Internal Family Systems therapy explores the concept that we all have ‘parts’ within us, which organize themselves to keep us safe. Exploring parts and expanding our awareness in this way is the key to setting ourselves free.
This is a very eye-opening account of the truth behind depression diagnosis, and natural remedies to support mental health, from a registered and practicing Psychiatrist who has turned her attention from medicating her clients, to curing them through nutrition and lifestyle intervention.
In 2014 while searching for answers to my health struggles, I came across a Ted talk by Lissa Rankin, titled ‘Is There Scientific Proof we can Heal Ourselves?’ (The short answer is yes.) I bought her book and also ended up participating in her Whole Health Medicine Institute in 2016 along with many other leading functional medicine practitioners.
These 15 books completely changed the way I view the world. If you are anything like I was – struggling with health, happiness and purpose – then these are absolute gold!
Recommended Books
This book is crucial for anyone who experiences a lot of stress, whether it be emotional or physical. Gabor Mate’s work is all about looking back into your childhood and uncovering the root of your health challenges.
This one appeals to the creative in me, I love her concepts and how she has so much faith in everyones capacity to create! I recommend for any woman who is looking to reclaim her creativity, or any creative who is struggling with self-belief or trust that creative expression is essential for the soul.
I came across this book after learning of the link between childhood trauma, chronic fatigue syndrome and mental health. There are many conditions covered in this book, and it is filled with expansive stories of patients who’s mental and physical health has been restored via his methods.
A beautiful fable-style book jam-packed with conventional and spiritual wisdom. I love all Paulo Coelho’s books but this is the first of his I read, so it has a special place in my heart. It is also an all-time best-seller.
This book is short and sweet, and packed with wisdom. He shares his heart-wrenching experience in a concentration camp, along with wisdom on how he survived, and how a defeatist mindset, or the loss of hope, can cost us our lives.
Peter Levine is the creator of ‘Somatic Experiencing’ therapy, where you can free your body from the chains of the past through movement, and tracking sensations. This book is an amazing way to learn about how the body stores trauma. I went deep into this therapeutic modality while healing my own trauma, and it is life-changing.
Around 10 years ago my chiropractor informed me that my health conditions could be being impacted by food. I went home I searched ‘mental health and food’, and this is the only one that came up. It speaks of the link between food, your gut health, and your psychology.
As I healed my trauma, I also healed my health conditions. This book is absolutely amazing and explores that concept - how our emotional states and past trauma show up in the body as disease, and what we can do to set ourselves free. It’s long, but life-changing!
The second book of Dr. Joe’s that I read, outlining the methods he uses with his students to help them break free of the negative habits, thoughts and behaviours that lead to negative health conditions. It’s impossible to express the depth of his work in one paragraph so I’ll just leave you all to look him up and see for yourself!
I love this book purely for the fact that its simple to read, and contains loads of feminine wisdom. It really spoke to my soul and I found myself screaming an internal yesss over and over. If you feel like you’re here for something special, or you’re a little out of contact with your feminine side, try this one out!
I would say this is a pretty heavy read, but if you love philosophy, wisdom and fairy tales, you may love it. It reflects on old stories and wives tales which have been told to generations of young women, and then analysed from the perception of psychologist in the style of Carl Jung. Women who wish to get more in touch with their true feminine nature will love this book.
Kimberly Ann Johnson is a somatic experiencing therapist with many years of experience in working with women. It is a straight-forward, how-to guide on being with ourselves, and healing trauma.
A general Women’s health and fitness ` podcast hosted by women who train women to become specialized personal trainers FOR women.
A health and Fitness podcast dedicated to exposing the truth in the Health and Fitness industry.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick translates complex and scientific nutritional data into terms that are easy to understand.
Nutrition & Fitness
A science-based podcast speaking on strength training, nutrition, body transformation and all things fitness.
Gabrille Lyon shares how muscle is medicine, and how we can optimise our lifestyles for longevity.
Science-based nutrition podcast covering all things well being, body re-composition, and human performance.
Recommended Podcasts
Michelle Shapiro is an integrative/functional registered dietician who explores ways in which we can reduce anxiety, approach weight with love, and heal digestive issues.
Features interviews with world-leading experts on fatigue and disease prevention.
Honest conversations on topics such as wellness, self-development, relationships and more.
Holistic Health
Steph Rowe interviews experts from all over the world on nutrition, microbiome health, environmental sustainability, psychology, meditation and more.
