💗 Self-Compassion

Books that challenge the cult of self-criticism and make the radical case for treating yourself with the same kindness you'd offer a friend. Grounded in psychology and mindfulness, they offer a gentler path to growth.

Extra Focus

by Jesse J. Anderson • 2023

Your brain isn't broken, just differently fueled. Quick-start strategies for adult ADHD.

4.26

1k+

🧠 Adult Adhd ⚙️ Executive Function 🌊 Emotional Dysregulation 🛠️ Neurodivergent Strategies 👁️ Attention Management

Extra Focus

Your brain isn't broken, just differently fueled. Quick-start strategies for adult ADHD.

by Jesse J. Anderson 2023

4.26

1k+ ratings

🧠 Adult Adhd ⚙️ Executive Function 🌊 Emotional Dysregulation 🛠️ Neurodivergent Strategies 👁️ Attention Management

Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook

by Lucy Leu • 2003

A workbook that trains you to hear the need behind every complaint, including your own.

4.35

808

🗣️ Interpersonal Skills ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 👂 Empathetic Listening ❤️ Needs And Feelings 💬 Compassionate Communication

Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook

A workbook that trains you to hear the need behind every complaint, including your own.

by Lucy Leu 2003

4.35

808 ratings

🗣️ Interpersonal Skills ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 👂 Empathetic Listening ❤️ Needs And Feelings 💬 Compassionate Communication

After the Rain

by Alexandra Elle • 2020

A soft-spoken guide to repairing your relationship with yourself, one honest breath at a time.

4.17

4k+

🌿 Gentle Self-Help 🩹 Healing Journey 🧒 Inner Child Healing 🌬️ Breathwork 🖤 Racial Identity

After the Rain

A soft-spoken guide to repairing your relationship with yourself, one honest breath at a time.

by Alexandra Elle 2020

4.17

4k+ ratings

🌿 Gentle Self-Help 🩹 Healing Journey 🧒 Inner Child Healing 🌬️ Breathwork 🖤 Racial Identity

Unfuck Your Intimacy

by Faith G. Harper • 2019

Science, sarcasm, and a trauma-informed plan to stop sabotaging your own intimacy.

3.57

3k+

🧠 Trauma-Informed Care 🌈 Sex Positivity 🚧 Boundaries 🧘 Body Acceptance 💑 Ethical Non-Monogamy

Unfuck Your Intimacy

Science, sarcasm, and a trauma-informed plan to stop sabotaging your own intimacy.

by Faith G. Harper 2019

3.57

3k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma-Informed Care 🌈 Sex Positivity 🚧 Boundaries 🧘 Body Acceptance 💑 Ethical Non-Monogamy

Dr Gabor Maté 5 Books Collection Set

by Gabor Maté • 2022

Addiction is not about drugs but about pain: who hurt you, and what never came.

4.76

🩹 Addiction Recovery ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 👶 Childhood Trauma 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 📋 Trauma-Informed Care

Dr Gabor Maté 5 Books Collection Set

Addiction is not about drugs but about pain: who hurt you, and what never came.

by Gabor Maté 2022

4.76

21 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 👶 Childhood Trauma 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 📋 Trauma-Informed Care

Phosphorescence

by Julia Baird • 2020

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

3.77

12k+

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 🍃 Nature Spirituality

Phosphorescence

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

by Julia Baird 2020

3.77

12k+ ratings

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 🍃 Nature Spirituality

Revolution from Within

by Gloria Steinem • 1991

Self-esteem is the engine of revolution. The manual for building it from the inside out.

4.12

3k+

🧠 Feminist Psychology 🌱 Inner Work For Activists 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds 🔄 Unlearning Conditioning 🧘 Body-Mind Connection

Revolution from Within

Self-esteem is the engine of revolution. The manual for building it from the inside out.

by Gloria Steinem 1991

4.12

3k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Psychology 🌱 Inner Work For Activists 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds 🔄 Unlearning Conditioning 🧘 Body-Mind Connection

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work

by Richard Carlson • 1998

Simple, bite-sized strategies to keep office irritations from hijacking your mood and your career.

