What We are Reading
What the Dog Saw: and other adventures
Malcolm Gladwell
This book is an anthology of some of Gladwell's best pieces of work from The New Yorker, pre 2009. If you have never read any of Gladwell's work, these essays are a great introduction into his mind. Gladwell is a master at connecting ideas which seem to have nothing in common on the surface, adding a human element and making the story come to life. With his own brand of social psychology, Gladwell joins the dots between ideas and tells the truth in a way only he can.
The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma
Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
In this seminal work by a pioneer in the world of trauma treatment and research, we learn how to go beyond the traditional medical model and understand how our body can hold trauma, different ways we can experience trauma from early childhood into adulthood, the neuroscience behind trauma, and how we can begin to heal the brain and take control of the body through traditional therapy, neurofeedback, EMDR, Yoga, and more.
Hold Me Tight: Seven conversations for a lifetime of love
Dr. Sue Johnson
Dr. Johnson takes her Emotionally Focused Couple's therapy and breaks it down into seven conversations we can have with our partner to reconnect, rediscover, and strengthen the emotional bond to ensure a lifelong connection. Whether you are a new couple, have been together 5, 10, or 40 years, this book is for every couple at any stage of their relationship.
No Bad Parts: Healing trauma & restoring wellness with the Internal Family Systems model
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
In this book, Schwartz, the creator of Internal Family Systems (IFS), teaches us how to start to understand our parts - those pieces of us that show up who we may find helpful or disruptive in our life, and teaches us to start to get to know them, their role within our system, and understand they are all trying to protect us, even the parts we may dislike the most. This book helps us see there are no bad parts, they all serve a purpose for us.
My Canadian Hockey Journey: Tales from a career house leaguer & retired hockey dad
Ken Doran
In his inaugural novel, Ken Doran takes us on a journey through his years experiencing Canadian house league hockey - as a player and hockey dad.
For any of us who experienced hockey in Canada - as a player, a parent, a sibling, as a fan, Doran's story helps us remember our own coaches, over-involved parents, the freezing arenas, the highs and the lows of house league and rep hockey.
Attached. The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find - and keep - love.
Amil Levine, M.D. and Rachel S.F. Heller, MA
Attachment styles were once thought to only be considerations for children. We now know attachment impacts us into our adult relationships. In their book, Levine and Heller guide readers to explore their own attachment style (anxious, avoidant or secure), their partner's, and offer a map to build stronger more fulfilling connections.
