Written by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk, this book discusses how trauma reshapes the body and the brain, which impacts our ability to experience pleasure, self-control, engagement, and trust. Dr. Van Der Kolk offers some tips to work through trauma and move towards healing.

Written by Dana Sturtevant, MS, and Hilary Kinavey, RD, they invite readers to break free from a culture that profits off of trauma, stigma, and disembodiment. This book helps readers reclaim and embrace their bodies in a sustainable way.

Built on a foundation of self-compassion, this book provides strategies to manage your home while struggling with mental health. It offers creative shortcuts to save you time and effort. As author KC Davis says, “Messiness is not a moral failing.”

By Dr. Nagoski, this book addresses how stress, mood, trust, and body image impact one’s sex life. Helping women reclaim their sexuality by bringing awareness to systems around us that impact our relationship with sex, our bodies, and context around sex. She uses science and research to prove that confidence and joy about one’s parts are a way to maintaining a fulfilling sex life.

Ibram X. Kendi leads a discussion on racism and racial justice in America. He encourages new ways of thinking about race and what an antiracist society might look like. Combining ethics, history, law, and science, he creates an engaging narrative of his own awakening to antiracism.

This book, written by Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran, helps address microaggressions. The purpose behind this book is to equip workers with awareness to promote inclusivity and a sense of belonging in the workplace. Subtle acts of exclusion (SAEs) can occur in the shape of stereotypes, backhanded compliments, unfounded assumptions and more.