R E A D I N G
L I S T
for healing intergenerational + cultural trauma // not a substitute for therapy or group support
Note: I have not yet read all of these, but many have been suggested to me by friends, colleagues, activists, and/or spiritual seekers whom I trust. this list is in no particular order ~
Belonging- Toko Pa Turner
When Things Fall Apart- Pema Chödron
Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff
Women Food and God - Geneen Roth
The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine Aron
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle- Mark Wolynn
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem
The Body is Not an Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor
Pleasure Activism - Adrienne Maree Brown
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor - Layla F. Saad
All About Love - Bell hooks
Trauma and Recovery- Judith Herman
Womb Wisdom: Awakening the Creative and Forgotten Powers of the Feminine - Padma and Anaiya Aon Prakasha
The Politics of Trauma - Staci Haines
When the Body Says No - Gabor mate
Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
A.H. Almaas: The Elixir of Enlightenment
The Book of Secrets- Deepak Chopra
Ritual: power, healing, and community - Malidoma Patrice Some
Becoming Myself- Irvin Yalom
All About Love - Bell Hooks