Resources
The following resources are optional aids for reflection and understanding. They are not intended to replace therapy, but rather are adjunctive tools that I use with my patients to deepen and enhance the work we do during our sessions.
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Curated List of Recommended Podcasts
Host: Beatriz Victoria Albina, NP, MPH
Explores co-dependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing habits that keep you constantly looking outside yourself for permission, validation, and proof that you’re enough.
Host: Tara Brach, PhD; Clinical Psychologist and Medication Teacher
Blends psychological and Buddhist practices focusing on the value of mindfulness medication and self-compassion
Host: Anderson Cooper; CNN News Broadcaster
Anderson shares his own grief journey, along with moving and honest interviews with others facing life-altering losses
**I recommend starting with Season 1, Episode 1 and listening chronologically
Host: Dan Harris; Former anchor ABC’s Nightline
Interviews with experts in modern science and ancient wisdom traditions
Host: Aimee Apigian, MD; attachment, trauma, and addiction expert
Helpful in learning how emotional trauma shows up in the body
Host: Jonathan Wolf
World-leading scientists explain the latest health, nutrition, and gut-health research
Selected Podcast Episodes and YouTube Videos
Letting Go of Controlling: The Path of Freedom – Part 1: Tara Brach speaks about our tendency to want things to be different to what they are, while also normalizing the human inclination to desire a sense of control over our lives.
This Episode Will Make You Stronger: Interview with Sister Dang Nghiem, a Vietnamese-born, American-trained physician-turned Buddhist nun on navigating challenging life stressors.
Do You Care Too Much What Other People Think of You? Avoid Conflict? Say Yes When You Shouldn't?: Interview with Dr. Ingrid Clayton re: her book.
An Antidote to Overwhelm and Anger: Interview with Father Gregory Boyle, Jesuit priest and author who works with former gang members, talking about what it means to be healthy, well, and whole, and how to build communities that counteract polarization.
Chronic Stress Ages You. Here's How To De-Stress for Longevity: Interview with Dr. Elissa Epel on the role of telomeres in chronic stress and aging.
Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System: Interview with Deb Dana on her book, Anchored, and the role of the vagus nerve in regulating our nervous system.
Kryptonite for the Inner Critic: Interview with Dr. Kristin Neff on the importance and benefits of self-compassion.
The Neuroscience of Chronic Pain: How Our Brain Predicts And Creates A Biology of Pain: Interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner on how the brain regulates and generates chronic pain symptoms.
Chris Germer, "The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion": Interview with Dr. Christopher Germer on The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion.
The Bodhisattva Path—Nurturing the River of Caring: Tara Brach normalizes our emotional distress in the face of the world’s suffering while also providing encouragement to nurture ourselves and what’s important to us.
Fear as a Pathway to Loving Presence – Night Travelers: Tara Brach highlights the role of fear, and challenges listeners to engage with this emotion with mindfulness.
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List of Recommended Books
The Grieving Brain by Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Drs. Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer
When the Body Says No by Dr. Gabor Maté
The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté
The Choice by Dr. Edith Eger
You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For by Dr. Richard Schwartz
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana
The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski
End Emotional Outsourcing by Beatriz Victoria Albina, NP MPH
Fawning by Ingrid Clayton
Radical Acceptance by Dr. Tara Brach
True Refuge by Dr. Tara Brach
Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
The Green Burial Guide by Elizabeth Fournier
The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
The Telomere Effect by Drs. Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa Epel
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
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A free mental wellness app offering guided meditations, sleep support, and mindfulness resources designed to help people manage stress, anxiety, and facilitate emotional well-being.
A Note on Using Resources
These resources are not meant to replace therapy or diagnose mental illness. They are provided here as suggested materials to support, educate, and encourage you on your healing journey in conjunction with therapy.