3.86

2k+

🏢 Workplace Stress ⏰ Time Management ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🧘 Mindfulness At Work 😊 Positive Attitude

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work

Simple, bite-sized strategies to keep office irritations from hijacking your mood and your career.

by Richard Carlson 1998

3.86

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Stress ⏰ Time Management ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🧘 Mindfulness At Work 😊 Positive Attitude

Frientimacy

by Shasta Nelson • 2016

Friendship is not about quantity. The depth you crave requires three simple but difficult practices.

3.80

840

👭 Adult Friendships 🤝 Social Connection 💬 Vulnerable Friendships 🌻 Positivity Practices 🔧 Friendship Maintenance

Frientimacy

Friendship is not about quantity. The depth you crave requires three simple but difficult practices.

by Shasta Nelson 2016

3.80

840 ratings

👭 Adult Friendships 🤝 Social Connection 💬 Vulnerable Friendships 🌻 Positivity Practices 🔧 Friendship Maintenance

Calm

by The School of Life • 2016

Calm is a skill philosophy can teach, and breathing exercises never will.

4.02

2k+

🏛️ Everyday Philosophy 🛡️ Emotional Resilience 🏺 Modern Stoicism 💔 Relationship Expectations 🌿 Slow Living

Calm

Calm is a skill philosophy can teach, and breathing exercises never will.

by The School of Life 2016

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Everyday Philosophy 🛡️ Emotional Resilience 🏺 Modern Stoicism 💔 Relationship Expectations 🌿 Slow Living

How to Relax

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2015

Relaxation is a skill, not a luxury. Reclaim it with your breath, five minutes at a time.

4.25

6k+

🧘 Buddhist Practice 😮‍💨 Stress Reduction 🌬️ Breathwork 🧘‍♂️ Meditation Practice 🩷 Emotional Acceptance

How to Relax

Relaxation is a skill, not a luxury. Reclaim it with your breath, five minutes at a time.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 2015

4.25

6k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Practice 😮‍💨 Stress Reduction 🌬️ Breathwork 🧘‍♂️ Meditation Practice 🩷 Emotional Acceptance

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

by Haemin Sunim • 2012

A Zen monk's deceptively simple path to calm: stop, breathe, and notice what you've been missing.

4.02

49k+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Mindful Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 💭 Emotional Awareness 🐢 Slowing Down

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

A Zen monk's deceptively simple path to calm: stop, breathe, and notice what you've been missing.

by Haemin Sunim 2012

4.02

49k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Mindful Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 💭 Emotional Awareness 🐢 Slowing Down

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!

by Kate Kelly • 1993

ADHD isn't a moral failing. Practical strategies that work with your brain's wiring, not against it.

3.88

3k+

🧠 Adult Adhd 📋 Executive Functioning 🌈 Neurodivergence 💪 Strengths-Based 🗂️ Adhd Organizing

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!

ADHD isn't a moral failing. Practical strategies that work with your brain's wiring, not against it.

by Kate Kelly 1993

3.88

3k+ ratings

🧠 Adult Adhd 📋 Executive Functioning 🌈 Neurodivergence 💪 Strengths-Based 🗂️ Adhd Organizing

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

by Eric Barker • 2017

The traits you think are flaws might be your biggest assets in the right environment.

4.11

17k+

🧭 Career Alignment 🔄 Strategic Quitting ⚡ Energy Management 🤝 Authentic Networking ⚙️ Productivity Systems

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

The traits you think are flaws might be your biggest assets in the right environment.

by Eric Barker 2017

4.11

17k+ ratings

🧭 Career Alignment 🔄 Strategic Quitting ⚡ Energy Management 🤝 Authentic Networking ⚙️ Productivity Systems

Self-Care for People with ADHD

by Sasha Hamdani • 2023

Over a hundred self-care strategies designed for the ADHD brain, not the neurotypical one.

3.75

2k+

🧠 Adult Adhd 📋 Daily Routines 💚 Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practices 🌈 Neurodiversity Paradigm

Self-Care for People with ADHD

Over a hundred self-care strategies designed for the ADHD brain, not the neurotypical one.

by Sasha Hamdani 2023

3.75

2k+ ratings

🧠 Adult Adhd 📋 Daily Routines 💚 Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practices 🌈 Neurodiversity Paradigm

Breakup Bootcamp

by Amy Chan • 2020

Decode the attachment wounds your breakup exposed before you pick the next one.

