RESOURCES

CRISIS SUPPORT

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, you are not alone.

Please reach out to the crisis services listed below for support. Note that some crisis line workers are mandated to report calls regarding suicide to the police. If this is a concern, I encourage you to ask them about their reporting policies before sharing.

• Crisis Text Line (741-741): free, 24/7 support via text message

• BlackLine (1-800-604-5841): support line prioritizing BIPOC via call and text

• Trans Lifelife (877-565-8860): support line run by and for trans people

CREATIVITY

• The Conscious Creative: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work by Kelly Small

• Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles by Beth Pickens

• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

• Why to rethink the “troubled artist” trope: and why the key to creativity lies not in solitude, but rather in partnership

PURPOSEFUL LIVING

• Getting to Center by Marlee Grace

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• The neuroscience behind your gratitude practice

SEX & SEXUALITY

• Books:

  • Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel: sex, intimacy, & sustaining desire

  • Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski: women’s sexuality & pleasure

• Articles:

  • What All Partners Can Learn About Orgasms From Queer Couples: the orgasm gap and how to increase pleasure

  • What Is Kinky Sex?

  • 6 Ways to Improve Your Sex Life by Yourself

GENDER

• Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step Into Your Most Authentic Self by Rae McDaniel

• Gender Is Really Strange by Teddy Goetz

BURNOUT

• Burnout by Amelia and Emily Nagoski: why women experience burnout and stress differently than men, and how to deal

• How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care by Marlee Grace

ACTIVITIES

• Values deck: tool for self-reflection & values clarification

RELATIONSHIPS

• Books:

  • Conscious Loving by Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks

  • Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg

  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson

  • Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

• Podcast:

  • Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

• Articles:

  • The Gottman Institute: How To Share Compassion & Empathy in Intimate Conversation

  • How to Improve Your Relationship With One Simple Word

  • How Important Is Self-Awareness for Men?

  • 3 Ways to Spot the Difference in Chemistry and Compatibility

• Video:

  • TED Talk on non-violent communication

HEALING TRAUMA

• What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

• What Happened to You? by Bruce Perry

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

TOLERATING DISCOMFORT

• Podcast episode on getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

• TED Talk from the researcher behind “growth mindset”

• TED Talk on making stress and discomfort your friend

BODY IMAGE

• The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living by Hillary McBride

• The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor