Middle Ground®’s Recommended Reading


What Makes Love Last? by Nan Silver and John Gottman, PhD
And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman, PhD and Julie Schwartz Gottman
Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman, PhD and Nan Silver
Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson
Created for Connection by Sue Johnson
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail by John Gottman
The State of Affairs by Esther Perel
Fierce Intimacy by Terry Real

 

Marriage:


And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman, PhD and Julie Schwartz Gottman
How Not to Hate Your Husband After Having KIds by Jancee Dunn
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child; The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman, PhD with Joan Declaire
No Drama Discipline: The Whole Brain way to calm the Chaos by Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Siegel
Daring Greatly How the courage to be Vulnerably Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brene Brown
The Blessing of a B Minus by Wendy Mogel, PhD

Parenting:

 

 




The Man's Guide to Women by Douglas Abrams, Julie Schwartz Gottman, John Gottman and Rachel Carlton Abrams

For Men in Relationships:


Queen Bees and Wannabees by Rosalind
Uninvited: Living Loved when You feel Less Than, Left Out and Lonely by Lisa TerKeurst
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
Come As You Are by Emily Nagosaki, PhD

Female Relationships:


The Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety For Good? by Rhett Smith
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron

Anxiety:



Daring Greatly How the courage to be Vulnerably Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and          Lead by Brene Brown, PhD LMSW
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown, Phd, LMSW
Loving Bravely: 20 Lessons of Self Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want by Alexandra Il Solomon, PhD
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Rising Strong by Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW
Love is Letting go of Fear by Gerald Jampolsky, MD

Vulnerability:

 


Rising Strong: How the Ability to Resist Transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead by Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it wasn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power, Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW
Burn Out: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle,
Emily Nagosaki, PhD, Amelia Nagosaki, DMA
The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

Self Discovery:


Trauma:


The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk