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A list of books to aid in your journey from religious trauma and pain to healing and reconstruction.
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Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy
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Sacha Mardou (Goodreads Author)
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The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
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Vivek H. Murthy (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 8,134 ratings
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It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
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Ramani Durvasula (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 9,210 ratings
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How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide to Rebuilding After Religion
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Alyssa Grenfell (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 230 ratings
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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
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Tia Levings (Goodreads Author)
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The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
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Eli Saslow (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 10,684 ratings
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Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
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Martha N. Beck (Goodreads Author)
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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
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Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out
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4.01 avg rating — 367 ratings
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No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
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4.50 avg rating — 536 ratings
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Uncultured: A Memoir
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Daniella Mestyanek Young (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 16,299 ratings
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Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
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The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired
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Daniel J. Siegel (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 5,309 ratings
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Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
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Breaking Free
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
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Amanda Montell (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 113,221 ratings
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Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope
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Megan Phelps-Roper (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 18,726 ratings
score: 79,
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Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 94,337 ratings
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Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters—And How to Get It
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Laurie Mintz (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 2,564 ratings
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What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
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4.42 avg rating — 105,525 ratings
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The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
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Martha N. Beck (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 10,075 ratings
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Untamed
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Glennon Doyle (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 506,184 ratings
score: 74,
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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Lori Gottlieb (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 395,107 ratings
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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Heavy
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Kiese Laymon (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 44,255 ratings
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So You Want to Talk About Race
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
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Alison Bechdel (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 199,651 ratings
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Love Warrior
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Glennon Doyle Melton (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 74,007 ratings
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Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
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Byron Katie (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 24,990 ratings
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The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work
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4.17 avg rating — 1,287 ratings
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Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected
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4.07 avg rating — 1,356 ratings
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
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4.36 avg rating — 85,214 ratings
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
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Emily Nagoski (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 83,442 ratings
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Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood
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Leah Vincent (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 3,003 ratings
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Fierce Intimacy: Standing Up to One Another with Love
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4.51 avg rating — 887 ratings
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Educated
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Tara Westover (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 1,811,264 ratings
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How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
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Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool
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Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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The Undervalued Self: Restore Your Love/Power Balance, Transform the Inner Voice That Holds You Back, and Find Your True Self-Worth
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3.92 avg rating — 435 ratings
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
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Faithfully Religionless
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Timber Hawkeye (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
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Jen Sincero (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 284,261 ratings
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The Silver Linings Playbook
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Matthew Quick (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 162,364 ratings
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When Breath Becomes Air
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Cutting for Stone
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Abraham Verghese (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 421,929 ratings
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We Learn Nothing
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 114,982 ratings
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Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale
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Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
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Leah Remini (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 75,788 ratings
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Year of Yes
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Shonda Rhimes (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 98,999 ratings
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The Secret Laws of Attraction: The Effortless Way to Get the Relationship You Want
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Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 87,993 ratings
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Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting
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Man's Search for Meaning
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Escape
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Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 29,919 ratings
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Letter To A CES Director
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
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Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
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Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
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The Gifts of Imperfection
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
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The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Volume 1)
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
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Standing For Something More: The Excommunication of Lyndon Lamborn
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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason
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