Free resources on a wide range of topics.

Books, podcasts, and lots more coming soon.If you’d like to see something specific, don’t hesitate to write to us.

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Check out Collective Healing and Expressive Wellness and their robust anti-oppressive internship counsellors (where our founder completed her graduate internship!).

If you’re in B.C. and need crisis support:

Anywhere in BC: 1-800-SUICIDE

Mental Health Support Line: 310-6789

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Online Chat Service for Youth: www.YouthInBC.com

Online Chat Service for Adults: www.CrisisCentreChat.ca

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A few of our favorite books:

boundaries

— “Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself” by Nedra Glover Tawwab

— “Empowered Boundaries: Speaking Truth, Setting Boundaries, and Inspiring Social Change” by Cristien Storm

— “Needy: How to Advocate for Your Needs and Claim Your Sovereignty” by Mara Glatzel

mental health

— “No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model” by Richard Schwartz

— “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents” by Lindsay Gibson

— “Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, Politicizing Your Practice” by Dr. Jennifer Mullan (out in July 2023)

— “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey

— “Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto” by Tricia Hersey

— “Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity” by Devon Price

connecting with body outside of diet culture

— “Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation” by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant

— “The Body is Not an Apology” by Sonya Renee Taylor

— “Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating” by Christy Harrison

— “Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness” by Da’Shaun Harrison

— “Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach” by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch

relationships

— “Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships” by Meg-John Barker

— “The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships” by Diane Poole Heller

— “Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love” by Sue Johnson

Podcasts we love

In no particular order, a few podcasts we enjoy include:

Finding Our Way by Prentis Hemphill

Food Psych by Christy Harrison

Living in This Queer Body by Asher Pandjiris

The Fat Lip by Ash Nischuk

Numinous Podcast by Carmen Spagnola

Swoon: Love Lessons with Julie and Gina

Scene on Radio: Seeing White by John Biewen and Chenjerai Kumanyika