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Here is where you will find my ongoing and oft' updated recommended resources. I would love to hear yours as well because in the immortal words of my husband, "sharing is caring".
Personal Top Ten - Therapeutic:
(this list reflects the books that will add thoughtfully into your mental health journey)
Personal Top Ten - Inspirational:
(this list reflects the books that will 'inspire' a look into the soul of you)
Personal Top Ten - Memoir
(this list reflects the personal stories of people who have impacted my understanding)
Personal Top Ten - Fiction:
(this list reflects the stories that have either pushed, dragged or propelled me further - deeper)
Personal Top Ten - Therapeutic:
(this list reflects the books that will add thoughtfully into your mental health journey)
- Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D Wilson
- The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller
- The Cry of the Soul by Allender and Longman
- When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate
- The 7 Principles For Making Marriage Work by John/Julie Gottman
- The Enneagram by Richard Rohr; Complete Enneagram by Bea Chestnut
- Difficult Conversation by Stone, Patton, and Heen (Crucial Conversations by Patt., Grenn., McM, Switz.)
- Anatomy of the Soul by Dr Curt Thompson (plus The Soul of Shame; The Soul of Desire)
- Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
- From Good to Great by Jim Collins
Personal Top Ten - Inspirational:
(this list reflects the books that will 'inspire' a look into the soul of you)
- Journey to Desire by John Eldredge
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
- The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller (plus Counterfeit Gods)
- What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey
- The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner (plus Surrender to Love)
- The Good and Beautiful Series by James Bryan Smith
- A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Philip Yancey and Dr Paul Brand
- The Rest of God By Mark Buchanan (plus God Walk)
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (plus Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce and The Weight of Glory)
Personal Top Ten - Memoir
(this list reflects the personal stories of people who have impacted my understanding)
- A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
- Confessions by Augustine
- Girl Meets God by Lauren Winner (plus 'Still")
- Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
- The Apostle by John Pollock
- A Lady, A Champion by Russell Ramsey
- Falling Into the Face of God by William Elliott
- The Pastor by Eugene Peterson
- Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Surprised By Oxford by Carolyn Weber
Personal Top Ten - Fiction:
(this list reflects the stories that have either pushed, dragged or propelled me further - deeper)
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Emily of New Moon Series by L.M. Montgomery
- Walk Through Cold Fire by Cin Forshay-Lunsford
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- The Mark of the Lion Series by Francine Rivers
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
- Fighting with myself...TBD