Must read for all: Attached by Levine and Heller
For those dating: Wired for Dating by Stan Tatkin
Understanding the formation of core beliefs and relationship patterns: Reinventing Your Life by Young and Klosko (Schema Therapy)
A relationship classic: The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work by Gottman and Gottman
On why a healthy relationship requires two healthy, self-validating individuals: A Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships by David Schnarch
More on attachment styles: https://www.attachmentproject.com
Emotional Maturity as a skill and how to find it when you date: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
It's NEVER too late to leave a toxic relationship! I'm learning to be discerning -- and first check in with myself to make sure the toxic relationship is NOT with myself. I've learned a lot about being an introvert and an empath, and an over-achieving co-dependent. Recently, there is a lot of info out there about Childhood Emotional Neglect. IMO, most children are born to parents who are not the most conscious, who haven't healed their own childhood wounds yet. HSP children have super sensitive emotions and need 'more' emotional acknowledgement. I'm grateful for awareness of being HSP, hopefully we get all the other support we have to be happy and healthy. If you wish to hire the service of…