MY FAVORITE TOOLS FOR LIFE
Life is like a series of chapters in a book. How long we make them and how much they influence the chapters to follow is up to us. We are the authors of our lives. We have the opportunity to make things happen, and with intention towards the future, edit what we don't like.
This is your power.
Don't give it up.
LINKS & RESOURCES
ABUSE
MOCSA Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault www.mocsa.org
Rose Brooks Center emergency shelter for domestic violence www.rosebrooks.org
The National Domestic Violence Hotline www.thehotline.org
ADHD
ADHDadulthood www.adhdadulthood.com
CHADD The National Resource on ADHD www.chadd.org
ADDICTION & RECOVERY
Alcoholics Anonymous www.aa.org
Shatterproof: Rise Up against Addiction: ending the devastation & stigma of this disease www.shatterproof.org
Net Addiction: The Center for Internet Addiction www.netaddiction.com
ADOLESCENTS
American Academy of Child & Adolescent psychiatry www.aacap.org
ANXIETY
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen www.ellenhendriksen.com
Why Bird Music Is Great For Relaxation, Stress And Anxiety
www.chipperbirds.com/bird-music-for-anxiety
COVID-19
"That Discomfort You're Feeling Is Grief", by Scott Berinato. Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief
Resource List provided by the Awake Network
https://www.theawakenetwork.com/free-online-meditation-resources-for-the-time-of-social-distancing/
DEPRESSION
www.psychcentral.com/disorders/depression/
Positive Psychology Center for Positive Psychology ppc.sas.upenn.edu
Authentic Happiness www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu
Martha Beck www.marthabeck.com
EATING DISORDERS
Remuda Ranch Eating Disorders treatment www.remudaranch.com
GRIEF & LOSS
The Grief Recovery Method www.griefrecoverymethod.com
Refuge In Grief www.refugeingrief.com
Getting Over Grief: Understanding its Stages and How to Heal
www.cnvdetox.com/understanding-grief/
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER - OCD
OCD Foundation www.iocdf.org
PANIC DISORDER
Answers to your questions about Panic Disorders www.apa.org/topics/anxiety/panic-disorder.aspx
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER - PTSD
Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/ptsd-symptoms-self-help-treatment.htm
Make the Connection
Resource for veterans & family of veterans facing challenges in everyday life.
PSYCHIATRIC CARE
Psychiatric Associates of Kansas City www.pakconline.com
Cottonwood Springs In patient and Out patient programs www.cottonwoodsprings.com
The Meadows Emotional trauma, addiction issues, mental health www.themeadows.com
RELATIONSHIPS
The Gottman Institute www.gottman.com
Harville & Helen www.harvilleandhelen.com
Byron Katie www.thework.com
Childhood Emotional Neglect www.drjonicewebb.com
SUICIDE
Suicide Prevention Life Line www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Speak Up
Suicide Prevention Education Awareness for Kids United as Partners
Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide www.sptsusa.org
Suicide:read this first www.metanoia.org/suicide
VETERANS
Make the Connection
Resource for veterans & family of veterans facing challenges in everyday life.
GENERAL PSYCHOEDUCATION
Omega Institute www.eomega.org
Canyon Ranch Blog www.canyonranch.com
Psychotherapy Networker www.psychotherapynetworker.org
Counseling Resources www.counselingresources.com
PsychCentral www.Psychcentral.com
Very Well www.Verywell.com
PODCASTS
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
The Work of Byron Katie
BOOKS
LIFE TRANSITIONS & GROWTH
Loving what Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life, Byron Katie
Expectation Hangover, Christine Hassler
Your Sacred Self: Making the Decision to Be Free, Wayne W. Dyer
The Secret of the Shadow, Debbie Ford
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Debbie Ford
How To Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic And Rise Above Social Anxiety, Ellen Hendriksen, Ph.D.
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway, Susan Jeffers
A Year to Live, Stephen Levine
Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect, by Jonice Webb
Self Parenting: The Complete Guide to Your Inner Conversations, John K. Pollard, III
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING
Healing Trauma, Peter Levine
Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
In An Unspoken Voice, Peter Levine
Freedom From Pain, Peter Levine & MaggiePhillips
Crash Course; A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma & Recovery, Diane Poole Heller
Trauma is really strange, Steve Haines, Sophie Standing (Illustrator)
RELATIONSHIPS
Seven Principles of a Highly Successful Marriage, John Gottman
Getting The Love You Want, Harville Hendricks
Spiritual Divorce, Debbie Ford
Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, Karyl McBride
PARENTING
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
GRIEF
The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith, John W. James, Russell Friedman
When Children Grieve, John W. James, Russell Friedman
The Grief recovery handbook for pet loss, Russell Friedman, Cole James, and John W. James
Moving On: Dump Your relationship baggage and make room for the love of your life, by John W. James, Russell Friedman
Moving Beyond Loss: Real Answers to Real Questions from Real People, John W. James, Russell Friedman
It's OK that you're NOT OK, by Megan Devine
ILLNESS
Cancer as a Turning Point