Recommended Reading

Neuroscience – the field that is changing everything we thought we knew about the BRAIN

• The Brain That Changes Itself. by Norman Doidge
• Mindsight. by Dan Siegel
• Dan Amen on Using Your Brain to Change your Age http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M1iTalBcBg

Trauma

• In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness. by Peter Levine
• Healing Trauma. by Peter Levine
• Waking the Tiger. by Peter Levine
• Crash Course: A self healing guide to auto accident trauma and recovery. by Diane Poole Heller
• Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence – from domestic abuse to political power. by Judith Herman
• Trauma and the Body, a Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy. by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton & Claire Pain
• The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment. by Babette Rothschild

Emotional Abuse

• The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond. by Patricia Evans
• The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing. by Beverly Engel
• Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving With the Self Absorbed. by Wendy Behary

Nutrition & Health

• Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future. by David Wolfe
• The Longevity Now Program http://www.longevitywarehouse.com/
• Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? by Clint Ober
• Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal. by Datis Kharrazian
• The Mood Cure. by Julia Ross
• The Diet Cure. by Julia Ross
• Depression Free Naturally. by Joan Matthews Larson
• Seven Weeks to Sobriety. by Joan Matthews Larson
• A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions. by Alan Gaby
• Break Your Prescribed Addiction. by Billie Jay Sahley
• Optimum Nutrition for the Mind. by Patrick Holford
• The Cortisol Connection. by Shawn Talbott
• Adrenal Fatigue: The 21 Century Stress Syndrome. by James Wilson
• The Healing Nutrients Within. by Eric Braverman
• Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom. by Christiane Northrup
• You Can Heal Your Life. by Louise Hay
• Healing Toxic Thoughts. by Sandra Ingerman

Parenting

• Disconnected Kids: The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders. by Robert Melillo
• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy, and Resilience. by Peter Levine
• Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing. by Peter Levine
• Parenting From the Inside Out. by Daniel Siegel

Meditation

• Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body. by Reggie Ray

Psychology

• The New Codependency. by Melody Beattie
• Loving What Is. by Byron Katie or go to http://www.thework.com/about.asp
• I Need Your Love – Is That True? How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead. by Byron Katie & Michael Katz
• Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships. by John Wellwood
• Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness. by Mark Epstein
• Interview with Karen Kissel Wegela on Contemplative Psychotherapy

Writing by Danielle Carron

Transformation Through Embodiment (.pdf)

Not only is there hope that trauma can be healed, it can be a vehicle for transformation. The paper above, Transformation through Embodiment, examines Danielle’s personal journey of both the devastating and transformational aspects of trauma. Loss of connection is the most common result of trauma. Reconnecting, especially to the body, in the process of healing trauma can lead to embodiment.

The Importance of Nutrition for Trauma Recovery (.pdf)

The Importance of Nutrition for Trauma Recovery gives a few basic nutritional recommendations to
know what creates more stress on the body and what contributes to strength, health and balance.