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Books like The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships

12 books with a reading profile close to The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships by Harriet Lerner. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction

    Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction

    by Becky Kennedy

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

    Becky Kennedy argues that children are inherently good and that challenging behaviors represent a lack of skills rather than a malicious intent to manipulate.

  2. 2 Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

    Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

    by Melody Beattie

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

    Melody Beattie defines codependency as a condition where an individual lets another person's behavior affect them and becomes obsessed with controlling that person’s actions.

  3. 3 How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

    How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

    by Nicole LePera

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

    In this manual for holistic psychology, Nicole LePera argues that individuals can manage their own mental wellness by addressing the link between the nervous system and childhood biological programming.

  4. 4 Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

    Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

    by Henry Cloud

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

    Henry Cloud and John Townsend define boundaries as spiritual and emotional property lines that distinguish where one person ends and another begins.

  5. 5 Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

    Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

    by Julie Smith

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

    Clinical psychologist Julie Smith organizes this volume as a series of short, standalone entries covering emotional regulation, grief, and self-doubt.

  6. 6 The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

    The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

    by Ian Morgan Cron

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

    Ian Morgan Cron presents the Enneagram as a personality typing system rooted in ancient wisdom and modern psychology.

  7. 7 The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

    The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

    by Elaine N. Aron

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

    Elaine N.

  8. 8 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.

  9. 9 The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

    The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

    by Brianna Wiest

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

    Brianna Wiest argues that self-sabotage is not a character flaw but a psychological mechanism used to meet unmet needs.

  10. 10 Braving the Wilderness

    Braving the Wilderness

    by Brené Brown

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

    Brené Brown argues that true belonging is not a social negotiation but a spiritual practice originating from self-acceptance.

  11. 11 Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

    Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

    by Amir Levine

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

    Psychiatrist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel Heller apply the biological principles of attachment theory to adult romantic relationships.

  12. 12 Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

    Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

    by Lindsay C. Gibson

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

    Lindsay C.

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