Book Recommendations
Written for women, but helpful for anyone and everyone navigating the terrain of sex, turn on, arousal, and relationships. Check out Emily’s TEDtalks too!
Esther’s work hugely informs my work and my life. This book, her first, should be on everyone’s bedside.
Even if you aren’t navigating the fallout of infidelity in a relationship, this book opens up new possibilities and perspectives on intimate relationship.
Fun, easy to read, helpful, and full of practical information and practices to help you connect to your anatomy, and find new kinds of pleasure, whether solo or with a partner.
The most comprehensive, practical introduction to Polyvagal Theory as well as a wealth of practices to try to learn about and regulate your nervous system.
Written by the creator of Somatic Experiencing, this book is an empowering introduction to how our bodies take on trauma, as well as processes for releasing it.
There are many versions of parts work out there, and Richard Schwartz’s model, as laid out in this book, is comprehensive and accessible.
This workbook is full of opportunities for experiential learning to help you access your version of sexual happiness.
Plotkin’s newest book (his others are also wonderful) maps the journey of encountering and embodying your soul’s purpose, and provides tools to help you navigate your way.
This book is quite honestly one of the most beautiful I’ve ever read. Weber combines ecology with poetic prose to turn the whole world into an erotic, embodied, connected experience.
Stories can inform and guide us as we move through our lives. This classic is a delightful introduction to many myths and stories, as well as a guide to understanding how they relate to your own life.
Ancestor work in this lineage has been one of the most transformative, supportive, surprising, and fun experiences of my life to date.
Riane Eisler gives new language and deep understanding to the struggles we all experience under patriarchy.
We know so little about how women’s bodies work and why they do the things that they do. This book illuminates some of the most basic processes of our bodies in easily accessible, thoughtful prose.
Terry Real is one of my favorite therapists and teachers in the realm of couples. He’s down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, compassionate, funny, and direct, with a great depth of experience
A great handbook for couples to use to drop into meaningful and necessary conversations.