Anxiety & Depression

• Books

  • Mind Over Mood - Dennis Greenburger

  • Peace is Every Step - Thich Nhat Hanh

  • The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living - Russ Harris

  • The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety - John P. Forsyth & Georg H. Eifert

  • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael A. Singer

  • Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN - Tara Brach

• Websites

  • Calm Clinic

  • UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center

• Instagram Accounts

  • @AnxietyOCDTreatment

  • @ilonaVaro

  • @FindYourShineTherapy

  • @MindfulMFT

  • @MySelfLoveSupply

  • @NedraTawwab

  • @PeacefulMindPeacefulLife

  • @TheBrainCoach

  • @TLATherapy

body image & Eating Disorders

• Books

  • 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder - Carolyn Costin

  • Body Image Remix - Embrace Your Body and Unleash the Fierce, Confident Woman Within - Summer Innanen

  • Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out - Rebecca Scritchfield

  • Body Positive Power: Because Life Is Already Happening and You Don’t Need Flat Abs to Live It - Megan Jayne Crabbe

  • Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight - Linda Bacon & Lucy Aphramor

  • Eating in the Light of the Moon - Anita A. Johnston

  • Health at Every Size - Linda Bacon

  • Intuitive Eating - Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch

  • Life Without ED - Jenni Shaefer

  • More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament - Dr. Lexie Kite & Dr. Lindsay Kite

  • Sensing the Self - Sheila M. Reindl

  • The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones - Robyn Goldberg, RDN, CEDRD-S

  • The Food and Feelings Workbook - Karen R. Koenig

  • When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair - Geneen Roth

  • Women Food and God - Geneen Roth

  • Yoga and Eating Disorders: Ancient Healing for a Modern Illness - Carolyn Costin

  • Your Dieting Daughter - Carolyn Costin

• Instagram Accounts

  • @DieticianAnna

  • @DrAnitaJohnston

  • @DrColleenReichmann

  • @FeelGoodDietician

  • @Fierce.Fatty

  • @Jennifer_Rollin

  • @MindfulMFT

  • @MySelfLoveSuppy

  • @PeacefulMindPeacefulLife

  • @TheAntiDietPlan

  • @TheBodyLoveSociety

• Websites

  • Academy for Eating Disorders

  • Light of the Moon Cafe

  • National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

  • Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

  • Recovery Warriors

Expecting & New Mothers

• Books

  • Bringing Up Bébé - Pamela Druckerman

  • Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat? - Claire Mysko

  • Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong—and What You Need to Know- Emily Oster

  • Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy - Angela Garbes

  • Mom in the Mirror: Body Image, Beauty, and Life After Pregnancy - Dena Cabrera

  • Nuture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood and Trusting Yourself and Your Body - Erica Chidi Cohen

  • The Mindful Mom-To-Be: A Modern Doula’s Guide to Building a Healthy Foundation From Pregnancy to Birth - Lori Bregman

  • The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook - Bethany Warren and Beth Creager Berger

  • The Pregnancy Workbook: Manage Anxiety and Worry with CBT and Mindfulness Techniques - Dr. Katayune “Kat” Kaeni

  • The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum - Dr. Linda Shanti McCabe

• Podcasts

  • Mom & Mind Podcast - Dr. Katayune “Kat” Kaeni

  • Mom Genes - The Podcast

• Groups & Additional Resources

  • Postpartum Support International - website with resources for expecting and new parents

  • Life After Birth - virtual support circles led by perinatal mental health professionals

Mindfulness & Self-Compassion

• Apps

  • Aura Health

  • Calm

  • Evenflow

  • Insight Timer

  • Meditation Studio

  • Oak

  • Omvana

  • Stop, Breathe & Think

  • Ten Percent Happier

• Free Guided Meditations

  • Andrea Wachter

  • Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

  • Insight Timer

  • Self-Compassion, Dr. Kristen Neff

  • Tara Brach

  • The Chopra Center

  • UCLA MARC

  • Yoga Journal

• Websites

  • Calm Clinic

  • Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley

  • Mindful.org

  • Self-Compassion.org

  • UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (UCLA MARC)

• Instagram Accounts

  • @MySelfLoveSuppy

  • @PeacefulMindPeacefulLife

MISCARRIAGE & PREGNANCY LOSS

• Books

  • All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning after Pregnancy Loss - Kim Hooper & Meredith Resnick

  • A Guide for Fathers: When a Baby Dies - Tim Nelson

  • Brokenhearted Hope: Encouraging Stories of Faithfulness, Healing, and Hope in the Midst of Miscarriage and Loss - Heather Shipley

  • Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy - Pam Vredevelt

  • Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby - Deborah L. Davis

  • Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility - Janet Jaffe, Martha Diamond, & David Diamond

• Instagram Accounts

  • @pregnantish

  • @TGNTherapy

  • @the_worstgirlgang_ever

  • @TheThingsIWishYouKnew

• Podcasts

  • Therapy Chat - Episode 274

Parenting

• Books

  • A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development - John Bowlby

  • Find Calm: Simple Tools to Help Children Cope in an Unpredictable World - Ashley Graber & Maria Evans

  • Parenting from the Inside Out - Dr. Daniel Siegel

  • Positive Discipline - Jane Nelson

  • The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting - Brene Brown

  • The Highly Sensitive Child - Dr. Elaine Aron

  • The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving - Dr. Lisa Miller

  • The Whole Brain Child (and workbook) - Dr. Daniel Siegel

  • Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls - Dr. Lisa Damour

  • Your Dieting Daughter - Carolyn Costin

• Instagram Accounts

  • @Synergy.Parenting

Personal Growth

• Books

  • Braving the Wilderness - Brené Brown

  • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski

  • Feel the Fear…and Do It Anyway - Susan Jeffers

  • Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive - Dr. Kristin Neff

  • I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't) - Brene Brown

  • Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation - Dr. Daniel Siegel

  • Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell

  • Self Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself - Dr. Kristen Neff

  • The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman

  • The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron

  • The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk

  • The Book of Awakening - Mark Nepo

  • The Five Minute Journal - Intelligent Change

  • The Four Agreements - don Miguel Ruiz

  • The Mindful Brain - Dr. Daniel Siegel

  • The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture - Gabor Maté

  • The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg

  • The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

  • The Power of Vulnerability - Brené Brown

  • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael A. Singer

  • Untamed - Glennon Doyle

  • What's Next: Women Redefining Their Dreams in the Prime of Life - Rena Pederson

  • What Color is Your Parachute? - Richard N. Bolles

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chodron

• Instagram Accounts

  • @AdamGrant

  • @ilonaVaro

  • @FindYourShineTherapy

  • @KeeshaAmezcua

  • @MindfulMFT

  • @MySelfLoveSupply

  • @MyTherapyCorner

  • @NedraTawwab

  • @PeacefulMindPeacefulLife

  • @TheBrainCoach

  • @TLATherapy

Relationships

• Books

  • Codependent No More - Melody Beattie

  • Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work - Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning, Kim Paleg

  • Facing Codependence - Pia Mellody

  • Facing Love Addiction - Pia Mellody

  • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversation for a Lifetime of Love - Sue Johnson

  • The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman

  • The Intimacy Factor - Pia Mellody

• Instagram Accounts

  • @MyTherapyCorner

  • @NedraTawwab

  • @TheBrainCoach

  • @TheSecureRelationship

Substance Dependence

• Websites

  • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

  • Al-Anon

  • Adult Children of Alcoholics

  • Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA)

  • Cocaine Anonymous (CA)

  • Narcotics Anonymous (NA)

  • Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)