Resources
a brief guide to some stuff we recommend
Books:
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory Deborah Dana
Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids Mona Delahooke
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model Richard Schwartz
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Resmaa Menakem
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself Kristin Neff
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself Nedra Glover Tawwab
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents Lisa Damour
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Podcasts:
Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel
Sites & Social Media:
Mental Health Support:
Talk/Text/Chat lines
Know the Signs: (800) 273-8255
California Crisis Text Line: Text “START” to 741-741
California Peer-Run Warm Line: (855) 845-7415
Mental Health America | Text MHA to 741741
National Drug & Alcohol Abuse Hotline: (800) 662-HELP (4357)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255 or send a text message to 838255
Trevor Project (LGBTQ) (866) 488-7386
Youth Crisis Line (Text/talk/chat): (800) 843-5200