a few of my

favorite things

Books

  • ASDAH- Association for Size Diversity and Health- check for new recommended curriculum and updated book recommendations for 2022-2023!

  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food, by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

  • No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame, by Janet Lansbury

  • Elevating Childcare: A Guide to Respectful Parenting, by Janet Lansbury

  • Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, by Melody Beattie

  • The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency, by Melody Beattie

  • It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, by Mark Wolynn 

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


Podcasts


Military family resources


Mental Health
& Local
Resources:

The Center Family Services for LGBTQ families in San Diego area: families@thecentersd.org

https://thecentersd.org/family-services/

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Postpartum Support International

https://www.postpartum.net/

American Institute of Stress- Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory

https://www.stress.org/holmes-rahe-stress-inventory