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