Bookstore and Resources

Here are some of our top picks to begin or continue your learning at The Haven…

The Haven publishes books by co-founders, Jock McKeen and Bennet Wong, and by members of the Haven faculty. 

You will also find a variety of complementary resources in our bookshop, including titles by Gabor Mate and Brene Brown. 

To order from our store, please call 1 800 222 9211 x 0 or email info@haven.ca

The late Maria Gomori, Haven Faculty member and author of Passion for Freedom, offering her autograph alongside Naomi, who was one of our long-standing staff members. 


Special package: 6-book set by Ben & Jock

  • Being: A Manual for Life
  • Joining: The Relationship Garden
  • The Illuminated Heart
  • In and Out of Our Own Way
  • As It Is in Heaven
  • Health and Happiness

Being is a new edition of The New Manual for Life, and Joining is a new edition of The Relationship Garden. The new editions were published in 2013 to celebrate The Haven’s 30th anniversary.

Buy all 6 books listed above by Ben Wong and Jock McKeen.

Call 1 800 222 9211 x0 or email info@haven.ca.


Health and Happiness

Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen

In this book, The Haven’s founders Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen explore how people can transform their lives from within. Blending their own experience with the latest scientific and psychological research, they emphasize the roles of relationship, communication and personal responsibility in the creation of health and happiness. The book also contains a fascinating account of the development of The Haven on the basis of the authors’ own relationship.

Call 1 800 222 9211 x0 or email info@haven.ca.


Anger, Boundaries and Safety

Joann Peterson

Making a clear distinction between anger and violence, Joann Peterson shows that anger is a feeling to be valued and explores how we can express it safely, responsibly and non-violently. In this way, she teaches an approach to anger that can connect us rather than drive us apart. Joann Peterson was The Haven’s Director of Education until her death in 2007. The program that she developed, Anger, Boundaries and Safety, is a popular choice at The Haven.

Call 1 800 222 9211 x0 or email info@haven.ca.


Living with Passion

David Raithby and Sandey McCartney

Haven faculty members David Raithby and Sandey McCartney demonstrate how passion can enrich every aspect of our daily lives. With provocative ideas and practical suggestions, this book will help you embrace the full range of what passion can be and allow it to flourish in your life.

Call 1 800 222 9211 x0 or email info@haven.ca.


A Voyage of Uncommon Sense – Sail 7Cs to Passion Purpose & Power ~ Cresswell Walker
As It Is in Heaven ~ Jock McKeen
Being – A Manual for Life Bennet Wong & Jock McKeen
Ben & Jock – A Biography ~ Gerry Fewster
Crazy, Cracked, Warm and Deep ~ Susan B Clarke
Dark Matter ~ Leanne McIntosh with Jack Sproule
Eastern body Western mind – Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self ~ Anodea Judith
Expression into Freedom – Voice & Sounds your Destiny ~ Karina Schelde
Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man ~ Sam Keen
Folklife Magazine edition 3
God Wants To Talk To YOU: Real Life Stories & Methods for Hearing the Voice of God ~ Philip Winkelmans PH.D.
The Great Sex for Life Toolkit: : A Simple Home Study Guide to Sexual Growth and Satisfaction ~ Krisanna Jeffery
Hold Onto Your Kids: Why parents need to matter more than peers ~ Gordon Neufeld, Ph. D. and Gabor Mate, M.D.
Hummingbird Tattoo: Erotic Haiku ~ Ellery Littleton
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t) ~ Brene Brown
The Illuminated Heart ~Jock McKeen & Bennet Wong
In and Out of Our Own Way ~ Bennet Wong & Jock McKeen
In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts – Close Encounters with Addiction ~ Gabor Mate M.D.
It’s OK that you’re NOT OK – Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand ~ Megan Devine
Joining The Relationship Garden ~ Jock McKeen & Bennet Wong
Kids Are Worth It: raising resilient, responsible, compassionate kids ~ Barbara Coloroso
Living Nonviolent Communication – Practical Tools to Connect and Communicate Skillfully in Every Situation ~ Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Love Power and Wisdom – Unifying the Worlds of Love, Power and Wisdom ~ Gary Reiss LCSW, Ph. D.
Maps To Ecstacy – a healing journey for the untamed spirit ~ Gabrielle Roth
Mindful of Race – Understanding & Transforming Habits of Harm ~ Ruth King
Old Rocks New Streams – 64 Poems for the I Ching ~ Ellery Littleton
On the Verge: Poetry and Art by David Raithby
The Beauty of Conflict for Couples ~ Crismarie Campbell and Susan Clarke
The Art Of Purposeful Being – Your Destiny Project ~ Dr Philip Winkelmans
Passion for Freedom – The Life of Maria Gomori
Rain and Suffering – The Real Gulf Islands Guide ~ Steven Grayson
Sweat Your Prayers – The Five Rhythms of the Soul ~ Gabrielle Roth
Time Crimes – a novel ~ ellery littleton
Traditional Acupuncture – The Law of the Five Elements ~ Dianne M. Connelly, Ph.D.
Travelling Light : Haven Haiku ~ Ellery Littleton
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have ~ Mark Nepo
Personal Alchemy – The Art of Satir Family Reconstruction ~ Maria Gomori and Eleanor Adaskin
When the Body says No – The Costs of Hidden Stress ~ Gabor Mate M.D.
Waking the Tiger – Healing Trauma ~ Peter A. Levine
Scattered Minds – The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder ~ Gabor Mate M.D.
Satir Family Therapy in Action ~ Maria Gomori
When the Body says No – The Costs of Hidden Stress ~ Gabor Mate M.D.
The Miracle Mindset.: Stories of How A Change in Thinking Changes Your Life! ~ Diane C Lund