Tools & Wisdom to Guide Your Journey
Resources to Help Guide
You on Your Journey
I am a life-long learner. I never stop devouring knowledge to help guide both my personal journey and seek to effectively support my clients. I want to share recommendations for books, movies, documentaries, articles and other resources that I find helpful.
Books
Film & Documentaries
Websites
“While experiences of trauma can have an enormous impact on our minds, heart and bodies — we begin the road to healing and personal freedom each time we take a small step to slow down and re-connect with what we truly need to feel safe in any given moment.”
Book Reccomendations
Braving the Wilderness
By Brene Brown
The Gift of Imperfection
By Brene Brown
Play: How it Shapes the Brain
By Stuart Brown
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
By Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
The Choice
By Edith Eva Eger
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
By Charles Eisenstein
Man's Search for Meaning
By Viktor E. Frankl
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By Ben Goldfarb
Who Would You Be Without Your Story
By Byron Katie
Braiding Sweetgrass
By Robin Kimmerer
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
By Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Walking the Tiger
By Peter Levine
Healing Trauma
By Peter Levine
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
The Language of Emotions
By Karla McLaren
Run Towards the Danger
By Sarah Polley
The Power of Attachment
By Diane Pool Heller
Ishmael: A Novel
By Daniel Quinn
Beyond Words
By Carl Safina
Internal Family Systems Therapy
By Richard C. Schwartz & Martha Sweezy
We Do: Saying Yes to a Relationship of Depth, True Connection, and Enduring Love
By Stan Tatkin, PsyD MFT
The Body Keeps Score
By Bessel Van de Kolk
What Happened to You?
By Oprah Winfrey & Dr. Bruce Perry
Film & Documentaries
I hope you find these recommended films and documentaries helpful. Some of these films create awareness surrounding sexual abuse and effective ways to work with trauma and the body.
Useful Websites
These websites provide useful information on effective ways to work with trauma and the body.
Equus Coaching
Qi Gong
Yoga
Rolfing Massage – from a practitioner you trust
EMDR
Somatic Experiencing
TRE – Trauma Release Exercises
EFT – Emotional Freedom Technique