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Books:
PAIN
- Back in control, A Spine Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain by David Hanscom
- How To Heal Back Pain by John E. Sarno
- Unlearn Your Pain: Why manage your pain, when you could cure it? by Dr. Howard Schubiner
WOMEN’S HEALTH
- This Is your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences by Sarah E. Hill
- Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
- The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, MD
- The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, MD
DIGESTION
- Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders, Jill Enders
MIND-BODY, MENTAL HEALTH
- When the body says no: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté
- How to Do the Work: Recognize your Patterns, Heal From your Past, and Create your Self by Nicole LePera
- The Instinct to Heal: Curing Depression, Anxiety and Stress without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy by David Servan-Schreiber
- The Solution Lies Within: Towards a New Medicine for the Body and the Mind by Thierry Janssen
- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
- Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. by Brené Brown
- Emotional Agility by Susan Davis PhD
- The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz
TRAUMA
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk
- It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in A Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
SPIRITUALITY
- Inward by Yung Pueblo
- Heart Minded: How to Hold Yourself and Others in Love by Sarah Blondin
- Trusting the Gold: Uncovering your Natural Goodness by Tara Brach
- A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Movies/Documentaries:
All The Rage: A documentary about overcoming back pain
This Might Hurt: A documentary about treating chronic pain
TED talks / Short videos:
Jump to topic:
Osteopathy & Body, Guts, Women’s Health, Time & Stillness, Sleep/Fatigue/Energy Levels, Pain, Emotions & Mental Health
OSTEOPATHY & BODY
Wolfgang G. Gilliar, Doctor in Osteopathy: How a handshake can begin to make you feel well
Abraham Verghese: A doctor’s touch
Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are
Emily Balcetis: Why some people find exercise harder than others
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
Suleika Jaouad: What almost dying taught me about living
GUTS
Giulia Enders: The surprisingly charming science of your gut
Rob Knight: How our microbes make us who we are
European Molecular Biology Laboratory: Non-Antibiotic Drugs Affect our Gut Bacteria
Dean Ornish: Healing through diet
Marie-Claire Arrieta: Raising Children and Their Microbes
WOMEN’S HEALTH
Alexandra Sacks: A new way to think about the transition to motherhood
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: How to Deal with Difficult Feelings The cure for burnout (hint: it isn’t self-care)
Stacy Sims Women are Not Small Men: a paradigm shift in the science of nutrition
TIME & STILLNESS
Laura Vanderkam: How to gain control of your free time
Manoush Zomorodi: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
Pico Iyer: The art of stillness
SLEEP / FATIGUE / ENERGY LEVELS
Matt Walker: Sleep is your superpower
Saundra Dalton-Smith: The real reason why we are tired and what to do about it
Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
Raphael Rose: How failure cultivates resilience
Sandeep Jauhar: How your emotions change the shape of your heart
PAIN
Tame The Beast — It’s time to rethink persistent pain
Dr Howard Schubiner: Reign of Pain
Ruth Clare: The pain of hiding your true self
Understanding Pain in less than 5 minutes, and what to do about it!
EMOTIONS & MENTAL HEALTH
Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
Lisa Feldman Barrett: You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions–your brain creates them
Emily Esfahani Smith: There’s more to life than being happy
Catherine Pric: Why Having Fun Is the Secret to a Healthier Life
Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability
Brené Brown: Listening to shame
Susan David: The gift and power of emotional courage
Guy Winch: Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom
Ricardo Semler: Radical wisdom for a company, a school, a life (How to run a company with almost no rules)
Videos of exercises:
Yoga With Adriene: YouTube videos narrated with wit and authenticity all levels, body parts, and length
Guide to the Original 34 Pilates Exercises: Videos of the original 34 Pilates exercises detailed in creator Joseph Pilates’s book Return to Life
Winsor Pilates: 20 minutes Pilates classes interesting for core, and leg strengthening, done couple of times a week they make quite a difference. The link might change over time; I’ll let you type her name into Google if this link/video is broken…
5 Foot-Strengthening Exercises
Soundtrack:
I am often asked what soundtrack I have in my room, when people are not commenting how chirpy the birds are outside! This is what I use: