Books

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Trauma

“My Grandmother’s Hands” by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP

“The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Bessl van der Kolk, MD

“Dissociation Made Simple” by Jamie Marich, PhD

“The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color” by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT

“No Bad Parts” by Dr. Richard Schwartz

“The Complex PTSD Workbook” by Arielle Schwartz, PhD & Jim Knipe, PhD

“Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body” by Peter Levine, PhD

“It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle” by Mark Wolynn

“Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal” by Belleruth Naparstek

Body

“What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat” by Aubrey Gordon

“Beyond the Gender Binary” by Alok Vaid-Menon

“Anti Diet” by Christy Harrison

“Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness” by Da’Shaun L. Harrison

“The Body Is Not An Apology” by Sonya Renee Taylor

“Intuitive Eating” (4th Edition) by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, & Elyse Resch, MS, RDN

“Disabiilty Visibility” by Alice Wong

“Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation” by Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC, & Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD

“Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to End It” by Tracey Gendron

“This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism” by Ashton Applewhite

Sex & Relationships

“Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life” by Emily Nagoski, PhD

“Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture” by Sherronda J. Brown

“The Sun and Her Flowers” by Rupi Kaur

“Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good” by adrienne maree brown

“Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself” by Nedra Glover Tawwab

“You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying IFS to Intimate Relationships” by Dr. Richard Schwartz

“The Tragedy of Heterosexuality” by Jane Ward

“Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy” by Jessica Fern

“The Ethical Slut (3rd Edition): A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love” by Dossie Easton & Catherine Liszt

Anti-Racism

“My Grandmother’s Hands” by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP

“Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia” by Sabrina Strings

“Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto” by Tricia Hersey, Founder of The Nap Ministry

“We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice” by Mariame Kaba

“Me and White Supremacy” by Layla F. Saad

“Are Prisons Obsolete?” by Angela Y. Davis

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

“Against White Feminism” by Rafia Zakaria

Self-Growth

“Laziness Does Not Exist” by Devon Price, PhD

“Journal of Radical Permission” by adrienne maree brown & Sonya Renee Taylor

“Radical Belonging: How to Survive and Thrive in an Unjust World” by Lindo Bacon, PhD

“Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS” by Jay Earley

“Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” by Lindsay C Gibson, PsyD

“The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety” by Alan Watts, with Introduction by Deepak Chopra

“Burnout” by Emily Nagoski, PhD & Amelia Nagoski, DMA

“Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl

Relationship to Money

“The Art of Money” by Bari Tessler

“Financial Feminist” by Tori Dunlap (host of “Financial Feminist” podcast)

Podcasts

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

“IFS Talks” with Aníbal Henriques & Tisha Shull

“The One Inside” with Tammy Sollenberger (*Content warning for those struggling with food & body: the host and occasional guests, at times, use fatphobic language.)

Body Topics

“Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back” with Marquisele Mercedes, Da’Shaun Harrison, Caleb Luna, Bryan Guffey, & Jordan Underwood

“Maintenance Phase” with Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

“Rethinking Wellness” with Christy Harrison

“Food Psych” with Christy Harrison

“Come As You Are” with Dr. Emily Nagoski

“Rebel Eaters Club” with Virgie Tovar

“My Black Body” with Jessica Wilson & Rawiyah Tariq

“Don’t Salt My Game” with Laura Thomas, PhD

General Therapy Topics

“Finding Our Way” with Prentis Hemphill

“Sounds True: Insights at the Edge” with Tami Simon

“Therapy Chat” with Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

“Trauma Chat” with Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

Films

“Your Fat Friend” a film by Jeanie Finlay, featuring Aubrey Gordon (2023)

“The Principles of Pleasure” (Netflix, 2022)

“The Wisdom of Trauma” featuring Dr. Gabor Maté (2021)

“The Kid” (starring Bruce Willis, Disney, 2000)

“Inside Out” (Disney & Pixar, 2015) & “Inside Out 2” (Disney & Pixar, 2024)

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