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Resources

Here are some resources that I have found helpful in my own learning. I hope you will find them useful too. Feel free to let me know if you have resources you think might belong here!

Mindfulness Resources

Plum Village App

A free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations and other practices offered by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community.

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Listen to the podcast

Mindful of Race
by Ruth King

The author examines racial identity and oppression through a lens of mindfulness, arguing for "a culture of care to come to a place of greater clarity and compassion".

Find the book at VPL

Tara Brach Meditations

Tara is an American teacher of mindfulness and meditation. Her weekly meditations are grounded in a social justice perspective.

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Explore her meditations

Trauma Resources

Trauma and the Nervous System

This excellent video describing “Trauma and the Nervous System” provides insight into how trauma is an experience, not an event…and we can learn to regulate.

Watch the video

My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem

Explores the trauma of American racism from the perspective of body-centred psychology and mindfulness.

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Find the book at VPL

Polyvagal Theory Made Simple

A great description of Steven Porges' Polyvagal Therory, which helps us better understand our nervous system responses and how to work with, not against, them.

Watch the video

Turn off Anxiety in Your Nervous System

Four ways to turn on your parasympathetic response and reduce anxiety from Emma McAdam, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist,

Watch the video

Gender Resources

BC Children's Hospital Gender Clinic Resources

This wonderful interactive resource provides an extensive list of resources for families of gender creative kids.

 

Access the resource

Gender Spectrum

This US-based organization has a mission "to create a gender-inclusive world for all children and youth." Their site offers a wealth of information and resources.

 

Visit Gender Spectrum

Sexuality Resources

Polyamory and Emotional Literacy

A short TedX talk on polyamory, emotional literacy and the benefits they can bring to society.

 

Watch the Video

Polysecure
by Jessica Fern

Indispensable exploration of non-monogamy and attachment.

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Find the book at VPL

Come As You Are
by Emily Nagoski

An exploration of women's sexuality "featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life".

Find the book at VPL

Addiction Resources

A ReThink of the Way We Drink

Information and resources to help explore your drinking.

Watch the Video

Therapy Resources

The Green Bottle Guide to Sliding Scale Pricing

A helpful guide to determining where you are on the sliding scale, designed by Alexis J. Cunningfolk. You can read more at their website too.

Green Bottle Guide
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