Recs and Resources


Learning: The most efficient way to create peace in the world is to create peace first within ourselves.

  • Spirituality - Buddhism: “Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World” by Thich Nhat Hanh

 

Learning: Our happiness depends not on what happens, but how we make sense of what happens. 

  • Psychology: “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

 

Learning: Mindfulness and lovingkindness can help alleviate mental and physical pain, illness, and trauma.

  • Spirituality - Buddhism: “Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening” by Joseph Goldstein

 

Learning: Sharing our most authentic self is an act of courage that unveils connection and growth. Direct communication is essential to interpersonal dynamics and output. Clarity is kindness. 

  • Psychology: “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.” by Brené Brown

 

Learning: Understanding the connections between the emotional, mental and physical body empowers us with education to inform cause, treatment, and what is possible once healed. 

  • Psychology, Sex Education: “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
  • Psychology, Sex Education: “Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life"
  • Spirituality: “The Chakras Activity Book and Journal” 

 

Learning: It’s not my fault, it’s the historic degradation of women!

  • Sex Education: “All the F*cking Mistakes: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life" by Gigi Engle
  • History, Culture: “Men Explain Things to Me" by Rebecca Solnit
  • History, Culture: "Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes" by Elizabeth Lesser

 

Learning: We manifest lives as abundant as we believe they can be. 

  • Psychology: “The Power of Receiving: a revolutionary approach to giving yourself the life you want and deserve” by Amanda Owen

 

Additional Resources: 

People

  • Imani Quinn Artist, Author, Speaker, Quantum Oracle
  • Ellen Bowles Artist, Astrology, Tarot reader, Ancestral Healer
  • Shoshannah French Intuitive and Intuitive Coach
  • Ev’Yan Whitney Sexuality Doula
  • Brittney Carmichael Empowerment Coach

 Podcasts

  • “Sex is Medicine” with Devi Ward
  • “Unf*ck Your Brain” with Kara Lowentheil
  • “The Woke Mystix” with Ellen Bowles and Imani Quinn

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