Favorite Books

Below are some book recommendations to further your learning on healthy relationships and sexuality. As values differ widely from individual to individual, I do not vouch for all information in these books or suggest that they align with your values. I encourage your research and discernment as to what resources are the best fit for you. Please share your favorite book recommendations for my consideration as well as questions or discussion.

    • A Better Way to Teach Kids About Sex - Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Dean M. Busby, Chelom E. Leavitt and Jason S. Carroll

    • It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing up, Sex & Sexual Health - Robbie H. Harris, Michael Emberly

    • It's Not the Stork: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Famiilies and Friends - - Robbie H. Harris and Michael Emberly

    • It's So Amazing: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Familes - Robbie H. Harris and Michael Emberly

    • What's In There: All About Before You Were Born - Robbie H. Harris and Nadine Bernard Westcott

    • Who Has What: All About Gril's Bodies and Boys Bodies - Robbie H. Harris and Nadine Bernard Westcott

    • Amazing You: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts - Gail Saltz and Lynne Cravath

    • A Better Way to Teach Kids About Sex - Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Dean M. Busby, Chelom E. Leavitt and Jason S. Carroll

    • Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children About Sex & Character - Pepper Schwartz and Dominic Cappello

    • For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Tens About Sexuality, Values and Health - Al Vernacchio

    • Talking to Your Kids About Sex: Turning "the talk" Into a Conversation for Life - Laura Berman

    • Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That will Transform Your Sex Life - Emily Nagowski

    • Sizzling Sex for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Maximze Erotic Pleasure - Michael Castleman

    • The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion - Gina Ogden

    • Sex Without Stress: A Couple's Guide to Overcoming Disappointment, Avoidance and Pressure - Jessa Zimmerman

    • Better Sex Through Mindfulness - Lori A. Brotto, Phd

    • Passionate Marriage - David Schnarch

    • The Sex Starved Marriage: Boosting your Marriage Libido - Michele Weinter Davis

    • Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style - Barry McCarthy, Emily McCarthy

    • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love - Sue Johnson

    • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love - Amir Levine, Rachel S.F. Heller

    • Getting the Love That You Want: A Guide for Couples - Harville Hendrix

    • Making Marriage Simple: 10 Truths for Changing the Relationships You Have into the One You Want - Harville Hendrix and Hellen LaKell

    • Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing - Jay Stringer

    • Faith, Sexuality, Science, Diversity: Confessions of an LDS Sex Researcher - Cameron Staley

    • The Myth of Sex Addiction - David J. Ley

    • Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage - Kevin Leman

    • The Gift of Sex: A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment - Clifford & Joyce Penner

    • Intended for Pleasure: Sexual Tedhnique and Fulfillment in Christian Marriage - Ed Wheat and Gaye Wheat

    • Replenish: Creating Sexual Fulfillment in Marriage - Tammy S. Hill

    • Sexual Wholeness in Marriage: An LDS Perspective on Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality in our Marriages - Dean M. Busby, Jason S. Carroll and Chelom E. Leavitt

    • And it was Very Good: A Latter-day Saints Guide to Lovemaking - Earthly Parents

    • Knowing Her Intimnately: 12 Key for Creating a Sextraoridinary Marriage - Laura M. Brotherson

    • And They Were Not Ashamed: Strengthening Marriage Through Sexual Fulfillment - Laura M. Brotherson

    • Purity & Passion: Spiritual Truths About Intimacy That Will Strengthen Your Marriage - Wendy Watson Nelson

    • From Honeymoon to Happily Evern After: 23 Keys to Prepare for a Sextraordinary Marriage - Laura M. Brotherson

    • The Heart of Tantric Sex: A Unique Guide to Love and Sexual Fulfillment - Diana Richardson

    • The Art of Sexual Ecstacy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers - Margo Anand

    • Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving - Charles and Caroline Muir

    • The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love - Thomas Moore

    • Intimate Communion - David Deida

    • Transcendent Sex: When Lovemaking Opens the Veil - Jenny Wade

    • What Every Mental Health Practitioner Needs to Know About Sex - Stephanie Buehler

    • So Tell Me About the Last Time you Had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives - Ian Kerner

    • Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior: Rethinking Sexual Addiction - Douglas Braun-Harvey, Michael A. Vigorito

    • Compulsive Sexual Behavior: A Psycho-Sexual Treatment Guide for Clinicians - Silva Neeves

    • Sex, God & the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy - Tina Schermer Sellers

    • Sex Therapy with Religious Patients: Working with Jewish, Christian & Muslim Communities - Caleb Jacbson

    • Addicted to Lust: Pornography in the Lives of Conservative Protestants - Samule L.Perry

    • Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire - Jennifer Wright Knust

    • Advancing Sexual Health for the Christian Client - Beverly Dale and Rachle Keller

    • How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel and Act the Way We Do - Sharon Moalem

    • Secrets from the Sex Lab: From First Kiss to Last Gasp, How You Can Be Better in Bed - Judy Dutton

    • Sex on the Brain: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life - Daniel Amen

    • The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us - Sheril Kirshenbaum