Mental Health Resources
In the age of technology, with information available at your fingertips, we thought it would be helpful to compile a list of mental health related resources. This list includes introspective reading material, captivating podcasts, and beneficial phone apps. We do not suggest that these are to be consumed in place of therapy, but rather, in tandem.
Books:
Life Without ED by Jenni Schaefer: This book confronts the challenges and successes about recovering from an eating disorder while incorporating helpful anecdotes and skills. Jenni utilizes a unique narrative of confronting her eating disorder as a relationship to break up with.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson: In an effort to address the challenges of growing up with a maladaptive parent, this book confronts the realities of an emotionally immature parent while providing beneficial insight and helpful skills to regain control over your life and your relationship with said parent.
More Than a Body by Lexie Kite and Lindsay Kite: After years of researching the impact of our society on negative body image, Lexie and Lindsay help to debunk our core beliefs about worth derived from our outward appearance while providing readers with a helpful perspective on reconnecting with yourself in a meaningful way.
Attached by Amir Levine: This book addresses the various attachment styles that present in adulthood while providing beneficial insight into the science of relationships through the lens of attachment theory.
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk: Written by a renowned researcher of traumatic stress, this book describes the impact of trauma on the wiring of the brain and ways to reactivate these impacted areas through various practices including mindfulness, yoga, and play.
Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnston: Through the lens of myths, stories, and metaphors, this book addresses disordered eating and provides individuals with an empowering perspective.
Podcasts:
The Panic Pod: Hosted by a licensed psychotherapist, Joshua Fletcher, and producer Ella Jean, the Panic Pod is a discussion based podcast on anxiety disorders.
Therapy for Black Girls: Hosted by licensed psychologist, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, this podcast focuses on personal development and mental wellness with various coping strategies and thought provoking topics discussed.
Armchair Expert: Dax Shepard and Monica Padman host this podcast while interviewing various different individuals all while focusing on topics related to the human experience.
Unlocking Us: Brene Brown hosts a podcast related to unlocking the deeply human parts of our experiences- from moments of bravery to our most heartbreaking experiences.
Where should we begin?: Couples therapist, Esther Perel, counsels real couples on their inner conflicts and addresses various topics including infidelity, intimacy, vulnerability, break-ups and more.
Food Psych: Christy Harrison, a registered dietician, discusses intuitive eating and combats diet culture while helping individuals make peace with food.
The Happiness Lab: Dr. Laurie Santos hosts a podcast incorporating interesting insights and the latest scientific research related to the concept of happiness.
Meditation Minis: Chel Hamilton hosts these 10-15 minute long episodes which consist of guided meditations to overcome negative self-talk, self-doubt, and anxiety with different topic meditations each episode.
Multiamory: Hosted by Emily Matlack, Jase Lindgren, and Dedeker Winston, this podcast focuses on offering support and advice for modern relationships. They understand relationships take many forms from polyamory, monogamy, casual dating, swinging, and more.
Grief Cast: Hosted by comedian Cariad Lloyd, this podcast addresses grief and loss in its many forms and examines one of the most painful universal human experiences.
Apps:
CBT Thought Diary: An app that has many features including a gratitude journal, analyzing thought through challenging cognitive distortions, and learning more about the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Calm Harm: This app is designed to help when a self harm urge arises through different exercises with themes like comfort, distract, express yourself, release, and breathe.
Shine: Shine offers guided meditations created by diverse experts with the intent to deliver inclusive and representative journal prompts, guided meditations, and mood tracking components to help manage your anxiety.
Headspace: This app is a great way to get into meditation through hundreds of guided meditations with themes like stress relief, sleep, and self-esteem.
Calm: Similarly to Headspace, this app is filled with many different guided meditations on a plethora of topics to help induce relaxation to improve mindfulness.
Moody: This app provides an all-in-one experience for addressing anxiety and mood through mood tracking and journal prompts.
Daylio: Daylio combines journaling and mood tracking for a unique experience on tracking mood patterns and processing the day’s happenings.
Curable: This app utilizes a CBT approach to chronic pain through various exercises including meditations, visualizations, and journal prompts.
Happify: Happify incorporates various games and activities to help work through negative thoughts and relieve stress.
Let us know what you think and if you have other recommendations to add to the list!