Books
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, PhD
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Where you Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
I’m Still here by Austin Channing Brown
Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski, PhD
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%! by Mark Manson
The Mindful Twenty-Something by Holly Rogers
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Dare To Lead by Brene Brown
The Proven Power of Being Kind To Yourself: Self Compassion by Tara Brach
Unf#ck Your Brain by Faith Harper
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Schafler
If possible - please support your local bookstore when purchasing any books or rent from your local library :)
Local Resources and Events
Mental Health lou
Connecting Louisville with the Mental Health Resources They Need
Mental Health Lou is Louisville’s Community Wellness Hub. We’re connectors, creators and educators bridging the gaps to support our community’s mental wellbeing.
Earth & Spirit Center
Offers educational opportunities, workshops for beginners and children and many more.
Vipassana Community
Purpose is to provide a supportive setting and community for insight meditation practice. Newcomers and beginners are always welcome.
Louisville Community of Mindful Living
Coming together to meditate, share insights, ask questions and find a peaceful refuge without fear of judgment or rejection.
Koru Mindfulness Trainings
An evidence-based curriculum designed to teach mindfulness, meditation, and stress management. Hosted by UofL.
Apps
Koru Mindfulness
Koru Mindfulness® is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress management to college students and other young adults.
Mindfulness
Besides offering an extensive number of meditations with world-renowned teachers, the app also includes a reminder function which can be activated on specific times and places.
Insight Timer
Offers the largest free library of guided meditations on earth and the world’s most loved meditation Timer, for free.
Calm
Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.
Headspace
A personal meditation guide, right in your pocket with hundreds of themed sessions on everything from stress and sleep to anxiety and depression.
Websites
Wildmind
Wildmind’s mission is to benefit the world by promoting mindfulness and compassion through the practice of Buddhist meditation.
Kristen Neff’s Self Compassion
Kristin Neff, Ph.D. is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion, being the first one to operationally define and measure the construct over a decade ago.
Youtube
In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, Brene Brown shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
Tara Branch’s Guided Meditations
Tara Brach’s teachings blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention to our inner life, and a full, compassionate engagement with our world.
Meditation Oasis
Through the use of guided meditation and technology, we have been able to bring meditation to thousands of people worldwide.
Youtube
Kati Morton, a licensed therapist, channel is all about mental health. You name it and she talks.