Books and articles

For ParentsNeurodiversity and ADHD/ASDAddiction and recoveryMental HealthTrauma
Written By Michaela Klabanová

Looking for some inspiration on what to read next? Here are some books and articles I often find myself recommending to my clients:

General

  • The Myth of Normal, Gabor Mate and Daniel Mate

  • When the body says No, Gabor Mate

  • Good Nature, Kathy Willis

  • The Brain Bible, John B Arden

  • The gifts of imperfection, Brene Brown

  • Clean(ish): Eat (Mostly) Clean, Live (Mainly) Clean, and Unlock Your Body's Natural Ability to Self-Clean, Gin Stephens

  • Fatal Conveniences: The Toxic Products and Harmful Habits That Are Making You Sick—and the Simple Changes That Will Save Your Health, Darin Olien

  • Foodfor Life: The New Science of Eating Well, Tim Spector

  • Spoon-Fed: Why almost everything we've been told about food is wrong, Tim Spector

  • Brain Changer: How diet can save your mental health, Felice Jacka

  • M. Valles Colomer, 'The neuroactive potential of human gut microbiota in quality of life and depression, Nature Microbiology (2019); 4: 623-632

  • J. M. Yano, 'Indigenous bacteria from the gut microbiota regulate host serotonin biosynthesis', Cell (2015); 161(2): 264-276

  • I. Lukic, 'Antidepressants affect gut microbiota and Ruminococcus flavefaciens is able to abolish their effects on depressive-like behavior', Translational Psychiatry, 9(1): 133

  • M. I. Butler, 'From isoniazid to psychobiotics: the gut microbiome as a new antidepressant target', British Journal of Hospital Medicine (2019); 80(3): 139-145

  • F. N. Jacka, 'Maternal and early postnatal nutrition and mental health of offspring by age 5 years: a prospective cohort study', J Acad Child & Adol Psych (2013); 52(10): 1038-1047

Neurodiversity

Eating Disorders

  • Hunger for Connection: Finding Meaning in Eating Disorders by Alitta Kullman

Parenting

  • Hold onto your kids, Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Mate

  • Good Inside A Practical Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to be, Dr Becky Kennedy

  • Brain-Body Parenting How to Stop Managing Behaviour and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, Mona Delahooke

  • You Are the Parent Becoming the Calm, Confident Leader Your Child Needs, Dr. Siggie Cohen

  • Raising a Secure Child How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore, Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, Bert Powell, Christine M. Benton

  • Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, Mem Fox

  • Raising Human Beings Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child, Ross W., Ph.D. Greene

  • No-Drama Discipline, The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson

  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind,Tina Payne Bryson, Daniel J. Siegel

  • Adult Children Of Emotionally Immature Parents, How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents, Lindsay C Gibson

  • Recovering From Emotionally Immature Parents, Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy, Lindsay C. Gibson

  • You Are Home, Heal from Family Trauma, Establish Boundaries, and Find a Place of Peace and Safety, Sherrie Campbell

  • The Conscious parent, Dr. Shefali Tsabary

  • Raising Conscious Sons, Cultivating Purpose, Connection and Inner Power in a Chaotic World, Shefali Tsabary

  • Raising Conscious Daughters, Building Confidence, Courage and Inner Power in an Anxious World, Shefali Tsabary

  • Toxic Childhood Stress, The Legacy of Early Trauma and How to Heal, Dr Nadine Burke Harris

Women

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