MY LIBRARY

Below are a list of books on birth, postpartum, initiation, the feminine, and archetypal psychology from my personal collection. These books are available for loan to women I support in-person.

FERTILITY, PREGNANCY & BIRTH

Ten Moons: The Inner Journey of Pregnancy — Jane Harwicke Collings

Women of the Wild — Multiple Authours, ed. J. Dylynn Dais

Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation — Pam England & Rob Horowitz

Labyrinth of Birth: Creating a Map, Meditations and Rituals for your Childbearing Year — Pam England

Birth New — Multiple Authors, ed. Laura Elizabeth

Spiritual Midwifery — Ina May Gaskin

Birth Without Violence — Frédérick Leboyer

Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage — Dr. Rachel Reed

Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement and Reproductive Health — Toni Weschler

POSTPARTUM

The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality — Kimberly Ann Johnson

The First 40 Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother — Heng Ou

PARENTING

The Continuum Concept — Jean Liedloff

Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers — Gabor Mate & Gordon Neufeld

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind — Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

INITIATION, ARCHETYPES & THE FEMININE

Goddesses in Every Woman: Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives — Jean Shinoda Bolen

Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Woman’s Mysteries: The Inner Life of Women Revealed in Religious Myth and Ritual — M. Esther Harding

The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness — Maureen Murdock

Dance of the Womb: The Essential Guide to Bellydance — Maha Al Musa

Journey of the Priestess: The Priestess Traditions of the Ancient World — Asia Shepsut

Androgyny: The Opposites Within — June Singer

Receiving Woman: Studies in the Psychology and Theology of the Feminine — Ann Belford Ulanov

Vagina: A New Biography — Naomi Wolf

The Goddess Within: A Guide to the Eternal Myths That Shape Women’s Lives — Jennifer Barker Woolger & Robert Woolger

SACRED FEMININE IN FICTION

The Red Tent — Anita Diamant

The Book of Longings — Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Magdalene — Ki Longfellow

The Madonna Secret — Sophie Strand

This is by no means an extensive list—as a former bookseller I can recommend various titles based on your own personal interests and journey, from within my own collection and outside of it. Literature is my love affair and there will be something in my collection for each woman I walk alongside.