RECOMMENDED READING
 

CREATIVES + WRITERS

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
by Steven Pressfield

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
by Mason Currey

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott

The Artist’s Way
by Julia Cameron

EATING DISORDERS

Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
by Thich Nhat Hanh

Life Without Ed
by Jenni Schaefer

Intuitive Eating
by Evelyn Tribole

FAVORITES

The Gifts of Imperfection
by Brene Brown

The Mastery of Love
by Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
by Daniel J. Siegel

PREGNANCY + POSTPARTUM

When Postpartum Packs a Punch: Fighting Back and Finding Joy
by Kristina Cowan

Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: A Self Help Guide for Mothers
by The Pacific Postpartum Support Society

How to Not Hate Your Husband After Kids
by Jancee Dunn

This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression
by Karen Kleiman and Valerie D. Raskin

Operating Instructions
by Anne Lamott

SEX ADDICTION

Out of the Shadows
by Patrick Carnes

Women, Sex, and Addiction: A Search for Love and Power
by Charlotte Davis Kasl

Always Turned On: Sex Addiction in the Digital Age
by Robert Weiss, Jennifer Schneider

SEXUAL TRAUMA

The Courage to Heal
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

TRAUMA

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
by Peter Levine

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel van der Kolk

RESOURCES

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING

What is Somatic Experiencing?
http://traumahealing.org/about-us/#about

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CLASSES

Insight LA
https://www.insightla.org/

Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society
https://www.againstthestream.org/

UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
http://marc.ucla.edu/maps-schedule

MEETINGS

Sex and Love Addicts Meetings
https://slaafws.org/meetings

Meetings for those who have been affected by sexual compulsion
http://www.cosa-recovery.org/