Recommended Resources

Introversion/Extroversion

Cain, Susan. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. New York: Broadway Books, 2012.

McHugh, Adam. Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009.

Highly Sensitive People

Aron, Elaine N. The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them. New York: Harmony, 2012.

———, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You. New York: Broadway Books, 1996.

———, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You. New York: Harmony, 1996.

Crawford, Catherine. The Highly Intuitive Child: A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 2008.

Keirsey’s Temperaments and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Goldstein, David B., and Otto Kroeger. Creative You: Using Your Personality Type to Thrive. New York: Atria, 2013.

Keirsey, David. Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence. Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1998.

Myers, Isabel Briggs, with Peter B. Myers. Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Publishing, 1980.

Quenk, Naomi. Was That Really Me? How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality. Boston: Nicholas Brealey, 2002.

Clifton StrengthsFinder

Gallup Youth Development Specialists. StrengthsExplorer for Ages 10 to 14. New York: Gallup, 2007.

Rath, Tom. StrengthsFinder 2.0. New York: Gallup, 2007.

Reckmeyer, Mary. Strengths Based Parenting: Developing Your Child’s Innate Talents. New York: Gallup, 2016.

Enneagram

Baron, Renee, and Elizabeth Wagele. The Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.

Cron, Ian Morgan, and Suzanne Stabile. The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2016.

Daniels, David, and Virginia Price. The Essential Enneagram: The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide. New York: HarperOne, 2000.

Palmer, Helen. The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationships. New York: HarperOne, 1995.

Riso, Don Richard, and Russ Hudson. The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types. New York: Bantam, 1999.

Rohr, Richard, and Andreas Ebert. The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective. New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, 2001.

Wagele, Elizabeth. The Enneagram of Parenting: The 9 Types of Children and How to Raise Them Successfully. New York: HarperOne, 1997.

The Five Love Languages

Chapman, Gary. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts. Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 1992.

Chapman, Gary, and Paul White. The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People. Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 2011.

Additional Resources

Dweck, Carol. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House, 2006.

Gallagher, Winifred. Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life. New York: Penguin, 2009.

Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2014.

Rubin, Gretchen. Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. New York: Crown Publishers, 2015.

Willard, Dallas. Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2002.