Library

In Your Pain Has a Name, Monica references an online library for you to read further on topics that interest you or name your pain. This library is also a place where you may be able to discover trusted resources on your own continued journey of finding names for your pain, and finding voices that reflect more of your unique experience.

Introduction:

What Happened to You, Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey

The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain, Haider Warraich

Mindsight, Dan Siegel, M.D.

Aware, Dan Siegel, M.D.

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved, Kate Bowler

No Cure for Being Human: (And Other Truths I Need to Hear), Kate Bowler

Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection, Kate Bowler and Jessica Ritchie

The Lives We Actually Have, Kate Bowler and Jessica Ritchie

Try Softer, Book and Workbook, Aundi Kolber

Strong Like Water, Aundi Kolber

The Best of You, Alison Cook

Easy Pain, Chloé Cooper Jones

Part 1: The Problem: Living With Unnamed Pain

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Chapter 1: Stuck in the Wrong Story

What Happened to You, Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey

No Bad Parts - Richard Shwartz

Codependent No More, Melody Beattie

The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown

Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown

Daring Greatly, Brené Brown

Soul Shift, Rachel Macy Stafford

Emotional Inheritance, Galit Atlas

The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk

International OCD Foundation - This site has many resources and book recommendations. This is the best place to start for book recs on this topic: https://iocdf.org/books/#books

Chapter 2: The Wrong Diagnosis

Daring Greatly, Brene Brown

Rethinking Trauma Treatment, Courtney Armstrong

My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem 

Restoration Therapy, Terry Hargrave

Five Days to A New Self, Terry Hargraves

How Can I Get Through to You?, Terrence Real

I Don’t Want to Talk About It, Terrence Real