Keep Exploring…

Books

  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker

  • Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen

  • Somatic Therapy Workbook Exercises to Treat Trauma, Complex PTSD and Dissociation: Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and the Mind-Body Approach to Reduce Stress and Heal Trauma by Yevhenii Lozovyi

  • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by By Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

  • Taming the Anxious Mind: A Guidebook to Relieve Stress & Anxiety by Heidi Schreiber-Pan Ph.D.

  • The Artist's Way Workbook by Julia Cameron

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman PhD

  • Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships by Nedra Glover Tawwab

  • The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps by Melissa Orlov

  • Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams

  • The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

  • Rewilding: Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening in Nature by Micah Mortali & Stephen Cope

  • The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Åkeson Mcgurk

  • Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Nature & Mental Health

  • Conquering Infertility: Dr. Alice Domar's Mind/Body Guide to Enhancing Fertility and Coping with Infertility by Alice D. Domar

  • More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament – A Research-Backed Health and Wellness Guide for Empowerment and Confidence by Lexie Kite & Lindsay Kite

  • This Is Body Grief: Making Peace with the Loss That Comes with Living in a Body by Jayne Mattingly

  • Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

  • The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Women’s Health

  • Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood by Lucy Jones

  • Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Karen Kleiman

  • This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen R Kleiman and Valerie Davis Raskin

  • To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma by Molly Millwood

Maternal Mental Health

  • The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

  • The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary

  • Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff

  • Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Becky Kennedy

Parenting

Podcasts

  • Misconceptions (Maternal and Reproductive Mental Health) - Dvora Entin, LCSW, PMH-C

  • The Nature of Mental Health (Conversations on Nature Therapy) - William Henry

  • Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel (Relationships)

  • Good Inside - Dr. Becky Kennedy (Parenting)

What’s my therapist reading?

Rachel’s current reads:

Cover of a book titled "The Calamity Club" by Kathryn Stockett. Features a central blue bird in flight and ornate blue floral patterns with gold accents.
Book cover for 'Whistler' by Ann Patchett featuring a painting of a horse standing in a grassy landscape under a night sky.
Book cover titled 'The Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype' by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., featuring an illustration of a woman with long flowing hair standing next to a wolf.