We all start at square one with our knowledge of health, but what matters is our willingness to learn and grow, and one great way to do that is through reading! The books listed here are some of our favorites for emotional and mental health - everything from shifting perspectives to releasing past trauma.

ESSENTIAL OIL BASED BOOKS 10 Oils to Help You Own a Successful Mindset by Gretchen King-Ann “Gretchen King-Ann, shares her personal learnings in this thought-provoking book on using essential oils to help you own a successful mindset. Written from personal learnings, Gretchen provides effective strategies to problem solve and understand the value of an open mindset. A must-read for those looking for a new approach.”

Releasing Emotional Patterns with Essential Oils by Dr. Carolyn Mein “ Are you bogged down by your emotions? Do you feel trapped in emotional ruts? Are you frustrated trying to rationalize your way around your emotions? Happily, the process to clear stagnant emotional blocks and patterns is easy! Emotions are stored at a cellular level in specific organs within the body. They must be cleared at this level in order to be released. Essential oils access these stuck emotions at their deepest level, by accessing the limbic portion of the brain, which is the seat of emotions. This is not a new technique - it was employed by the ancient Egyptians. "Releasing Patterns With Essential Oils" is a practical, step-by-step guide providing a natural remedy for emotional cleansing. It offers over 130 pages including charts, diagrams, and easy-to-follow instructions.”

Conquering Toxic Emotions by Rhonda Favano “Toxic emotions have negative implications for our emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Conquering Toxic Emotions is an easy-to-use tool that will guide you through the process of identifying and releasing the emotions that stand in the way of the life of abundance you've always dreamed of. In this book, Rhonda Favano compassionately takes your hand and walks you through the step-by-step process of freeing yourself from the toxic emotional burdens that are making you sick and preventing you from being the person you are intended to be.”

Truth Drops: A Scriptural Protocol For Releasing Your Past With Essential Oils by Stacy McDonald *“Find out how a distorted view of self, unresolved hurts, and lingering fears can stunt your overall success, and learn how to release it all to the God who sees. Find out:

• How traumatic events can warp your perceptions.
• How destructive life choices can be linked to trauma.
• Practical tools for dealing with fear and intrusive thoughts. Truth Drops is jam-packed with practical aroma-filled brain-training exercises that utilize different essential oil blends, faith-based affirmations, and the life-changing power of Scripture. Learn to evaluate your own emotional reactions, gain a new perspective on your past, reject false perceptions, and develop healthier responses by building new pathways in the brain.”

Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol Truman “Karol Truman provides a comprehensive and enlightening resource for getting in touch with unresolved feelings which, she explains, can distort not only happiness but also health and well-being. Leaving no emotion unnamed, and in fact listing around 750 labels for feelings, Truman helps identify problem areas, and offers a "script" to help process the feelings, replacing the negative feeling with a new, positive outlook. A chapter on the possible emotions below the surface in various physical ailments gives the reader plenty to work with on a deep healing level. FEELINGS BURIED ALIVE NEVER DIE combines a supportive, common-sense, results-oriented approach to a problem that is widespread and that can stop people from living fully.”

Inner Transformations Using Essential Oils by Dr. Leanne Deardeuff “Many of us are unknowingly suffering from food sensitivities and allergies which are preventing us from reaching optimal health and an ideal body weight. What makes this book so special is that it will help expand your knowledge of healthy foods and lifestyle choices and give you more choices for every day healthy living. We created this guide as we saw a need for a simple, yet effective detox program that anyone can enjoy. It includes healthy recipes that we regularly prepare for ourselves.”

Essential Oils: The Complete Home Reference “The “Essential Oils Complete Home Reference” is divided into six main sections for clarity and user-friendliness. Due to the immense amount of information contained in the book, each section is categorized by a corresponding color within the section guide. This color tabbing continues throughout the book allowing each section to be immediately identifiable and quickly located. Updated with the latest products, this new guide has everything you need to use ANYTHING from Young Living.”