4.18

867

🫀 Breakup Recovery 🧸 Attachment Theory 💬 Dating Advice 🧠 Inner Critic Work 🌊 Emotional Processing

Breakup Bootcamp

Decode the attachment wounds your breakup exposed before you pick the next one.

by Amy Chan 2020

4.18

867 ratings

🫀 Breakup Recovery 🧸 Attachment Theory 💬 Dating Advice 🧠 Inner Critic Work 🌊 Emotional Processing

Unf*ck Your Anxiety

by Faith G. Harper • 2021

Anxiety is a brain circuit, not a character flaw. The evidence-based plan for rewiring it.

3.54

1k+

🧠 Anxiety Management 🔄 Brain Rewiring 💭 Cognitive Reframing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection ⚡ Stress Reframing

Unf*ck Your Anxiety

Anxiety is a brain circuit, not a character flaw. The evidence-based plan for rewiring it.

by Faith G. Harper 2021

3.54

1k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 🔄 Brain Rewiring 💭 Cognitive Reframing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection ⚡ Stress Reframing

Happier

by Tal Ben-Shahar • 2007

Forty percent of happiness is trainable. A Harvard professor's practices for the part you can shape.

3.82

9k+

🧪 Positive Psychology 🧭 Intrinsic Motivation 🔄 Habit Formation ⏱️ Time Management 👥 Relationship Psychology

Happier

Forty percent of happiness is trainable. A Harvard professor's practices for the part you can shape.

by Tal Ben-Shahar 2007

3.82

9k+ ratings

🧪 Positive Psychology 🧭 Intrinsic Motivation 🔄 Habit Formation ⏱️ Time Management 👥 Relationship Psychology

Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame

by Patricia A. DeYoung • 2015

Shame is not a failing; it is a relational wound in the right brain, healed through connection.

4.53

505

😔 Chronic Shame 💔 Relational Trauma 🧠 Affect Regulation 🪞 Therapist Self-Awareness ⚖️ Shame And Guilt

Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame

Shame is not a failing; it is a relational wound in the right brain, healed through connection.

by Patricia A. DeYoung 2015

4.53

505 ratings

😔 Chronic Shame 💔 Relational Trauma 🧠 Affect Regulation 🪞 Therapist Self-Awareness ⚖️ Shame And Guilt

The Pocket Pema Chodron

by Pema Chödrön • 2008

Buddhist teachings in your pocket: face pain and uncertainty with compassion, not resistance.

4.36

3k+

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧘 Buddhist Practice 🍂 Impermanence 🌸 Loving-Kindness 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation

The Pocket Pema Chodron

Buddhist teachings in your pocket: face pain and uncertainty with compassion, not resistance.

by Pema Chödrön 2008

4.36

3k+ ratings

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧘 Buddhist Practice 🍂 Impermanence 🌸 Loving-Kindness 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation

Affirmations for the Inner Child

by Rokelle Lerner • 1990

Daily words for the child within: the boundaries, self-trust, and softness chaos never taught.

4.41

219

🧒 Inner Child Work 📅 Daily Affirmations 👶 Reparenting 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🏠 Family Of Origin Healing

Affirmations for the Inner Child

Daily words for the child within: the boundaries, self-trust, and softness chaos never taught.

by Rokelle Lerner 1990

4.41

219 ratings

🧒 Inner Child Work 📅 Daily Affirmations 👶 Reparenting 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🏠 Family Of Origin Healing

Heart Talk

by Cleo Wade • 2018

Quiet your inner critic and find your footing again: verse and prose for hard days.

4.24

10k+

📖 Inspirational Poetry 🎭 Shame And Vulnerability 🌱 Emotional Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💎 Self-Worth

Heart Talk

Quiet your inner critic and find your footing again: verse and prose for hard days.

by Cleo Wade 2018

4.24

10k+ ratings

📖 Inspirational Poetry 🎭 Shame And Vulnerability 🌱 Emotional Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💎 Self-Worth

The Imposter Cure

by Jessamy Hibberd • 2019

The real reason you dismiss your wins as luck, and the practical steps to own them.

