The Happiness Trap, Russ Harris (user friendly guide to ACT)
Get out of Your Life and Into Your Mind, Stephen Hayes
ACT Made Simple, Russ Harris (this is for professionals but it’s a really good description of ACT)
Emotional Agility, Susan David (this isn’t an ACT book per se, but it’s a research based support of ACT theories written in an entertaining and easily understandable language)
Communication
Crucial Conversations, Patterson
The Four Conversations, Jeffrey Ford
The Lost Art of Listening, Michael P. Nichols
Nonviolent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg
Conversationally Speaking, Alan Garner
Social Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
Emotional Agility, Susan David
Mindfulness and Meditation
Anything by Jon Kabat-Zinn or Thich Nhat Hahn
When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron
10% Happier, Dan Harris
The Eight Minute Meditation, Victor Davich
Chop Wood, Carry Water, Rick Fields
How to Meditate, Lawrence LeShan
Nothing Special, Everyday Zen, Charlotte Joko Beck
The Grace in Aging, Kathleen Dowling Sing
Mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein
Mindfulness and Meditation Site and Apps
10% Happier Learn to Meditate 2 week course
Buddhify guided meditations
Stop, Breathe & Think guided meditations
Equanimity meditation timer
Insight Timer meditation timer
Headspace
Open Heart Project, Susan Piver
Sense of Self, Relationships, Boundaries
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman
