Books and Podcasts to Heal and Nurture Your Soul

The Let Them Theory is a step-by-step guide on how to stop letting other people's opinions, drama, and judgment impact your life. Two simple words, Let Them, will set you free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. It’s time to build a life where you come first—your dreams, your goals, your happiness.

The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet.

In a world where “never enough” dominates and feeling afraid has become second nature, vulnerability is subversive. Uncomfortable. It’s even a little dangerous at times. And without question, putting ourselves out there means there’s a far greater risk of getting criticized or feeling hurt. But when we step back and examine our lives, we will find that nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous, or hurtful as standing on the outside looking in and wondering what it would be like if we had the courage to step into the arena. Daring Greatly is a practice and a powerful vision for letting ourselves be seen.

This book was written for daughters who have spent much of their adult lives dealing with the fallout of never having received maternal support and love from a narcissistic mother. Drawing on over two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women's psychology and health, psychotherapist Dr. Karyl McBride helps you recognize the widespread effects of this maternal emotional abuse and guides you as you create an individualized program for self-protection, resolution, and complete recovery.

Will the Drama Ever End? is written for adult children of narcissistic parents and focuses on the specific dynamics of the narcissistic family. The mantra of the narcissistic family is that parental needs come before the child’s needs. So, this book is written for those who have grown up in the lonely shadow of the narcissistic parent. The book focuses on the dynamics of this kind of dysfunctional family, the effects it has on all the members, and then gives you my enhanced five-step recovery model to help find the path toward ending the cycle of family trauma and rebuild psychological and emotional health.