Resources
These resources are a collection of books, videos, and podcasts that I’ve reviewed and believe are helpful for people to understand and manage their mental health. Note that each person’s journey is different, and some resources may not resonate or be helpful to everyone. If you’re unsure if a resource will be appropriate for you, don’t hesitate to get in touch before engaging with it.
How modern culture may trigger and exacerbate mental illness
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
- I Began to Question Everything about Mental Illness by Rose Cartwright
- How Social Media Comparison can harm our mental health by Dr Tracey Marks
- Why the Modern World Can Make Us Unhappy and How to Respond by Dr K
- The Modern world and how it affects our friendships by Leena Norms
- Toxic positivity: How Forcing the Bright Side May Stunt Our Ability to Face Anxiety and Reality posted by All in the Mind (ABC Radio National)
- How dating apps making finding sustained love more challenging by School of Life
- Pop-Psychology and Self-Help: Why Self-Help Can Fall Short? By All in the Mind (ABC Radio National)
ADHD
- Wall of awful: videos about how to breakthrough the wall of avoidance and procrastination part 1 by How to ADHD part 2
- Loving a partner with ADHD by ADHD Love
- Tips and skills for living with ADHD by How to ADHD
- Dirty Laundry and Small Talk: Shame Living with ADHD and 10 Lies About ADHD by Roxanne Pink and Richard Pink: audiobook available
- Channelling hyperfocus and depth of attention for success by Elizabeth Filips
- ADHD and rejection sensitivity by Dr K
- Scattered Minds:The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté
Autism
- Strong female character by Fern brady memoir of living with ASD
- Autistic meltdowns and prevention (15:21 – 18:41)
- I’m Autistic, Now What? Youtube channel
- Autism and interoception by Neurodivergent Doctor
Anxiety
- Living a Non-Anxious Life: Practical Tips to Live Without Anxiety by Dr John Delony
- Working with the Mind’s Anxious Chatter Part 1 Part 2
- How anxiety is different for men by Dr K
- Connecting to Yourself and Your Path to Overcome Anxiety by Dr K
- When the Body Says No: the Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté
Addiction
- Anxiety and Substance Use All in the Mind (ABC radio)
- Technology and addiction: How the evolutionary drive for more leads to addiction and pain. All in the Mind (ABC radio)
- Trigger warning: suicidal ideation The Recovering by Lesley Jamison memoir of alcoholism
- Trigger warning: drug-use Neurobiology of an Addict by Marc Lewis
- Trigger warning: drug-use In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté social environment and addiction
Burnout
Body image
- The Invisible Corset: Break Free from Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self by Lauren Geertsen
- Kibbe body system: dress to enhance and harmonize your best features
Depression
- Break the cycle of depression (question your perception) by Dr K
- Trigger warning: suicidal ideation Noonday demon Andrew Solomon: Anatomy of Depression (memoir)
Emotion Regulation
- How to Avoid Being Triggered Forever by School of Life
- Science of Emotion Regulation: How Your Brain Processes Distressing Emotions by Dr Tracey Marks
- Why you struggle with emotion regulation and ways to regulate by Kati Morton
- Emotion coping skills to experiment with by Kati Morton
- Feeling the feelings: avoid over intellectualisation to move past difficult feelings by Kati Morton
- Trigger warning: suicidal ideation I’m Not as Well as I Thought by Ruby Wax
Eating disorders
- Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn’t Work, and How I Recovered for Good by Kathryn Hansen
- Trigger warning: suicidal ideation, self-harm, references to sexual activity 18 years + Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher
Highly Sensitive Person
Neuroplasticity
- Trigger warning: suicidal ideation The Woman Who Changed Her Brain by Barbara Arrowsmith overcoming academic hurdles
OCD
- Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz
- What’s behind obsessive thinking? by School of Life
Female hormones and mental health
- Post-menstrual dysphoria – when your cycle becomes extreme by ABC Radio National
- Consult your doctor before making any changes to your medication How the Pill Changes Everything: Your brain on birth control by Dr Sarah Hill
Sleep
- Why a bedtime routine is not enough by Dr K
- Expert advice on getting better sleep by ABC Radio National
Shame
- Sexual assault trigger warning: please read only if 18+ and feel safe to do so What Is That Lady Doing: Guilt, Shame, Blame and Other Funny Stories by Lou Sanders
Healthy Relationships
- What is your attachment style and how might it affect your relationships? by School of life
- Rupture and repair: how navigating conflict better is the key to enduring relationships by School of life
- Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships by Sue Johnson
- Lessons to develop healthy friendships by Dr Ana Yudin
- 4 Relationship killers: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Dr Ana Yudin
- Loving with Healthy Detachment from a Buddhist Monk
- Match plus one: low risk guide to build intimacy by Dr Ana Yudin
- How to have boundaries that you can enforce by Dr K
- Red, yellow and green flags in relationships by Dr Ana Yudin
- Defence mechanisms and how can they affect your relationships by Dr Ana Yudin