MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING RESOURCES

Podcasts

The Nap Ministry
- The Nap Ministry was founded in 2016 by Tricia Hersey and is an organization that examines the liberating power of naps. Our “REST IS RESISTANCE” framework and practice engages with the power of performance art, site-specific installations, and community organizing to install sacred and safe spaces for the community to rest together.
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The Motif Podcast
- On The Motif Podcast, host Shanetta McDonald interviews women of color about their unique experiences navigating the world. While the women McDonald interviews are often known for their professional successes, she emphasizes that she is more interested in learning about “their personal journeys, and how they got to where they are.” Though McDonald comes from a P.R. and sales background, she is a natural host, infusing each interview with compassion and curiosity.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast
- If anyone has the secret to happiness, it’s probably Gretchen. She’s written two bestselling books on the subject – The Happiness Project and Better Than Before. This supportive podcast offers practical tips to help you find happiness as well as tackling common worries, such as the dread of photo anxiety and how often we should visit family. Find Happier on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher.

Identity Politics
- Hosted by Ikhlas Saleem and Makkah Ali, Identity Politics examines what it means to be a Muslim person living at the intersection of multiple identities. While in the past, Saleem and Ali held nuanced discussions on race, gender, pop culture, food, politics, and more—all filtered through the lens of millennial Muslim life—recent episodes have turned an eye toward topics related to healing and self-preservation.

The Couragemakers podcast
- This is a podcast for “creative and passionate mission-driven doers, makers and world-shakers”. It’s about building the life that you want for yourself and finding courage from other women. Out every Monday, each podcast features a different couragemaker to inspire you. Listen to The Couragemakers podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

The Baggage Reclaim podcast
- Natalie Lue’s Baggage Reclaim series is all about ditching the emotional baggage that’s keeping you from having healthy relationships and teaches you how to reclaim your true self. You can listen to Baggage Reclaim on iTunes, Soundcloud, Tunein and Stitcher.

Owning It
- Ireland is brimming with podcasts at the moment and one of the most exciting new entries is author Caroline Foran and her anxiety podcast, Owning It. Following on from the success of her self-help books; Owning It: Your Bullsh*t-Free Guide to Living with Anxiety and The Confidence Kit: Your Bullsh*t-Free Guide to Owning Your Fear, the Irish woman is bringing practical and relaxed advice to the masses as she talks through why anxiety happens, how to deal with it and, eventually, own it.

Sleep With Me
- We know, we know. We’re supposed to get eight hours sleep each night. We’re also supposed to stick to a regular sleep-and-wake routine too. But sometimes that’s easier said than done, especially if your mind is in overdrive. This twice-weekly podcast is just the antidote for insomniacs looking to quieten the internal whirring. They’re basically a collection of ‘silly bedtime stories for adults’, which are designed to distract you from whatever is keeping you awake at night. Ingeniously ambling, and told in creator Drew Ackerman’s drawling voice, we challenge you to make it through to the end without dozing off. You’ll be snoring in no time.

Nothin Much Happens: Bedtime Stories to Help you Sleep
- Having trouble sleeping? Join Yoga and meditation teacher Kathryn Nicolai for bedtime stories where nothing much happens to help you relax and sleep peacefully. The stories are a soft landing spot for your mind. Rather than letting your brain race through the same thoughts you’ve been chasing all day, we are taking a detour to a calm and comfy place. We tell the story twice and go a bit slower the second time.

Balanced Black Girl
- Although Lestraundra “Les” Alfred started her career as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, the host of Balanced Black Girl believes that physical health is only the tip of the self-care iceberg. On her popular podcast, Alfred places equal emphasis on mental, spiritual, and emotional health, offering approachable and intentional ways for her listeners to feel their best, and lead more fulfilling lives. Her commitment to holistic healing is evident in the breadth of her episodes: joined by other Black women wellness experts, Alfred has discussed topics including setting healthy boundaries, coping with racial trauma, healing through breathwork, honoring spiritual evolution, overcoming imposter syndrome, and has even offered guided journaling and meditation for listeners.

Ted Talks: Health
- Smart-thinking platform TED has long been the go-to destination for easy-to-digest knowledge, the kind of knowledge you can later use to impress your friends at the dinner table. But did you know there’s a whole podcast dedicated to its best health and well-being lectures? A diverse network of doctors and researchers share their discoveries about the world of medical science, across topics ranging from mental health support for refugees, to what hospitals of the future might look like. With hundreds of hours of insightful audio on tap, this is the perfect podcast to zone out to on the treadmill while you hit those hard miles.

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Books

We encourage you to buy local and from Women Owned and BIPOC owned booksellers. Here are a few we recommend:

https://www.strongnations.com/

https://www.powells.com/

https://socialjusticebooks.org/

https://www.marcusbooks.com/

Half Price Books

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Bound Together Books

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Underground Books

Best for BIPOC: The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health; (Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health; I'm Telling the Truth, But I'm Lying; The Color of Hope; My Body is a Book of Rules; I’ve Never Been (Un)Happier; Heart Berries; Pleasure Activism; Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, And Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements
Best for people battling trauma: The Body Keeps the Score; Overcoming Trauma; After the Eclipse
Best for science lovers: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
Best for anxiety: Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now; Hardcore Self Help: F**k Anxiety; The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution; From Panic to Power: Proven Techniques to Calm Your Anxieties, Conquer Your Fears, and Put You in Control of Your Life
Best for Disordered Eating: Overcoming Binge Eating; Getting Better Bite By Bite; If Not Dieting, Then What?; The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating; A Cognitive-Interpersonal Therapy Workbook for Treating Anorexia Nervosa: The Maudsley Model
Best for recovery from addiction: Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions; Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget;
Party Girl: A Novel; Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery; Scar Tissue
Best for women survivors of relationship abuse: Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women’s Workbook
Best for understanding a therapist’s perspective: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Best for battling burnout: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Best for healing from emotional pain: Emotional First Aid
Best for understanding family trauma: It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Best for navigating relationships: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
Best for highly sensitive people: The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Best for practicing self-love: Loving Bravely, The Body is Not an Apology
Best for finding order in life: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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