Family & Relationships audiobooks

Internal Family Systems Therapy

By: Richard C. Schwartz & Martha Sweezy

Narrated by: Brian Arens

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Now significantly revised with over 70 percent new material, this is the authoritative audio presentation of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, which is taught and practiced around the world.

IFS reveals how the subpersonalities or parts of each individual's psyche relate to each other like members of a family, and how - just as in a family -... Read more

Secure Relating

By: Sue Marriott & Ann Kelley

Narrated by: Ann Kelley

Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Experienced mental health professionals and hosts of the Therapist Uncensored podcast offer a groundbreaking new clinical perspective that integrates modern attachment theory, relational neuroscience, and current cultural context to create a hopeful framework for deeper and more permanent change, growth and connection in all types of... Read more

I Heard Her Call My Name

By: Lucy Sante

Narrated by: Lucy Sante

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Slate

“Reading this book is a joy . . . much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a standard for those in need of guidance. ” —The Washington Post

“Sante’s bold devotion to complexity and clarity makes this an exemplary memoir. It is a clarion call... Read more

How to Be the Love You Seek

By: Dr. Nicole LePera

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER""A practical, reader-friendly, and inspiring primer on how to extend true connection and love to others.” —Gabor Maté M.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Myth of NormalFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller How to Do the Work comes this paradigm-shifting guide to healing your... Read more

The Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory

By: Dedeker Winston

Narrated by: Stephanie Rose

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

No one likes a know-it-all, but everyone loves a girl with brains and heart. The Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory is an intelligent and comprehensive guide to polyamory, open relationships, and other forms of alternative love, offering relationship advice radically different from anything you'll find on the magazine rack.



This practical guidebook... Read more

Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

By: Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

Narrated by: Rachel Perry

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you probably still struggle with anger, sadness, resentment, or shame. As a child, your emotional needs were not met, your feelings were dismissed, and you likely took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. Somewhere... Read more

The Power Pause

By: Neha Ruch

Narrated by: Neha Ruch

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

A paradigm-shifting guide to career breaks after kids that rebrands stay-at-home parenthood for a new generation of women and families.

"So, what do you do?"

When Neha Ruch had to answer this seemingly innocent question for the first time after leaving her corporate job to care for her infant son, she drew a shameful... Read more

Cleavage

By: Jennifer Finney Boylan

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman & Jennifer Finney Boylan

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the difference between men and women? Jennifer Finney Boylan, bestselling author of She’s Not There and co-author of Mad Honey with Jodi Picoult, examines the divisions—as well as the common ground—between the genders, and reflects on her own experiences, both difficult and joyful, as a transgender American.

Jennifer Finney Boylan’s She’s... Read more

Parenting from the Inside Out

By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. & Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.

Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. & Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell have quite deftly managed to translate highly complex neuroscientific and psychological matters into lay strategies for effective parenting.” —Marilyn B. Benoit, M.D., former president, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry“Parenting from the Inside Out is a must-have for any parent…. I gave a... Read more

Momma Cusses

By: Gwenna Laithland

Narrated by: Abbi Laithland & Gwenna Laithland

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

With the same authentic and snarky style that her millions of TikTok fans love, "parenting unexpert" Gwenna Laithland narrates her way through hilarious real-life parenting scenarios.

This program is read by the author, with a foreword read by her daughter.

Join the millions of fans who love Momma Cusses, TikTok’s #1 Parenting Unexpert!

There are... Read more

Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD

By: Eli R. Lebowitz

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Parenting an anxious child means facing constant challenges and questions: When should parents help children avoid anxiety-provoking situations, and when should they encourage them to face their fears? How can parents foster independence while still supporting their children? How can parents reduce the hold their child's anxiety has taken over... Read more

The Autistic Brain

By: Temple Grandin & Richard Panek

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate
When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies... Read more

The Way We Never Were

By: Stephanie Coontz

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 17 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American familyLeave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the "male breadwinner marriage" is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today. In The Way We Never Were,... Read more

ADHD Explained

By: Edward Hallowell

Narrated by: John Chancer

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

With a new wave of adult ADHD diagnoses sweeping the world, many are beginning to discover what it is that sets them apart, but few have learnt what it takes to thrive...

What does ADHD tell us about how we think and act? Can it limit opportunities and connection? Does it offer cerebral superpowers? What strategies and medication can help lessen... Read more

The Transgender Child: Revised & Updated Edition

By: Stephanie A. Brill & Rachel Pepper

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 12 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since its initial publication in 2008, The Transgender Child has been lauded as the most trusted source of information for families wanting to understand and affirm their transgender, gender-expansive, or nonbinary child. Utilized around the world and translated into multiple languages, The Transgender Child has won accolades from medical... Read more

Forgiving What You Can't Forget

By: Lysa TerKeurst

Narrated by: Lysa TerKeurst & Gabe Wicks

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

READ BY THE AUTHOR#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYou deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you.Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey.... Read more

The Family Firm

By: Emily Oster

Narrated by: Emily Oster

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant New York Times bestseller!

“Emily Oster dives into the data on parenting issues, cuts through the clutter, and gives families the bottom line to help them make better decisions.” –Good Morning America

“A targeted mini-MBA program designed to help moms and dads establish best practices for day-to-day operations." -The Washington... Read more

The Vaccine Book

By: Robert W. Sears

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The Vaccine Book offers parents a fair, impartial, fact-based resource from the most trusted name in pediatrics. Dr. Bob devotes each chapter in the book to a disease/vaccine pair and offers a comprehensive discussion of what the disease is, how common or rare it is, how serious or harmless it is, the ingredients of the vaccine, and any possible... Read more

The Power of Parting

By: Eamon Dolan

Narrated by: Eamon Dolan

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A myth-shattering, inspiring book that combines research, reportage, and memoir to explore the growing phenomenon of estrangement from toxic relatives—showing it not as a tragedy, but as an empowering and effective solution to the heartbreak of family abuse.

After decades of enduring his mother’s physical and psychological torment, after years of... Read more

The Self-Driven Child

By: William Stixrud, PhD & Ned Johnson

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“Instead of trusting kids with choices . . . many parents insist on micromanaging everything from homework to friendships. For these parents, Stixrud and Johnson have a simple message: Stop.” —NPR

“This humane, thoughtful book turns the latest brain science into valuable practical advice for parents.” —Paul Tough, New York Times bestselling... Read more

I'd Like to Play Alone, Please

By: Tom Segura

Narrated by: Tom Segura

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From a massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-topping podcasts “2 Bears 1 Cave” and “Your Mom’s House,” hilarious real-life stories of parenting, celebrity encounters, youthful mistakes, misanthropy, and so much more. 
 
Tom Segura is known for his twisted takes and irreverent comedic voice. But after a few years of crazy... Read more

An Odyssey

By: Daniel Mendelsohn

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Library Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, and Newsday
A Kirkus Best Memoir of 2017
Shortlisted for the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize

From award-winning memoirist and critic, and bestselling author of The Lost: a deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading--and reliving--Homer's... Read more

I Do (I Think)

By: Allison Raskin

Narrated by: Allison Raskin

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"Allison Raskin’s book unpacks the questions and uncertainties around marriage that so many of us have... a must-read for anyone and everyone that may be curious about the intricacies of modern marriage.” –Nick Viall, TV Personality, Host of The Viall Files, and Bestselling Author

From Just Between Us cohost and bestselling author Allison Raskin... Read more

Regretting Motherhood

By: Orna Donath

Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative and deeply important study of women’s lives, women’s choices—and an ‘unspoken taboo’—that questions the societal pressures forcing women into motherhood
 
Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be... Read more