Below are some of our favorite resources. Everything from podcasts, meditations, videos and readings.
Meditations & Yoga
Stress & Burnout
Trauma
Depression, Grief & Loss Creativity & Femininity
Pain Management
Self-Connection & Self-Compassion
For Parents
For Relationships
Resources
Explore the On Being library of podcasts on topics ranging from aging and wise elders to mindfulness and spiritual genius. Stephen Batchelor, Brene Brown, Joanna Macy and Elizabeth Gilbert are personal favorites: Meditation & Mindfulness | The On Being Project - The On Being Project
Yoga with Adrienne offers free yoga classes of various levels, styles and themes. A great resource to support your personal yoga practice!
Yoga With Adrienne's Channel
Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
by Shunryu Suzuki
You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Psychologist Tara Brach guides this practice of radical acceptance:
Tara Brach leads a Guided Meditation: The Practice of RAIN - YouTube
This meditation is a practice that helps to strengthen the ability to have awareness of what's happening in yourself and your environment.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/
A body scan meditation based on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program. Great for managing symptoms of physical pain and anxiety
https://www.buzzsprout.com/
A library of various
different guided meditations:
drronsiegel.com/recorded-meditations/
A body scan meditation based on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program. Great for managing symptoms of physical pain and anxiety
palousemindfulness.com
MEDITATIONS & YOGA RESOURCEs
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
by Gabor Mate
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of you Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness
by John Kabat-Zinn
Brene Brown’s Unlocking Us episode entitled “Burnout and How to Complete the Stress Cycle.” (Oct 14, 2020)
"Burnout and How to Complete the Stress Cycle"
Rick Hanson’s book, “Just One Thing” explores the neuroplasticity of the brain and ways that you can practice “bite-sized” skills to promote more positive thinking and feeling
Just One Thing by Rick Hanson
Stress & Burnout
This podcast is a great primer on what trauma is and how it impacts us:
www.blissandgrit.com/blog/what-is-trauma
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
by Peter Levine
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel Van Der Kolk
This podcast discusses the autonomic nervous system and its connection to trauma and healing:
www.buzzsprout.com
This podcast discussing trauma, the nervous system and the body
www.buzzsprout.com
Trauma
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
by Katherine May
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
by Irving Yalom
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chodron
A beautiful conversation about moving through depression
www.onbeing.org/programs/the-soul-in-depression/
A body scan meditation based on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program. Great for managing symptoms of physical pain and anxiety
palousemindfulness.com
Depression, Grief & Loss
Future Self Journaling: A journaling practice that promotes awareness and behavioral change
www.theholisticpsychologist.com/
future-self-journaling
Find here, several guided meditation audio clips on the practice of self compassion with Dr. Kristen Neff. Try starting with the General Self-Compassion Break in five minutes
Self-Compassion Exercises by Dr. Kristin Neff
Self-Connection & Self-Compassion
A free Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program:
palousemindfulness.com
Mark Grant, a psychologist and EMDR clinician specializing in pain, offers a free app for overcoming pain, which uses recent discoveries from brain science to change the brain activity that maintains chronic pain.
Overcoming Pain App | Overcoming Pain
A great program for physical pain management designed and run by a physiotherapist. Please note, this program does have a membership fee
https://lifeisnow.ca/
Pain Management
Relationship expert and therapist, Esther Perel, unveils the intimate space of couple’s therapy with her podcast “Where should we begin”. Listen to diverse and authentic couples in one time therapy sessions with Perel
Podcasts | Esther Perel
Watch here, a lively animation narrated by Brene Brown who discusses the difference between empathy and sympathy and how they can impact our most intimate relationships
Brené Brown on Empathy - YouTube
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
by John O’Donohue
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Love, Parent & Lead
by Brene Brown
The Gottman Institute has a great Blog tab with links to “The Four Horsemen” and other good relationship themed articles. Also, get a free app called “Gottman Card Decks” that has ideas for building connection and intimacy in your relationships
www.gottman.com
Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
by Sharon Salzberg
The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships
by Harriet Lerner
Relationships
Resources for parents and families of LGBTTQ individuals can be found here
Family Support: Resources for Families of Transgender & Gender Diverse Children (lgbtmap.org)
LGBTTQ
"Helping Your Anxious Child" by Ronald Rapee is a commonly referenced book that provides insight and strategy for parenting a child with anxiety
Helping Your Anxious Child by Ronald Rapee
Resources, information and programs to support those with anxiety from childhood on www.anxietycanada.com
Anxiety
Here is a blog post that describes the ADHD brain and dopamine
"ADHD Paralysis is Frustratingly Real. Here’s How to Fix it"
Kelly Mahler is an Occupational Therapist that specializes in work with Autistic kids and families Her book, Interception: The Eighth Sensory System, and youtube videos, offer insight into how to best support those with Autism.
www.kelly-mahler.com
Here is a link to facebook ADHD support groups. This website also has lots of other good information on ADHD www.caddac.ca/document/adhd-facebook-support-groups/
Scattered Minds is a book that takes an alternate view on ADHD by a Vancouver medical doctor and trauma expert, Dr. Gabor Mate www.drgabormate.com/book/
scattered-minds/
This is a long, but powerful lecture by Dr. Russell Barkley on ADHD addressed to parents:
Essential Ideas for Parents
Find here, free virtual parenting programs
Home | BC Council for Families (bccf.ca)
Short videos explaining how to use certain parenting skills effectively www.reachinstitute.asu.edu/family-check-up/for-parents/videos
This is a free, online parenting program from Alan Kazdin that many parents find helpful:
www.coursera.org/learn/everyday-parenting
ADHD, Autism & Behavior Management
A conversation with doula and mother Julie McCoppen, Deandra shares her two home birth stories:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/
A conversation with doula and mother Julie McCoppen, Deandra shares her two home birth stories:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/
Motherhood and self-identity based on the best seller book “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle:
https://brenebrown.com/podcast/
Motherhood
Positive Parenting
The Whole Brained Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
by Daniel J. Siegel
The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves Empowering Our Children
by Shefali Tsabary
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting
by John Gottman
