Recommended Reading: Self-Empowerment & Healing
Books have the power to transform, inspire, and guide us on the path to healing. This collection focuses on self-empowerment, resilience, and personal growth, offering tools to navigate trauma, build emotional strength, and reclaim your voice. Whether you're seeking practical strategies, reflective insights, or uplifting stories, these books provide valuable support for your journey toward healing and wholeness.
Self-Empowerment & Healing
For those navigating the emotional complexities of being an Adopted Individual, DCP, LDA, NPE, or experiencing identity loss, these books offer guidance on healing, self-discovery, and reclaiming your narrative.
Let Us Be Greater: A Gentle, Guided Path to Healing for Adoptees – Michelle Madrid
Finding My Roots: A Journal of Discovery and Reunification – Laura Olmsted, Lisa Binz, Rev Kate Penney Howard
The Artist's Way Workbook – Julia Cameron
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself – Kristin Neff, Ph.D.
Journey Of The Adopted Self – Betty Jean Lifton
Goodbye Hypervigilance: Healing Adoptee Worry – Lora K Joy, Laura Foote
NoBODY Looks Like Me: An Adoptee Experience – Lora K Joy, Laura Foote
Self Attunement: An Adoptee Superpower – Lora K Joy, Laura Foote
Coloring & Journal Book For Adoptees With Motivational Quotes: For Adoptees Healing Journey - Volume 1 – Angel Davis, Angie McGahey
The NPE Journey Journal: A Path to Healing – Alicia Hamblin
Swear, Vent & Coloring Book For (very) F*cking Angry Adoptees: For Adoptees Healing Journey - Volume 1 – Angel Davis, Angie McGahey
NPE Journal: Guided journaling, daily journaling Rose pink & gold – Stacey L. Yates
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self – David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schecter, Robin Marantz Henig
Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience – Betty Jean Lifton
The Primal Wound – Nancy Verrier
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We strive to provide a diverse and meaningful collection of books that support self-empowerment, identity exploration, and the realities of family separation. If you know of a book that has impacted you and think it should be included on our list, we’d love to hear from you!
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