The Active Practical Love Initiative
Developed by Tessabella Lovemore PhD
Recommended
Understanding empathy, compassion and love
(books)
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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen By David Brook
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Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential and Endangered by Maia Szalavitz and Bruce D Perry
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Roots of Empathy by Mary Gordon
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0bbnjvx/inside-our-autistic-minds-series-1-episode-1
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The Promise That Changes Everything: I Won’t Interrupt You by Nancy Kline
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Acts of kindness change your mental health
(Webpage)
(Video)
Understanding Bullying
(books)
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Bullying: A Complete Guide to the Support Group Method by George Robinson and Barbara Maines
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When the Adults Change Everything Changes: Seismic Shifts in School Behaviour by Paul Dix
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Understanding School Bullying: Its Nature and Prevention Strategies by Peter K Smith
Understanding Trauma
(books)
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Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
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The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D Perry and Maia Szalavitz
videos
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https://www.itv.com/hub/behind-the-rage-americas-domestic-violence/10a1276a0001
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Step into the circle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxjuTkWQiE
Weppage
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ACE Scores: The New Fifth Vital Sign? https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/perspectives/articles/ace-scores-fifth-vital-sign
Understanding Attachment
(books)
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Creating Loving Attachments: Parenting with PACE to Nurture Confidence and Security in the Troubled Child by Kim S Golding and Daniel A Hughes
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Why Can't My Child Behave?: Empathic Parenting Strategies that Work for Adoptive and Foster Families By Dr Amber Elliot
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Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Growth using Attachment Theory, Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology (2019) by Graham Music
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1001 Days by Sue Gerhardt
webpage
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Investing early in children yields the greatest returns https://heckmanequation.org
video
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Jon G. Allen, PhD, on Trauma in Attachment Relationships (his books are very expensive)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7gMUMx2tQQ&list=TLPQMjgwMTIwMjO83r6cVRxcFA&index=11
Parenting Without Punishment
(books)
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Parentuality: How to Have an Amazing Relationship with Your Child by Dr Linda Mallory
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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
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What every Parent Needs to Know: Love, nurture and play with your child by Margot Sunderland
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Raising securely attached Kids by Eli Harwood
Forgiveness
(Books)
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The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World Desmond Tutu
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The Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age by Marina Cantacuzino
Psychotherapeutic Aspects of Therapy
(Book)
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A Psychology of Human Dignity by Ad Dekkers
Sense-able
(Book)
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Why Cleaning Has Meaning: Bringing Well being Into Your Home by Linda Thomas
Also, the recordings by tessabella on the webpage:
https://www.tessabellalovemore.com/courses-and-contacts
And Please watch https://youtu.be/vRYK-QXmERA
Boys and Men:
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All our sons: THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF BOYS AT RISK. Infant Ment Health J. 2017 Jan;38(1):15-52 by Allan Schore
(Videos)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC7hwGmOjgE Steve Biddulph
(Radio)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025cmg Reith Lectures 2025 by Gwen Adshead
(books)
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Flesh by David Szalay
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L'Effondrement by Edouard Louis
video
Webpage
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American Institute for Boys and Men, https://aibm.org
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