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