Resources
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Whether you are a self-directed learner, starting a podcast/ book club, or working with an accountability buddy who wants to grow too, here are a few resource suggestions to get you started:
• Harvard Health Publishing
• Berkeley - Greater Good Magazine
• Centre for Mindfulness Studies
• Positive Psychology
• The Free Mindfulness Project
• Mindful - Healthy Mind, Healthy Life
• PFLAG Canada
• Qmunity - BC
• Canadian Mental Health Association - BC
• Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies in Canada and the USA
• BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
Book Highlights
Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World - Vivek H Murthy M.D.
Books by Dr. Gottman (there are many!) and Dr. Sue Johnson.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Dr. Lindsay Gibson
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal - Donna J Nakazawa
The Emotionally Absent Mother: How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect - Jasmin Lee Cori MS, LPC
Attached: The New Science Of Adult Attachment And How It Can Help You Find -and Keep- Love - Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
Books by Dr. Brené Brown (there are many!)
The Body Keeps the Score - Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
(with any author check out YouTube for free goodies).
Books by bell hooks (there are many!)
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
- Dr. Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey
Harvard Business Review Emotional Intelligence Collection (4 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) - Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman PhD, Dr. Ellen Langer
Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
- Catherine M. Pittman PhD, Elizabeth M. Karle MLIS
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
- Alex Korb, PhD
Podcast Highlights
The Huberman Lab
Dr. Andrew Huberman's mission is to translate complex scientific data into digestable information so everyone can use it to make their lives better. Thank you, Dr. Huberman!
The Huberman Lab Podcast, hosted by Dr. Huberman, discusses neuroscience—how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. The podcast also discusses tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. He is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
The Happiness Lab
In The Happiness Lab podcast, Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness. Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University.
Also check out her free online course:
The Science of Wellbeing
Unlocking Us
Dr. Brene Brown is a researcher, storyteller, and Texan who’s spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy.
In the Unlocking Us & Dare to Lead podcasts, you will find conversations that unlock the deeply human part of who we are, so that we can live, love, parent, and lead with more courage and heart.
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