Essential Oils: On the Go Field Reference “As the leader in essential oil education, this Field Reference provides decades of research on essential oils with the original protocols on how to use them. It is the same trusted guide completely updated in a new format and bigger than ever! In this case, more is more!! Trust you and your family's wellness with the Field Reference that is unsurpassed in its depth, authenticity, and quality.”

SELF HELP & HEALING BOOKS Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships and Lasting Happiness by David Perlmutter “Much has been made of the increasing epidemics of depression, anxiety and addiction, as well as the damage caused by our obsession with modern-day consumerism, including junk food, social media and digital devices that are permanently in our hands.

Brain Wash provides an antidote to that onslaught, which is wreaking havoc on our mental and cognitive health. Combining cutting-edge science and research with practical how-to advice, Brain Wash is a guide to living modern life well.”

It's not Always Depression by Hilary Jacobs Hendel “Whereas conventional therapy encourages patients to talk through past events that may trigger anxiety and depression, accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP), the method practiced by Jacobs Hendel and pioneered by Diana Fosha, PhD, teaches us to identify the defenses and inhibitory emotions (shame, guilt, and anxiety) that block core emotions (anger, sadness, fear, disgust, joy, excitement, and sexual excitement). Fully experiencing core emotions allows us to enter an openhearted state where we are calm, curious, connected, compassionate, confident, courageous, and clear. In It's Not Always Depression, Jacobs Hendel shares a unique and pragmatic tool called the Change Triangle—a guide to carry you from a place of disconnection back to your true self. In these pages, she teaches lay readers and helping professionals alike.”

The Joy of Missing Out by Tonya Dalton *“Doing less might seem counterintuitive, but doing less is more productive, because you're concentrating on the work you actually want to be doing. Through this book, you can learn how to:

• Identify what is important to you and clarify your priorities.
• Develop ways to streamline your specific workflow.
• Discover your purpose.
• Named Top 10 Business Book of the Year by Fortune magazine, The Joy of Missing Out is chock-full of resources and printables. This is a legitimate action plan for change. Once you reject the pressure to do more, something amazing happens: you discover you can finally live a guilt-free, abundant life.”*

Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance by Kelly McDaniel *“Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don't see a better way. With Mother Hunger, McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behavior by taking a fresh look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact. In doing so, she destigmatizes the shame that comes with being under-mothered and misdiagnosed. McDaniel offers a healing path with powerful tools that include therapeutic interventions and lifestyle changes in service to healthy relationships.

The constant search for mother love can be a lifelong emotional burden, but healing begins with knowing and naming what we are missing. McDaniel is the first clinician to identify Mother Hunger, which demystifies the search for love and provides the compass that each woman needs to end the struggle with achy, lonely emptiness, and come home to herself.”*

Our Mothers, Ourselves: How Understanding Your Mother's Influence Can Set You on a Path to a Better Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend “No one has influenced the person you are today like your mother. The way she handled your needs as a child has shaped your worldview, your relationships, your marriage, your career, your self-image - your life. Our Mothers, Ourselves can help you identify areas that need reshaping, to make positive choices for personal change, and to establish a mature relationship with Mom today.”

Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You by Henry Cloud “Many of us struggle with anxiety, loneliness, and feelings of inadequacy. We know that God created us in his image, but how can we be loving when we feel burned out? How can we be free when we struggle with addiction? Will we ever enjoy the complete healing God promises? Combining his professional expertise and personal experience, renowned psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud guides us through four basic ways to become joy-filled, mature followers of Christ.”

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck “After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.”

Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend “Does your life feel like it's out of control? Perhaps you feel like you have to say yes to everyone's requests. Maybe you find yourself readily taking responsibility for others' feelings and problems. Or perhaps you focus so much on being loving and unselfish that you've forgotten your own limits and limitations. Or maybe it's all of the above. In the New York Times bestseller, Boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of your life and set healthy, biblical boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even yourself.”