Interpersonal Relationships

Here are some books that help us connect better within our families, communities, and work organizations.


The Empathy Effect

The Empathy Effect 

7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences

By Helen Riess MD, with Liz Neporent

A Harvard Medical School doctor shares that the human capacity for empathy is not just an innate trait—it is also a skill that we can practice. This book helps teach us how to relate better to other people, no matter their views.  SOUNDS TRUE

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Bring Your Whole Self

Bring Your Whole Self to Work 

How Vulnerability Unlocks Creativity, Connection, and Performance

By Mike Robbins

Elements like authenticity and appreciation aren’t just for personal relationships. Motivational speaker and business consultant Mike Robbins shares how they contribute to professional development.  HAY HOUSE

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Spiritual Divorce

Spiritual Divorce

Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life 

By Debbie Ford 

It is a dark time for couples, yet Ford assures readers that the devastation of divorce can be turned into a profound and renewing experience.  HARPERONE

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Conversations Worth Having

Conversations Worth Having

Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement 

By Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres 

Teaching practices for fostering excellent communication, the authors share real-life examples of how to use a method called Appreciative Inquiry.  BERRETT-KOEHLER

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Feeling Better

Feeling Better

Beat Depression and Improve Your Relationships with Interpersonal Psychotherapy 

By Cindy Goodman Stulberg and Ronald J. Frey 

The authors share a 12-week program based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy to help readers in virtually every life situation, from “consciously uncoupling,” to coping with loss and dealing with addiction.  NEW WORLD LIBRARY

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Art Of Communicating

The Art of Communicating

By Thich Nhat Hanh 

Global spiritual leader and peace activist, Zen master, and Buddhist monk: If this gentleman can’t help us listen more mindfully and express ourselves more respectfully, who can?  HARPERONE

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Health Mind Toolkit

The Healthy Mind Toolkit

Simple Strategies to Get Out of Your Own Way and Enjoy Your Life 

By Alice Boyes

Boyes focuses on four areas where self-defeating behaviors are most common: our mindsets, self-esteem, relationships, and work/money, and lays out a practical plan to stop the self-sabotage. TARCHERPERIGEE

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Dodging Energy Vampires

Dodging Energy Vampires

An Empath’s Guide to Evading Relationships that Drain You and Restoring Your Health and Power 

By Christiane Northrup 

Delve into the dynamics of vampire-empath relationships and discover how vampires use others’ energy to fuel their own dysfunctional lives.  HAY HOUSE

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Power Of Presence

The Power of Presence

Be a Voice in Your Child’s Ear Even When You’re Not with Them 

By Joy Thomas Moore 

Moore explores seven pillars of presence—heart, faith, mind, courage, financial freedom, values, and connectedness—that parents can use to positively influence their children.  GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING

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The Shift

The Shift 

How Seeing People as People Changes Everything 

By Kimberly White 

White uses the culture she found in a chain of nursing homes to explore how we can all work together, no matter what our professional situations.  BERRETT-KOEHLER

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