Published and Online Resources
The following resources are available online or in print form. The topics listed are ones I often address with clients during therapy. These resources can provide you with useful information to help you address your specific needs. This list is not comprehensive nor can the content contained within these resources be fully guaranteed for suitability and accuracy.
Mental Health
Brain Energy A groundbreaking book on understanding mental health, origins of mental disorders, and implications for how we treat psychological conditions.
Anxiety
Calming Your Anxious Mind Here's a link to a free audio version of this book that contains excellent information for overcoming anxiety.
Declutter Your Mind A book on how to stop worrying, relieve anxiety, and eliminate negative thinking.
Depression
The Mindful Way through Depression Link to a TED Talk given by the author of this book that provides useful information for overcoming chronic depression.
Adults with ADHD
Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD A book written by an expert in the field that incorporates mindfulness into the treatment of adults with ADHD.
Emotions
Emotional Intelligence Link to a TED Talk given by Travis Bradberry author of the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0.
Grief and Loss
Books on Grief and Loss A list of popular books on grief and loss. Because this topic is so broad, it is best to read the book's summary to determine if it meets your specific needs.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness for Beginners This YouTube audio by Jon Kabat-Zinn introduces the listener to the basics of mindfulness and how one can become mindful through a daily meditation practice.
Getting Started with Mindfulness Link to the digital magazine Mindful.com on how to begin a meditation practice that promotes mindfulness.
Mindful Magazine A printed or digital magazine with useful information on mind-body practices and living mindfully.
Meditation
Calm This guided meditation app is an excellent way to build a daily practice. Additionally, there are features on this app that foster gratitude and awareness.
Headspace Another popular guided meditation app.
Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics This book by Dan Harris addresses common misconceptions about meditating and provides practical instructions for starting a mediation practice.
Free Meditation Apps
Mindfulness.com With over 2,000 guided meditations from world-leading teachers, this app has much to offer both beginner and long-time meditators.
Insight Timer This app has a huge library of content: over 80,000 free guided meditations from over 10,000 teachers on topics like stress, relationships, healing, sleep, creativity, and more.
Smiling Mind The not-for-profit app features hundreds of meditations, inc#luding ones that are 2 to 5 minutes long for a quick, mindful pause in your day.
UCLA Mindful If all the research on mindfulness has persuaded you that you need to meditate, the UCLA Mindful app could be a good place to start.
Healthy Mind Program This app is designed to help you develop the skills for a healthy mind—by strengthening mental focus, lowering stress, and growing resilience and compassion.
Journaling
Five Minute Journal A quick and easy way to build gratitude and positivity into our lives each day. This journal is available in print and digitally through the App Store.
Habit Formation
Atomic Habits An outstanding book that clearly explains habit formation. Specifically, how to develop good habits and how to get rid of bad ones.
Tiny Habits According to the author of this book, BJ Fogg, habits are best developed by focusing on small changes that can have positive results.
Emotional Intelligence Habits This book offers a framework for increasing your emotional intelligence (EQ) via small habits that leads to big changes.
Happiness
Build the Life You Want This book presents ways to overcome life's challenges that leads to greater happiness.
The Happiness Project A book by Gretchen Rubin on the subject of happiness in which she presents ways we can have more of it in our lives.
10% Happier Link to a variety of resources including meditations, books, and podcasts created by Dan Harris.
Self-Compassion and Gratitude
Mindful Self-Compassion Link to Chris Germer who is the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion and is considered an expert on this subject. This website contains useful information and resources.
Self-Compassion A ground-breaking book by Kristen Neff that addresses the habit of self-judgment and how we can learn to be kinder to ourselves.
Spirituality and Faith
A Return to Love Written in 1978 by Marianne Williamson, this faith-based book challenges us to think and act differently.
The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle's book based on spiritual transformation.
Dynamic Catholic A website for anyone who is seeking faith-based books that are informative and thought-provoking.
Soulspace A faith-based meditation app.
Relationships
Love People Use Things A book that focuses on the 7 essential relationships that make us who we are.
The Naked Marriage Podcast, books, and other useful resources on important topics such as intimacy, sex, and love that often are not discussed by couples.
Better Living
The One Thing This book is about achieving results in every aspect of life by overcoming distractions and learning to focus on one thing at a time.
Life is Messy A faith-based book and video series designed to help us make sense out of the mess we experience in our lives.
Finances
The Psychology of Money This YouTube video based on the book The Psychology of Money provides insight into how our view of money influences our behavior.