Resources
Things to read, listen to, watch, and practice on your path to building resilience.
Apps to learn, build a formal mindfulness/relaxation practice
Headspace: Basic meditations are free, but you must subscribe to access all options
Calm: Wide range of options that focus on everything from improving sleep, reducing anxiety and stress, developing gratitude, and improving performance. Free trial available, but then a subscription is required
Insight Timer: Lots of resources, options. Many are free with the option of subscribing for additional options and courses
Sleep Restore: App to help sufferers of stress-related insomnia, based on EMDR. It has guided relaxations as well as music with binaural beats. Many free options or you can upgrade to premium subscription
Breathwrk: Guided breathing exercises to help alleviate anxiety, fall asleep, get energized, and more. Lots of free options or you can subscribe for more
Ten Percent Happier: Meditations, courses, talks - free version with limited options or subscribe for unlimited access
Bilateral/Binaural Beats for Relaxation
Sleep Restore: https://sleeprestoreapp.com/ App to help sufferers of stress-related insomnia, based on EMDR. It has guided relaxations as well as music with binaural beats (proven to assist in relaxing the body). Many free options or you can upgrade to premium subscription for $9.90.
Books
Educational/Nonfiction
Trauma Recovery - Judith Herman
The Body Keeps the Score - Van Der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
Dissociation Made Simple - Jamie Marich
Coping with Trauma Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists - Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, Onno Van Der Hart
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with Internal Family Systems - Richard Schwartz
The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love - Sonya Renee Taylor
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Set Boundaries Find Peace - Nedra Tawwab
Drama Free - Nedra Tawwab
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself - Melody Beattie
Polysecure - Jessica Fern
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown
Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
Radical Compassion - Tara Brach
How to Keep House While Drowning - KC Davis LPC
Memoirs
I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jeannette McCurdy
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness - Meghan O’Rourke
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma - Stephanie Foo
Tender Points - Amy Berkowitz
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb
Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Podcasts
Calling Home
Esther Perel
Ten Percent Happier
Bendy Bodies
Dharmapunx NYC
On Being
The Chronic Illness Therapist
Come As You Are
Hard Feelings with Jennette McCurdy