Recommended Books
Relationships:
- Boundaries in Marriage by Cloud and Townsend
- The Marriage You've Always Dreamed Of by Dr. Gary Smalley
- The DNA of Relationships by Dr. Gary Smalley
- The Five Love Languages by Chapman & Campbell
- Fortified Marriages, Marriage Manual & Workbook by Chris Garner
- Love Must Be Tough by Dr. James Dobson
- Men are from Mars Women are from Venus by John Gray, PhD
- How to Get Your Husband to Listen to You by Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby
- Motivating Your Man God's Way by Dr. Emerson & Sarah Eggerichs
- Rescue Your Love Life by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
- Sex Begins in the Kitchen by Dr. Kevin Leman
Grief:
- A Grace Disguised by Sittser
- Where is God When it Hurts? By Philip Yancey
Happiness:
- Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar
- Happiness (A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill: Happiness) by Matthieu Ricard
Other relationships/other:
- Boundaries by Cloud and Townshend
- When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship by David Wexler, PhD (for men)
- The Dance of Anger- by Harriet Lerner, PhD (for women)
- Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood (for women
Parenting:
- Bringing up Boys by James Dobson
- Parents' Answer Book by Dr. James Dobson
- Parenting Isn't for Cowards by Dr. James Dobson
- The Five Love Languages of Children by Chapman & Campbell
- The Unmotivated Child by Natalie Rathvon
- What to Expect the Toddler Years by Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway
- 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child by Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD
- Ask Supernanny: What Every Parent Wants to Know by Jo Frost
Abuse:
- You Don’t Have to Take It Anymore: Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, Loving One by Steven Stosny, PhD (book for both the abuser and the victim)
- The Verbally Abusive Man: Can He Change? A Woman’s Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go by Patricia Evans
- Mending the Soul by Steven R. Tracy
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond by Patricia Evans
- Why Does He Do That? Inside The Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
- Dangerous Marriage: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence by S.R. McDill & Linda McDill
- Stop Hurting the Woman You Love: Breaking the Cycle of Abusive Behavior by Charlie Donaldson, Randy Flood, with Elaine Eldridge
- Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them: Breaking the Cycle of Physical and Emotional Abuse by Paul Hegstrom
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