Recommended Books

Spiritual Growth

Addictions, Habits
  • Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
  • The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard 
  • Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins we Tolerate by Jerry Bridges 
  • ​Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation by Robert Mulholland 
  • The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People by John Ortberg 
  • Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Peter Scazzero
  • Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions by Gerald May 
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Steven Covey 
  • Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life by Jenni Schaefer
  • Coming Clean: A Story of Faith by Seth Haines 
  • Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation by Steven Levenkron
  • Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery by Patrick Carnes

Managing Thoughts

Managing Feelings
  • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown 
  • How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry by Dale Carnegie 
  • Power Thoughts: 12 Strategies to Win the Battle of the Mind by Joyce Meyer
  • Self Talk, Soul Talk: What to Say When You Talk to​ Yourself by Jennifer Rothschild 
  • Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy by Nancy Leigh DeMoss 
  • Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
  • A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss by Jerry Sittser 
  • Emotions: Can You Trust Them? The Best-Selling Guide to Understanding and Managing Your Feelings of Anger, Guilt, Self-Awareness and Love by James Dobson 
  • Mind and Emotions: A Universal Treatment for Emotional Disorders by Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning, and Patricia Zurita Ona 
  • Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve by Lewis B. Smedes 
  • The Wounded Heart: Hope for the Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Dan Allender 
  • The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery and Growth by Glenn Schiraldi 

Marriage, Relationships

  • Sacred marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More than to Make Us Happy by Gary L. Thomas 
  • The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver
  • The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman 
  • Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships by Sue Johnson 
  • Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend 
  • Saying What's Real: 7 Keys to Authentic Communication and Relationship Success by Susan Campbell 

Parenting

  • ​Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility by Cline Foster and Jim Fay 
  • Shepherding a Child’s Heart  by Ted Tripp 
  • The Birth Order Book. Why You Are the Way You Are by Kevin Leman 
  • Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five by John Medina 
  • Teach Them Diligently: How to Use Scriptures in Child Training. Woodruff 
  • The New Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir 
  • Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World by Kristen Welch

Self-Esteem, Identity

Career, Purpose in Life
  • The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God’s Best Version of You by John Ortberg
  • The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem: The Definitive Work on Self-Esteem by the Leading Pioneer in the Field by Nathaniel Branden
  • Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame by Beverly Engel
  • Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David Burns
  • Please Understand Me II. Temperament Character Intelligence by David Keirsey
  • Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality by Wesley Hill
  • Undaunted: Daring to Do What God Calls You to Do by Christine Caine
  • A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What by Gordon MacDonald
  • Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer
  • The Difference You Make: Changing the World through the Impact of Your Influence by Pat Williams and J. Jim Denney
  • A Grace Revealed: How God Redeems the Story of Your Life by Gerald Sittser
  • Every Good Endeavour: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work by Timothy Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf