If you are like me, you like to hear what other people are talking about, whether the experts or just someone talking about their experiences. The list is always growing and will be updated ongoing.
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Book List
Book Link Here
All In Her Head: How Gender Bias Harms Women’s Mental Health
by Misty Pratt
Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down by Corey Keyes
Amazon Link
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner by Julie A. Fast
Amazon Link
Hamilton Public Library? Yes
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir by Mark Lukach
Amazon Link
Hamilton Public Library? Yes
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Amazon Link
Hamilton Public Library? Yes
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
Amazon Link
Hamilton Public Library? Yes
The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health by Emeran Mayer
Amazon Link
Hamilton Public Library? Yes
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
Amazon Link
Hamilton Public Library? Yes
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by M.S. Paul T. Mason
Amazon Link
Hamilton Public Library? Yes
Rewire the Anxious Brain: how to use the neuroscience of fear to end anxiety, panic & worry by Catherine M. Pittman and Elizabeth Karle
Amazon Link
Trauma Stewardship: An everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others.
Amazon Link
Mental Wellness Workbook (2nd Edition, Digital Fillable) by Sheryl Boswell
Link to Youth Mental Health Canada
Podcast List
Podcasts Links Here
The Stress Life With Dr. Yip
This is a few years old, but a great resource for learning about stress and anxiety
Speaking Our Minds
Honest and nuanced conversations around mental health, psychology, holistic wellness, and the real complexities of what it means to be human in the challenges of today’s world.
It’s All In Your Head – Medcircle Podcast
Sharing personal experiences about mental health.
Inside Mental Health Podcast
Podcast that approaches psychology and mental health in an accessible way.
Therapy for Black Girls
A weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, about all things mental health and personal development.
The Mental Health Podcast: from Ontario Shores Communication
A safe place of belonging for good mental health with the latest information and research from Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences.
We Can Do Hard Things
A hilarious, raw, comforting “support system for braving the everyday.”
Article List
Article Links Here
I Care For Someone With Bipolar Disorder – Bipolar Foundation
Helpful Website Resources
Website Links Here
CMHA Hamilton: Canadian Mental Health Association Hamilton branch is a non-profit community mental health agency which provides services to adults with serious mental illness.
CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world’s leading research centres in its field.
St. Joes Mental Health and Wellness Resource Centre: The Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre is committed to providing persons in recovery, their families, and community members with easy access to reliable, user-friendly information about mental health, addictions and related issues.
Cleghorn Early Intervention Clinic: The Cleghorn Early Intervention Clinic is an outpatient service at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton aiming to support young people, age 16-29, recover from symptoms of early psychosis.
Mental Health First Aid: Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved.
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