Helpful Resources

Here are some of my favorite resources on Early Education, Neuroscience, Somatic Experiencing, Attachment, and whatever else feels inspiring and relevant to the journey of becoming our healthiest most connected selves.

Articles

• What Kids Need From Grown-Ups (But Aren't Getting)

• How Free Play Can Define Kids’ Success

• Helping Children with Anxiety:  What to Say to Children When They Are Anxious

• Raising Resilient Kids

• Nine Ways Children Benefit From Secure Attachment

• The Four Horseman: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling

• 7 signs your trauma response is to fawn

Videos

• Play is More Than Just Fun

• The Benefits of SEL

• How to Comfort an Upset Child

• Overview of Attachment Theory

Websites

• Generation Mindful

• Dan Siegal

• Rick Hanson

• Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child

• Zero to Three

• Brene Brown

• The Gottman Institute

• Dr. Kristin Neff- Self-Compassion

Personal Inspirations

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle

• The Unlocking Us Podcast by Brene’ Brown

• The Come to Your Senses Podcast by Mary Lofgren

• Dancing with Kate Shela on Saturdays through 360 Emergence

• Sitting Bull’s Words for a World in Crisis by Donald Trent Jacobs

Classes

• Sex Education for adults (and how to talk to kids about their bodies and sex) with Pamela Samuelson

• Writing Workshops that invoke the wisdom of the Nervous System with Molly Caro May

• Jaguar Classes- The archetype of the energy Kimberly Ann Johnson is calling forth for us to return to our animal bodies (embodiment)

Books

• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parent’s Guide by Peter Levine and Maggie Kline

• The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy by Deb Dana

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• The Power of Attachment by Diane Poole Heller

• In An Unspoken Voice  by Peter A. Levine

• The Importance of Being Little by Erika Christakis

• Nurturing Resilience by Kathy Kain and Steve Terrell

• Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

• Raising a Secure Child by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell

• The Invisible Classroom:  Relationships, Neuroscience, and Mindfulness in School by Kirke Olson

• Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof our Schools by Maggie Kline

• It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End The Cycle by Mark Wolynn

• Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds by Thomas Hübl

• Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good by Kimberly Ann Johnson

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

• Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of the Human Experience by Brene Brown

• Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy by David Richo

• The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck

• Attachment Theory Workbook for Couples: Exercises to Strengthen and Grow Your Relationship by Elizabeth Gillette

• Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Times of Change by Octavia F. Raheem

Anything by Dan Siegal...here are some of my favorites (many of which were co-authored by Dr. Tina Payne Bryson)

• The Whole Brain Child 

• Mindsight 

• The Power of Showing Up

• No Drama Discipline

• The Developing Mind

• Brainstorming

• Parenting from the Inside Out

• The Yes Brain