the Tigeroffers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It… read more

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7. Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory

By: Peter A. Levine

3.95

Format: None pages, ebook

In Trauma and Memory, bestselling author Dr. Peter Levine (creator of the Somatic Experiencing appr… read more

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8. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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9. Anchored

By: Deb Dana

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Discover your body’s neural pathways to calmness, safety, and connection. An intense conversation,… read more

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  • science
  • health
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  • mental health
  • neuroscience
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  • self help
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10. Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You

By: Brad Stulberg

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory book on rethinking change, creating a rugged and flexible mindset … read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love

By: Jessica Baum LMHC

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A road map for building strong and secure relationships for those who struggle with anxiety in thei… read more

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12. The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

By: Deb Dana

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This book offers therapists an integrated approach to adding a polyvagal foundation to their work w… read more

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"The job of the autonomic nervous system is to ensure we survive in moments of danger and thrive in times of safety. Survival requires threat detection and the activation of a survival response. Thriv…"

-Deb Dana, The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

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13. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

By: Elizabeth Comen

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more

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"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

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14. Introduction to Internal Family Systems

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A highly accessible introduction to a therapeutic approach that brings our inner “parts” into harmo… read more

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15. Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us

By: Stephen W. Porges

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The creator of the Polyvagal Theory explains the principles in simple terms that are accessible to … read more

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  • mental health
  • neuroscience
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  • self help
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16. Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime

By: Julie Menanno

4.55

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Create a lasting and loving attachment with the help of the expert couple’s therapist behind the po… read more

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17. Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism

By: Stanley D. Rosenberg

3.84

Format: 239 pages, ebook

Techniques et exercices pour améliorer le bien-être physique, émotionnel et social Thérapeute crâni… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"It doesn’t matter how much you drive around, you will never get to where you want to go if you don’t have the right map."

-Stanley D. Rosenberg, Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism

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18. Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating

By: Faith G. Harper

3.58

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Explore your relationships and sexuality, with yourself and with others, with this new book by Dr. … read more

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"Love is not a nebulous idea. It's not a vague notion of warm and fuzzy. Its the real daily interactions of sharing our lives with someone, caring for them, and having them care for us in return. Love…"

-Faith G. Harper, Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating

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19. Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma

By: Elizabeth A. Stanley

4.10

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

"I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it i… read more

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20. Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change

By: Nicole Vignola

4.33

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

YOUR VERY OWN NEURO-TOOLKIT FOR A GOOD LIFE. CHANGE YOUR MIND TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Discover the n… read more

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21. The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind

By: Jennifer Mann

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From two mind-body practitioners comes the new essential self-healing bible—a revolutionary body-fi… read more

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17 must-read nonfiction books like Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us by Stephen W. Porges

Transform Your Habits

Healing the Shame that Binds You

John Bradshaw

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

Jonice Webb , Christine Musello

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series)

Melody Beattie

4.71

Transform Your Habits

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

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8 Top audiobook books like Introduction to Internal Family Systems by Richard C. Schwartz

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Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief: Guided Practices for Reclaiming Your Body and Your Life

Jon Kabat-Zinn

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.49

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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté

4.32

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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation

Janina Fisher

4.53

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