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Books like Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

12 books with a reading profile close to Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

    Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

    by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Deepak Chopra

    Also inward-looking · self help, practical

    Marshall B.

  2. 2 The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

    The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

    by Harriet Lerner

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, practical

    Harriet Lerner identifies anger as a signal that the self is being compromised or silenced within a relationship.

  3. 3 The Inner Game of Tennis

    The Inner Game of Tennis

    by W. Timothy Gallwey

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, practical

    W.

  4. 4 The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

    The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

    by M. Scott Peck

    Also deep and inward-looking · self help, personal growth

    M.

  5. 5 The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

    The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

    by Irvin D. Yalom

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · practical, personal growth

    Irvin D.

  6. 6 How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

    How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

    by David Brooks

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    David Brooks argues that modern society suffers from a crisis of invisibility where people feel overlooked and misunderstood.

  7. 7 I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

    I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

    by Brené Brown

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Brené Brown examines the social pressures that trigger feelings of inadequacy in women, identifying common areas of struggle such as body image, motherhood, and professional status.

  8. 8 Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

    Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

    by Emily Nagoski

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, practical

    Emily Nagoski presents a biological and psychological model of human sexuality centered on the Dual Control Model, which defines sexual response as an interaction between excitatory "accelerators" and inhibitory "brakes…

  9. 9 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

    Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

    by Brené Brown

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Brené Brown categorizes eighty-seven distinct emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human.

  10. 10 It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

    It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

    by Mark Wolynn

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth

    Mark Wolynn argues that chronic anxiety, depression, and phobias often originate in the unresolved tragedies of our parents and grandparents rather than our own immediate experiences.

  11. 11 The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

    The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

    by Alice Miller

    Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, psychology

    Alice Miller describes how children endowed with high sensitivity often abandon their authentic feelings to satisfy the emotional needs of their parents.

  12. 12 What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

    by Bruce D. Perry

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · practical, personal growth

    In this collaboration, Bruce D.

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