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Book Recommendations

Welcome to our curated book list at the Motherhood Wellness Clinic, where reading serves as a powerful tool for healing and growth. I believe that literature has the ability to illuminate our experiences and foster deep connections to our own stories. I often incorporate bibliotherapy into my work with clients, guiding them through transformative narratives that promote self-reflection and understanding. As an avid reader myself, I am excited to share these resources with you, hoping they bring comfort, insight, and inspiration on your journey.


Pregnancy & Birth Preparation

Pregnancy: The Psychological Experience

How to Eat with One Hand: Recipes and Other Nourishment for New and Expectant Parents

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide

The Food Doula Cookbook: A Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy and a Nourished New Mom

Functional Maternity: Using Functional Medicine and Nutrition to Improve Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes


Postpartum Mental Health

This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression

Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers

Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #MOMLife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos

The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality

The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook: The Guide to Surviving Your Emotions When Having a Baby

The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions, and Compulsions

It's OK That You're Not OK


Postnatal Depletion

Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth: The New Mom's Guide to Navigating the Fourth Trimester

The Postnatal Depletion Cure: A Complete Guide to Rebuilding Your Health and Reclaiming Your Energy for Mothers of Newborns, Toddlers, and Young Children


Workbooks and Journals

Pregnancy After Loss: A day-by-day plan to reassure and comfort you

The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook: The Guide to Surviving Your Emotions When Having a Baby

The Postpartum Depression Workbook: Strategies to Overcome Negative Thoughts, Calm Stress, and Improve Your Mood

The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions, and Compulsions


Birth Trauma

How to Heal a Bad Birth: Making sense, making peace and moving on

More Than a Healthy Baby: Finding Strength and Growth After Birth Trauma

Healing from Reproductive Trauma


Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode

The Try Softer Guided Journey


Loss and Infertility

At a Loss: Finding Your Way After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death

Healing from Reproductive Trauma


Becoming a Mother

Dear Mama, You Matter: Honest talk about the transition to motherhood

The Birth Of A Mother

Mama, Bare: The Birth Of Mother


Work and Motherhood

The Good Enough Mother: Reimagining Motherhood and Work

The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby


Nutrition and Mental Health

Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks

Gut Feelings: Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You Feel

Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself


Marriage and Relationships

What About Us?: A New Parents Guide to Safeguarding Your Over-Anxious, Over-Extended, Sleep-Deprived Relationship

And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives

Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do

 

Parenting

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

Are My Kids on Track?: The 12 Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach

Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World

How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7


Women's Health

Sex Matters: How male-centric medicine endangers women's health and what we can do about it

In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source


Holistic Health

The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia: Get a Good Night's Sleep Without Relying on Medication

The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response


Boundaries and Extended Family

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

The Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling


Childhood Trauma and Neglect

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity

Healing From Childhood Trauma: How To Recover From Sexual, Physical, And Emotional Abuse

The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love


Mother Wounds

Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, an d Guidance

Motherless Daughters


Judeo/Christian Books

Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow

The Lifegiving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming

Awaking Wonder: Opening Your Child's Heart to the Beauty of Learning

M Is for Mama: A Rebellion Against Mediocre Motherhood

Risen Motherhood: Gospel Hope for Everyday Moments

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family


Friendships

Here For It (the Good, the Bad, and the Queso): The How-To Guide for Deepening Your Friendships and Doing Life Together

Together Is a Beautiful Place: Finding, Keeping, and Loving Our Friends


Nordic Living and Lifestyle

Everyday Sisu: Tapping into Finnish Fortitude for a Happier, More Resilient Life

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living

My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place

American Cozy: Hygge-Inspired Ways to Create Comfort & Happiness

Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life

The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World's Happiest People

Nordic Lifestyle: Embrace Slow Living, Cultivate Happiness and Know When to Take Off Your Shoes

Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Christmas Eve Supper: 70 Simple Recipes for Year-Round Hy gge


Nature Therapy

Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness

Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life

Healing with Nature: Mindfulness and Somatic Practices to Heal from Trauma

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder


Coloring Books

A Cozy Coloring Cookbook: 40 Simple Recipes to Cook, Eat & Color

Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure and Coloring Book for Adults

Creative Haven Home Sweet Home Coloring Book

Primrosia 24 Pastel Dual Tip Markers, Fine Tip and Brush Pens. Perfect for art, illustration, drawing, calligraphy and bullet journals

Primrosia Fauna - 60 Dual Tip Watercolor Brush and Fine Tip Pens. Marker Pens for Art Sketching Illustration Calligraphy Permanent Highlighter Bullet Journal Drawing Adult Coloring



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