Book Recommendations

Published book and workbook by Christine Cantilena Barnes - DIVORCE

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This book includes discovering marital affairs, divorce's effects on children, legal knowledge and helpful tips, financial concerns, regaining emotional steadiness, and reconnecting with the Lord to find your new self-goals and purpose.                           



​A Heart's Betrayal - Click to purchase
Tools for Women and Men Recovering from Divorce and Broken Relationships



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Mental Health Books


      Brains that Work a Little Bit Differently
​      Allen D. Bragdon, Ph.D, David Gamon
​Finding Serendipity  Angelica Banks

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents  Lindsay C. Gibson

You're Not Crazy - It's Your Mother: Understanding and Healing for Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers  Danu Morrigan

Narcissistic Mothers: The truth about the problem with being the daughter of a narcissistic mother, and how to fix it. A guide for healing and recovering after narcissistic abuse  Dr. Theresa J. Covert
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​The Truth About Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive  Robert E. Emery Ph.D.

Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in their Struggle for Self  Elan Golomb

Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties That Bind ​Amy J.L. Baker PhD, Paul R. Fine LCSW

Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents  Nina W. Brown EdD LPC
​​​​​​Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
​David D. Burns 

Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks Barry McDonagh

Fearless in 21 Days: A Survivor's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
Sarah E. Ball

The End of Mental Illness: How Neuroscience Is Transforming
​Psychiatry and Helping Prevent or Reverse Mood and Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Addictions, PTSD, Psychosis, Personality Disorders, and More ​ Daniel G. Amen, MD

​​The 4:8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life  Tommy Newberry

52 Lists for Calm: Journaling Inspiration for Soothing Anxiety and Creating a Peaceful Life  Moorea Seal

A Human Mosaic: Heal, Renew & Develop Self-Worth  Anne Boudreau

Stop Avoiding Stuff: 25 Microskills to Face Your Fears and Do It Anyway  Matthew S. Boone LCSW, Jennifer Gregg PhD and Lisa W. Coyne PhD

Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists  Lisa Nola

The Bravest You: Five Steps to Fight Your Biggest Fears, Find Your Passion, and Unlock Your Extraordinary Life  Adam Kirk Smith 

The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living  Nick Ortner

Tapping the Healer Within: Using Thought-Field Therapy to Instantly Conquer Your Fears, Anxieties, and Emotional Distress  Roger Callahan, Richard Trubo

For Parents
 Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way M. Gary Neuman

Cooperative Parenting and Divorce LMFT Susan Boyan

Mom’s House, Dad’s House: A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated, Divorced, or
Remarried Isolina Ricci

The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict after a Difficult Divorce Elizabeth S.
Thayer, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Surviving the breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce  Wallerstein ; Kelly.

What About the Kids?: Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce  Blakesly, Sandra

Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster?: A Guide to Parenting
Through Divorce  Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.

All About Families: The Second Time Around : A Book for Boys and Girls and Their Parents and
Their Stepparents  Helen Coale Lewis

Divorce Casualties Darnell
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The Smart Stepfamily Ron Deal (Christian-based)

Children
Dinosaurs Divorce  Marc and Laurie Brown

​Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and

Young Children During

Divorce Vicki Lansky

Let’s Talk About It: Divorce Fred Rogers

​Divorce Is Not the End of the World: Zoe Stern and Evan Stern

Two Homes Claire Masurel

What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce?: A

Survival Guide for Kids Winchester, Beyer and Verdick

The Divorce Workbook: A Guide for Kids and Families Fassler and Lash Ives

Help! A Girl’s Guide to Divorce and Stepfamilies Nancy Holyoke

Was It the Chocolate Pudding?: A Story For Little Kids About Divorce Sandra Levins

Getting Yourself Together When Your Family Comes Apart Janet Bender

Daddy Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Betty Boegehold

Daddy’s Getting Married Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
​From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts: Seeking God After Divorce Through Community, Scripture, and Journaling
​Rebecca L. Mitchell

​Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind, and Unleash Yourself from the Pressure of Stress Joyce Meyer

How to Hear from God: Learn to Know His Voice and Make Right Decisions Joyce Meyer

​Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts Jennie Allen

When the Vow Breaks: A Survival and Recovery Guide for Christians Facing Divorce  Joseph Warren Kniskern

​Fresh Start: The New You Begins Today Joel Osteen

Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying  Stephen Levine ​

Satan's Attack on the Mind  Milkandhoneyfaith.com

Live Fearless: A Call to Power, Passion, and Purpose
Sadie Robertson Huff

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Rick Warren

The One Year Salt and Light Devotional: 365 Inspirations to Equip and Encourage You to Live Out Your Calling in the World  Chris Tiegreen
The Perfect Loss  Chip Dodd 

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying Maggie Callahan

The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss George A. Bonnano

On Grief and Grieving Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,  David Kessler, Samantha Desz 

It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand Megan Devine

Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss  Hope Edelman

​Asleep in Heaven's Nursery Tommy Mann

Bearing the Unbearable (Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief)  Joanne Cacciatore ​

Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies  Alan D. Wolfelt  

Resilient Grieving (Finding Strength and Embracing Life After a Loss that Changes Everything)  Lucy Hone

How to Survive the Loss of a Love  Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove

