Reading List for Gifted Adults with Chronic Illness Exploring Trauma
1. 
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating β 255,073 ratings
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Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing 4.39 avg rating β 925 ratings
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Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship
by:
Laurence Heller
4.26 avg rating β 1,556 ratings 5. 
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
by:
Peter A. Levine
4.34 avg rating β 3,179 ratings 6. 
Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma-An Integrative Somatic Approach
by:
Kathy L. Kain
4.26 avg rating β 458 ratings 7. 
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body
by:
David Emerson
4.25 avg rating β 1,265 ratings 8. 
Journey Through Trauma: A Trail Guide to the 5-Phase Cycle of Healing Repeated Trauma 4.50 avg rating β 421 ratings
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EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology: Interventions to Enhance Embodiment in Trauma Treatment
by:
Arielle Schwartz
4.50 avg rating β 80 ratings 10. 
The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe 4.19 avg rating β 874 ratings
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Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations: Trauma-Informed Practices to Facilitate Growth 3.45 avg rating β 11 ratings
12. 
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
by:
Iain McGilchrist
4.35 avg rating β 3,767 ratings 12. 
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
by:
Jenara Nerenberg
3.82 avg rating β 8,646 ratings 14. 
The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook: Practical Mind-Body Tools to Heal Trauma, Foster Resilience and Awaken Your Potential
by:
Arielle Schwartz
4.21 avg rating β 127 ratings 15. 
The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Bonnie Badenoch
4.41 avg rating β 212 ratings 15. 
17. 
The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole
by:
Arielle Schwartz
4.23 avg rating β 1,275 ratings 
18. 
I'm Ascending, Now What?: Awaken Your Authentic Self, Own Your Power, Embody Your Truth
by:
Sydney Campos
4.06 avg rating β 35 ratings 18. 
The Art of Contemplation: A gentle path to wholeness and prosperity
by:
Richard Rudd
4.55 avg rating β 315 ratings 
24. 
When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection
by:
Gabor MatΓ©
4.19 avg rating β 31,577 ratings 
24. 
Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
by:
Joe Dispenza
4.26 avg rating β 23,170 ratings 27. 
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity 4.43 avg rating β 10,874 ratings
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The Art of Hunting Humans: A radical and confronting explanation of the human mind
by:
Sidney Mazzi
4.04 avg rating β 243 ratings 
30. 
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD: Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma
by:
Arielle Schwartz
4.21 avg rating β 378 ratings 
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Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders
by:
James T. Webb
4.20 avg rating β 612 ratings 39. 
Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity
by:
Rahul Jandial
4.10 avg rating β 3,728 ratings 40. 
Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
by:
RyΕkan
4.12 avg rating β 974 ratings 41. 
Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by:
Daniel J. Siegel
4.29 avg rating β 371 ratings 41. 
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World
by:
Haemin Sunim
4.03 avg rating β 44,963 ratings 43. 
Searching for Meaning: Idealism, Bright Minds, Disillusionment, and Hope
by:
James T. Webb
3.79 avg rating β 230 ratings 
45. 
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
by:
Johann Hari
4.26 avg rating β 40,169 ratings 45. 
The Human War: Ptsd Recovery Guide for Returning Soldiers
by:
Douglas H. Ruben
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1 rating 47. 
48. 
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
by:
Gary Chapman
4.28 avg rating β 468,519 ratings 49. 
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life
by:
Richard Carlson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 96,007 ratings 
52. 
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by:
Alice Miller
4.05 avg rating β 29,440 ratings 
57. 
The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
by:
Norman Doidge
4.20 avg rating β 5,600 ratings 57. 
Living Like You Mean It: Use the Wisdom and Power of Your Emotions to Get the Life You Really Want 4.18 avg rating β 639 ratings
62. 
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by:
Matthew Walker
4.37 avg rating β 215,747 ratings 63. 
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment
by:
David Emerson
4.39 avg rating β 312 ratings 64. 
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
by:
Elaine N. Aron
3.84 avg rating β 52,842 ratings 65. 
The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People
by:
Judith Orloff
3.83 avg rating β 7,623 ratings 66. 
The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner's Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment
by:
Alaine D Duncan
4.46 avg rating β 101 ratings