3.93

2k+

🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎯 Perfectionism 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Embracing Failure 🧘 Anxiety Management

The Imposter Cure

The real reason you dismiss your wins as luck, and the practical steps to own them.

by Jessamy Hibberd 2019

3.93

2k+ ratings

🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎯 Perfectionism 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Embracing Failure 🧘 Anxiety Management

The Path Between Us

by Suzanne Stabile • 2018

The nine ways people see the world, and what to do when yours collides with another.

4.12

11k+

🌀 Enneagram 🧩 Personality Frameworks 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💬 Communication Styles 🎭 Authentic Relating

The Path Between Us

The nine ways people see the world, and what to do when yours collides with another.

by Suzanne Stabile 2018

4.12

11k+ ratings

🌀 Enneagram 🧩 Personality Frameworks 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💬 Communication Styles 🎭 Authentic Relating

Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

by Haemin Sunim

The hidden peace beneath your racing thoughts: a Buddhist monk's short lessons on slowing the mind.

4.36

3k+

🧘 Buddhist Self-Help ☸️ Zen Buddhism 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 💭 Emotional Awareness 🏔️ Stillness Practice

Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

The hidden peace beneath your racing thoughts: a Buddhist monk's short lessons on slowing the mind.

by Haemin Sunim

4.36

3k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Self-Help ☸️ Zen Buddhism 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 💭 Emotional Awareness 🏔️ Stillness Practice

Cringeworthy

by Melissa Dahl • 2018

Secondhand embarrassment is your brain's empathy workout; learn to flex it.

3.67

1k+

😰 Social Anxiety 🧪 Social Psychology 🛡️ Embracing Vulnerability 💪 Social Confidence 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

Cringeworthy

Secondhand embarrassment is your brain's empathy workout; learn to flex it.

by Melissa Dahl 2018

3.67

1k+ ratings

😰 Social Anxiety 🧪 Social Psychology 🛡️ Embracing Vulnerability 💪 Social Confidence 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

Healthy as F*ck

by Oonagh Duncan • 2019

Build health that survives your worst days. No diets, no guilt, habits you can actually keep.

4.08

4k+

🚫 Anti-Diet Culture 🧱 Habit Design 💪 Embracing Imperfection ✨ Body Positivity 🍽️ Mindful Eating

Healthy as F*ck

Build health that survives your worst days. No diets, no guilt, habits you can actually keep.

by Oonagh Duncan 2019

4.08

4k+ ratings

🚫 Anti-Diet Culture 🧱 Habit Design 💪 Embracing Imperfection ✨ Body Positivity 🍽️ Mindful Eating

The Kindness Method

by Shahroo Izadi • 2018

Your toughest habit won't budge because you are using the wrong voice. The kinder one works.

3.79

2k+

🔄 Behavior Change 👿 Inner Critic 🗺️ Visual Planning 🛡️ Relapse Prevention 🧘 Self-Compassion Therapy

The Kindness Method

Your toughest habit won't budge because you are using the wrong voice. The kinder one works.

by Shahroo Izadi 2018

3.79

2k+ ratings

🔄 Behavior Change 👿 Inner Critic 🗺️ Visual Planning 🛡️ Relapse Prevention 🧘 Self-Compassion Therapy

The Way of Rest

by Jeff Foster • 2016

Self-improvement ends here. Your flaws, pain, and doubt were never obstacles: they were the path.

4.45

287

🫂 Radical Acceptance 🕉️ Spiritual Nonduality 💔 Vulnerability 🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty 🔥 Transformative Suffering

The Way of Rest

Self-improvement ends here. Your flaws, pain, and doubt were never obstacles: they were the path.

by Jeff Foster 2016

4.45

287 ratings

🫂 Radical Acceptance 🕉️ Spiritual Nonduality 💔 Vulnerability 🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty 🔥 Transformative Suffering

The Emotionally Exhausted Woman

by Nancy Colier • 2022

Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a lifetime of putting yourself last. The exit is learnable.

3.38

2k+

🎭 People Pleasing 💼 Emotional Labor 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔥 Burnout Recovery 🏠 Family Conditioning

The Emotionally Exhausted Woman

Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a lifetime of putting yourself last. The exit is learnable.

by Nancy Colier 2022

3.38

2k+ ratings

🎭 People Pleasing 💼 Emotional Labor 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔥 Burnout Recovery 🏠 Family Conditioning

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