RESOURCES

Free support, concise videos, & book suggestions

Free Support

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1.800.273.8225

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Crisis Text Line

Text CONNECT to 741741

https://www.crisistextline.org

Postpartum Support International

PSI Helpline: 1-800-944-4773 (#1 En Espanol or #2 English)

https://www.postpartum.net

SAMHSA’s National Helpline

1.800.662.HELP (4357)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

https://www.samhsa.gov/

Informational videos

Hardwiring happiness: Dr. Rick Hanson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpuDyGgIeh0

Window of Tolerance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcm-1FBrDvU

Brené Brown on Empathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw

Brené Brown: The Power of Vulnerability

https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=so

Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong

https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?language=en

Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhhgI4tSMwc

Reading List

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk

The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time

by Alex Korb and Daniel J. Siegel

​The Upward Spiral Workbook: A Practical Neuroscience Program for Reversing the Course of Depression Paperback

by Alex Korb

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

by Gary Chapman

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind – and Keep – Love

by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Paperback

by Brené Brown

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