You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce, or Death  Louise L. Hay and David Kessler
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful  Janis Abrahms Spring

Love Cycles, Fear Cycles: Reduce Conflict and Increase Connection in Your Relationship  David Woodsfellow

Rebuilding a Marriage Better Than New: *Healing the Broken Places *Resolving Unmet Expectations *Moving Your Relationship Forward   Cindy Beall

​Celebrate Our Love Couples Journal: 12 Activities to Make Connecting Fun  Patrice Webb Bush

Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love  John Gottman PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, Doug Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams ​

​The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship  don Miguel Ruiz

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Expanded Edition: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment  Steve Harvey

Doing Imago Relationship Therapy in the Space-Between: A Clinician's Guide  Harville Hendrix, Helen LaKelly Hunt

52 Uncommon Ways to Unwind Together: A Couple's Guide to Relaxing, Refreshing, and De-Stressing  Randy Southern

The Love Dare: New Revised Edition
Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times  Max Lucado

Championship Fathering  Carey Casey

1-2-3 Magic (Effective Discipline for Children 2-12)  Thomas Phelan

Co-Parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You  Amy J.L. Baker PhD, Paul R. Fine LCSW

Screamfree Parenting: How to Raise Amazing Adults by Learning to Pause More and React Less  Hal Runkel LMFT

Narcissistic Mothers: The truth about the problem with being the daughter of a narcissistic mother, and how to fix it.  Dr. Theresa J. Covert ​

The High-Conflict Custody Battle: Protect Yourself and Your Kids from a Toxic Divorce, False Accusations, and Parental Alienation Amy J.L. Baker PhD, J. Michael Bone PhD, Brian Ludmer 

​Stop Negotiating with Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting your Angry Manipulative Moody or Depressed Adolescent Janet Sasson Edgette

The B.E.S.T. Marriage: Why Settle for Less?  Anthony Delaney

52 Uncommon Ways to Unwind Together: A Couple's Guide to Relaxing, Refreshing, and De-Stressing  Randy Southern
Divorcing and Healing from a Narcissist: Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Dr. Theresa J. Covert

Almost a Psychopath: Do I (or Does Someone I Know) Have a Problem with Manipulation and Lack of Empathy? Ronald Schouten

When Rabbit Howls Truddi Chase 

Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get On with Life  Margalis Fjelstad

​​Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed  Wendy Behary

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle  Mark Wolynn

Shame & Guilt: Masters of Disguise Jane Middelton-Moz MS

Narcissistic Mothers: How to Handle a Narcissistic Parent and Recover from CPTSD: Adult Children of Narcissists Recovery  Caroline Foster

Narcissistic Mothers and Covert Emotional Abuse: For Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents  Diana Macey

Narcissistic Mothers: Understanding and Healing for Daughters or Sons of Narcissistic Mothers and Recovering After Narcissistic Abuse  G.S. Hansen

When Your Daughter Has BPD: Essential Skills to Help Families Manage Borderline Personality Disorder  Daniel S. Lobel

Psychopath Free: Expanded Edition: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships with Narcissists, Sociopaths & Other Toxic People  Jackson MacKenzie
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Allie Brosh

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life  Craig Buck

Healing the Shame That Binds  John Bradshaw

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk ​

The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations for Codependents  Melody Beattie

The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves  Curt Thompson

Bonded to the Abuser: How Victims Make Sense of Childhood Abuse  Amy J. L. Baker, Mel Schneiderman

Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body Peter A. Levine Ph.D.

Sleep: 50 Mindfulness Exercises for a Restful Night's Sleep  Dr. Arlene K. Kunger

Heal Your PTSD: Dynamic Strategies That Work Michele Rosenthal

Sum of My Parts: A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder  Olga Trujillo

The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation  Deb Dana

When to Walk Away: Finding Freedom from Toxic People
Gary Thomas

Breaking Toxic Soul Ties: Healing from Unhealthy and Controlling Relationships   
 Tom Brown
The Everything Feng Shui De-Cluttering Book: Simplify Your Environment and Your Life (Everything®)  Katina Z. Jones

Big Magic  Elizabeth Gilbert

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers  Dr. Karyl McBride

Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely  Lysa TerKeurst

Setting Boundaries® with Difficult People: Six Steps to SANITY for Challenging Relationships  Allison Bottke

The Thin Book of Trust (An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work)  Charles Feltman

Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life  Robert C. Solomon

Trust Works!: Four Keys to Building Lasting Relationships  Ken Blanchard, Cynthia Olmstead, and Martha Lawrence

The Courage to Trust (A Guide to Building Deep and Lasting Relationships)  Cynthia L. Wall

Building Trust: How To Get It! How To Keep It!  Hyler Bracey Ph.D

Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification Christopher Peterson, Martin P. Seligman

Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment  Martin P. Seligman

The Four Agreements: A Personal Guide to Personal Freedom  Don Miguel Ruiz

Making Things Right at Work: Increase Teamwork, Resolve Conflict, and Build Trust  Gary Chapman, Jennifer M. Thomas, Paul White

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown

Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness  Steve Magness

Overcoming When You Feel Overwhelmed: 5 Steps to Surviving the Chaos of Life  Jentezen Franklin

​One Good Deed a Day  Chronicle Books

Rumi, Day by Day ​Maryam Mafi