Resources

The Laziness Lie teaches that the harder you work, the better a person you are, but it never actually defines what an acceptable level of “hard” might look like. By forever moving the goalpost and never actually allowing a person to be vulnerable and have needs, it's setting us up for failure right from the start. This book is a must read for those of us struggling with issues of self-worth related to productivity.

Discover the practice of radical acceptance and mindfulness to heal emotional wounds and live with greater peace and freedom.

A memoir about the author's journey to understand and heal from complex PTSD, exploring the science behind the condition and the impact of trauma on her life.

A memoir about trauma, healing, and resilience, challenging cultural biases and criminal justice system failures in sexual assault cases.

Explore the power of embracing your authentic self and cultivating self-compassion with this transformative book recommended by Heather Jackson, LPC.

Complex PTSD : From Surviving To Thriving is a comprehensive, user-friendly, self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma. It is an overview of the tasks of recovering, and an illumination of the silver linings that can come out of effective recovery work.

In this book, Cohen offers suggestions on how to regulate emotion in order to raise a happy, confident, warm-hearted, and respectful child without being an explosive parent. She describes this book as the "Yell Free and Stress Free approach to parenting."

Breathe Like a Bear teaches kids how to flex their mindfulness muscles and be calm, focused, imaginative,energized and relaxed.

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable.

The Politics of Trauma offers somatics with a social analysis. This book is for therapists and social activists who understand that trauma healing is not just for individuals—and that social change is not just for movement builders. Just as health practitioners need to consider the societal factors underlying trauma, so too must activists understand the physical and mental impacts of trauma on their own lives and the lives of the communities with whom they organize. Trauma healing and social change are, at their best, interdependent.