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Women's Health Book Recommendations

*Please note when reading any book, if something just doesn't feel right to you then do not follow the advice. Always get advice from multiple sources.


Books about Endometriosis

The Endo Patients Survival Guide: A Patient’s Guide to Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain by Andrew S. Cook

The 4-week Endometriosis Diet Plan by Katie Edmonds

Stop Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain:  What Every Woman and her Doctor Need to Know by Andrew S. Cook

Know your Endo:  An Empowering Guide to Health and Hope with Endometriosis by Jessica Murnane

How to Endo:  A Guide to Surviving and Thriving with Endometriosis by Bridget Hustwaite

Beating Endo:  How to Reclaim your Life from Endometriosis by Iris Kerin Orbuch MD

The Endometriosis Health and Diet Program:  Get Your Life Back by Dr. Andrew S. Cook

Heal Endo:  An Anti-inflammatory Approach to Healing from Endometriosis by Katie Edmonds

The Doctor Will See You Now:  Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis by Tamer Seckin MD

Bleed:  Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care by Tracey Lindeman

Books about Women’s Health

Ask me About my Uterus by Abby Norman

Vagina Problems:  Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics by Lara Parker

Unwell Women:  Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

The Vagina Bible:  The Vulva and the Vagina:  Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr. Jen Gunter

Books about Birth Control

Sweetening the Pill by Holly Grigg-Spall

Beyond the Pill: A 30-day Program to Balance your Hormones, Reclaim your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill by Dr. Jolene Brighten

This is your Brain on Birth Control:  How the Pill Changes Everything by Sarah Hill

In the Name of the Pill by Mike Gaskins

Books about Yoga for Women

Yoga for a Healthy Menstrual Cycle by Linda Sparrowe

The Woman's Yoga Book: Asana and Pranayama for all Phases of the Menstrual Cycle by Bobby Clennell

Books about Periods

In the FLO:  Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize your Life by Alisa Vitti

Period Power:  Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working for You by Maizie Hill

Wild Power:  Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Wurlitzer

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

Books for Young Cyclers

Cycle Savvy:  The Smart Teens Guide to the Mysteries of the Body by Toni Weschler, MPH

HelloFlo:  The Guide, Period by Naama Bloom

The Care and Keeping of You 1:  The Body Book for Younger Girls by Valorie Schaefer

The Care and Keeping of You 2:  The Body Book for Older Girls by Cara Natterson

The Only First Period Guide You’ll Ever Need:  Navigationg Physical & Emotional Changes, Overcoming Fear, and Managing your Period with Confidence By Cool Cub Publishing

Books about Perimenopause and Menopause

In Praise of the Crone by Dorothy Morrison

Perimenopause Power: Navigating your Hormones on the Journey to Menopause by Maizie Hill

The Silent Passage Menopause by Gail Sheehy

MenuPause:  Five Unique Eating Plans to Break Through Your Weight Loss Plateau and Improve Mood, Sleep, and Hot Flashes by Anna Cabecca

The Hormone Fix:  The natural way to balance your hormones, burn fat and alleviate the symptoms of the perimenopause, the menopause and beyond by Anna Cabecca

Hormone Repair Manual:  Every Woman’s Guide to Healthy Hormones after 40 by Lara Briden ND

Books about birth and blessingways

 Mother Rising-The Blessingway Journey into Motherhood by Yana Cortlund Barb Lucke and Donna Miller Watelet,

 Blessingways- A Guide to Mother Centered Baby Showers by Sheri Maser. 

Other interesting books for women

Women Who Run With the Wolves:  Myths and Stories of the Wild Wolman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PHD

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess:  The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain

The Great Cosmic Mother:  Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth by Monica  Sjoo and Barbara Mor

The Chalice and the Blade:  Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler

Pussy:  A Reclamation by Regina Thomashauer

Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf

Come as You Are:  The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski Ph.D

Sacred Pleasure:  Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body-New Paths to Power and Love by Riane Eisler

Red Moon by Miranda Grey

If Woman Rose Rooted:  A life-changing journey to Authenticity and Belonging by Sharon Blackie

Maiden to Mother:  Unlocking our Archetypal Journey into the Mature Feminine by Sarah Durham Wilson 

Cured by Nature:  How to Heal from the Inside Out.  Find Happiness, and Discover Your True Self by Tara Mackey

The Holy Wild:  A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman by Danielle Dulsky

Womb Wisdom:  Awakening the Creative and Forgotten Powers of the Feminine  by Padma and Anaiya Aon Prakasha

 *I have not read ALL of these books, MOST but not ALL.