Reading List

Good Books for Couples

John Gottman, Ph.D. and Nan Silver—The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. And Helen Likely Hunt, Ph.D. Making Marriage Simple—10 Relationship Saving Truths

Marty Klein, Ph.D.– Sexual Intelligence—What We Really Want from Sex and How to Get It

Ian Kerner, Ph.D.—She Comes First—The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring A Woman and Passionista, The Empowered Women’s Guide to Pleasuring a Man (Ian also has numerous free podcasts about this topic on YouTube)

Esther Perel—Mating In Captivity

Podcasts of Esther Perel– (Series called Where Do We Begin), her Ted Talks and Many Others

Also, I just started reading a highly recommended book by one of my favorite lecturers on Couples, Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson

And some of my favorite books about emotional/spiritual growth

Tony Schwartz—What Really Matters

Jack Kornfield—A Path With Heart, and After the Ecstasy, The Laundry

Eckhart Tolle—A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (and Tolle has lots of excellent podcasts on Youtube, and other useful books starting with The Power of Now and Stillness Speaks)

Byron Katie—Loving What Is

Pema Chodron—Comfortable with Uncertainty

Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D.—Love 2.0: Creating Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection

Brene Brown—Daring Greatly, The Power of Vulnerability, and a more recent book,  Rising Strong as well as her new book, Atlas of the Heart

Scott Peck—The Road Less Travelled

Daniel Gilbert—Stumbling on Happiness

Tara Brach—Radical Acceptance and True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart (and many podcasts by Tara, Director of the Insight Meditation Center of Washington DC

Mark Epstein—Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, and lots of Other Books by Epstein, including Open to Desire, The Truth About What the Buddha Taught and his most recent book, Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself

Don Miguel Ruiz—The Four Agreements

Sheldon Kopp—If you Meet the Buddha On the Road, Kill Him (and lots of other books by Kopp including An End to Innocence and Raise your Right Hand Against Fear Extend the Other in Compassion)

Yongey Mingur Rimpoche—The Joy of Living, and In Love with the World, A Monk’s Journey through the Bardos of Living and Dying

Jonas Horwitz, Ph.D.– How to Stop Feeling So Damn Depressed The No BS Guide for Men

Lawrence LeShan– How to Meditate A Guide to Self-Discovery 

Harold Kushner—When Bad Things Happen to Good People and How Good Do We Have to Be

Sylvia Boorstein—It’s Easier Than You Think—The Buddhist Way to Happiness

Bruce Tift—Already Free

Hugh Byrne—The Here-And-Now Habit: How Mindfulness Can Help You Break Unhealthy Habits Once and For All

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