These three books will carry you from the romance and wonder of the brain, to the power of our earliest attachment relationships, to the core principles of Interpersonal Neurobiology and the mind's power to shape the brain.

 
Diane Ackerman, An Alchemy of Mind:  The Marvel    and Mystery of the Brain

Louis Cozolino, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain

Christopher Germer, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion:  Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions

Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology

Allan Schore, Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self and Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self

Daniel J. Siegel, The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Development of Well-Being and The Developing Mind

"Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations."

                Diane Ackerman

                An Alchemy of Mind