Books about Burnout, CFS, ME and healing chronic illness
On this page we’ve collected together the best books we’ve read about healing chronic illness (mostly focusing on Burnout/CFS/ME), along with your suggestions shared via our ‘Share your story’ form.
- Books about Burnout & healing trauma
- Books about Adrenal Fatigue
- Books about body-mind holistic treatment
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome books
![body-keeps-the-score → BurnoutNutrition.com The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/body-keeps-the-score-669x1024.jpg)
![sophie-kinsella-burnout → BurnoutNutrition.com The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sophie-kinsella-burnout-670x1024.jpg)
![body-says-no → BurnoutNutrition.com When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/body-says-no-653x1024.jpg)
![highly-sensitive-person → BurnoutNutrition.com The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/highly-sensitive-person-634x1024.jpg)
![adrenal-fatigue-book → BurnoutNutrition.com Adrenal Fatigue by James L. Wilson](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/adrenal-fatigue-book-685x1024.jpg)
![wintering-book-and-burnout → BurnoutNutrition.com Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wintering-book-and-burnout-650x1024.jpg)
![waking-the-tiger → BurnoutNutrition.com Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/waking-the-tiger-683x1024.jpg)
![banishing-burnout → BurnoutNutrition.com Banishing Burnout: Six Strategies for Improving Your Relationship with Work by Christina Maslach](https://burnoutnutrition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/banishing-burnout-683x1024.jpg)
There are many aspects to healing our bodies, and much of the best literature now focuses on a more holistic approach which includes the mind and body.
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
- When the Body Says No or The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate
- The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
- The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions by Esther M. Sternberg
- Banishing Burnout: Six Strategies for Improving Your Relationship with Work by Christina Maslach
- Play it Away by Charlie Hoehn
- Adrenal Fatigue by James L. Wilson
- Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
- Nutrition: Michael Pollans’ Food Rules or In Defense of Food. How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy by Paul Chek are good places to start
- Recent bestselling fiction: The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
Got any good book recommendations for those of us struggling/healing from Burnout / CFS / ME? Let us know on the Share your Story page.