Resources
"Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs"- Tara Brach
Recommended Reading:
Body & Healing:
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter Levine
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor Mate and Daniel Mate
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox, Manuela Mischke-Reeds
Breath, James Nestor
Just Breathe, Dan Brule
Holotropic Breathwork, Stanislav & Christina Grof
Recovery of Your Inner Child: The Highly Acclaimed Method for Liberating Your Inner Self, Lucia Capacchione
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, Peter Levine
Mind:
Becoming Supernatural, Dr. Joe Dispenza
Living Beautifully (With Uncertainty and Change), Pema Chödrön
How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan
Plant intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Stephen Buhner
The Biology of Belief, Bruce H. Lipton
Neuro Minds, Steve Silberman
Spirit:
The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer
Anatomy of the Spirit, Carolyn Myss
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron
The Power is Within You, Louise Hay
The Way of the Shaman, Michael Harner
The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle
Eating Disorders & Body Image:
Eating Disorder Sourcebook, Carolyn Costin
Goodbye Ed, Hello Me, Jenni Schaefer
A Hunger So Wide And So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems, Becky Thompson
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, Sonya Renee Taylor
Eating in the Light of the Moon, Anita Johnston
Measuring Health From The Inside, Carolyn Hodges Chaffee & Annika Kahm
Grief and Loss:
The Wild Edge of Sorrow, Francis Weller
Bittersweet, Susan Cain
The In-Between, Hadley Vlahos
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalaanithi
Raltionships:
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman
Getting The Love You Want, Harville and Hendrix
Attached, Levine and Heller
The State of Affairs & Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel
Codependent No More, Melody Beattle
Can Love Last?, Stephen Mitchell
Women’s Inspiration:
Divergent Mind, Jenara Nerenberg
Untamed, Glennon Doyle
Daring Greatly, Brene Brown
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, Emily & Amelia Nagoski
The Way of integrity, Martha Beck
Mother Hunger, Kelly McDaniel