Organic Olivia is a qualified Herbalist from New York City. The podcast is supports anyone who dreams of achieving optimal health through natural means.
Leading functional medicine expert Dr. Will Cole explores ways you can nurture your body, spirit, mind and relationships, to make way for your own transformation.
Dr. stacy is an amazingly knowledgeable functional medicine practitioner, specialising in optimal health and metabolic repair (very important if you want to be healthy!)
Kelly Brogan is a best-selling author and holistic psychiatrist, shining a light on how you can become well without medication, through lifestyle, mental and emotional practices.
Sheryl Paul is a counselor specialising in Jungian psychology, and with her co-host Victoria Russel, she explores our inner world and supports us in finding more self-trust, and self-love.
My absolute go-to resource for all things psychology, personality, and modern day issues regarding mental health and finding fulfilment
Created by Dr. Nicole LePera, this is a global community based healing experience with raw, unscripted, open conversations about what we are REALLY dealing with in our lives.
Mindset & Psychology
How to go deep and break through your own mental and emotional barriers to create healthy connections with others.
You don’t have to be a genius to become one! Max Lugavere speaks with insightful minds about what it is like to live ‘like a genius’
Lisa Bilyeu interviews experts on psychology, self-improvement, physical and mental health, relationships, and emotional wellbeing.
Brené Brown is the host, unpacking and exploring the ideas, stories, experiences, books, films, and music that reflect the universal experiences of being human, from the bravest moments to the most brokenhearted.
Mastin Kipp is a leader in trauma, transcendence and personal transformation. He shares how trauma changes us, but is not a life sentence and brings compassion to a space that is most often overlooked.
Kimberly Ann Johnson has spent her professional life exploring trauma and somatics, to help women come home to themselves and finally break free. She
is super smart and intriguing, with a unique point of view!
Spirituality & Transforming Trauma
A collection of interviews covering spirituality, personal development, mental and emotional wellbeing and general advancement.
A very modern, grounded and unique perspective on spirituality, psychology, and health. Her YouTube channel is extremely popular as well!
Shaman Durek is a spiritual guide and gifted healer and his podcast is full of amazing wisdom and meditations.
Luis Mojica is an amazing somatic therapist who supports people in healing stress and trauma holistically, and alongside that, chronic illness and PTSD.
Lorella Ricci is my current therapist, and she is absolutely amazing at teaching us to be with our emotions. She teams up with Cole Knazovicky, so we have a male and female point of view. Love that aspect too!
other recommended books
A consumer’s dictionary of food additives
Grain brain – David Perlmutter, MD
Sweet Poison – David Gillespie
Eat Real Food – David Gillespie
Nutrient Power: Heal your Biochemistry and Heal your Brain
Altered Genes, Twisted Truths: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer our food has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public – Drucker
Fix your Mood with Food – Lounsberry, Lac
GMO Myths and Truths – Claire Robinson, Michael Antoniou, John Fagan
Food Forensics – Mike Adams
Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills – Blaylock
Optimal Nutrition for the Mind – Patrick Holford
Salt, Sugar, Fat, – Michael Moss
Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill – Udo Erasmus
Caffeine Blues – Stephen Cherniske
When the Body says NO: Exploring the Stress-disease Connection – Gabor Mate, MD.
The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel Van Der Kolk
A mind of your own – Kelly Brogan, MD
The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder – Marohn
Ancient Wisdom for Modern health – Mark Bunn
Ancient healing for Modern Women – Xiaolan Zhao, C.M.D
Balance your Hormones, Balance your Life – Dr. Claudia Welch
The Secret Life of the Microbiome – Prescott & Logan
Hashimoto’s Protocol – Izabella Wentz
GUT – Giulia Enders
Woman Code – Alisa VittiThe Secret Language of your Body – Inna Segal
Your Body Speaks your Mind – Deb Shapiro
The Mind-Gut Connection: How the hidden Conversation Within our Bodies Impacts our Mood, our Choices, and our Overall Health – Emeran Mayer, MD
The Mind Body Code – Dr. Mario Martinez
The Cure for All Diseases – Clark
Super Genes – Deepak Chopra
Molecules of Emotion – Candace, B. Pert, PH.D
Gut and Psychology Syndrome – Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD
E-Squared – Pam Grout
The Power of the Heart – Baptish de Pape
Kitchen Table Wisdom: Secrets that Heal – Rachael Naomi Remen, M.D.
The Wounded Womb – Phillip Valentine
An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases – Moises Velasquez Manoff
Vagus Nerve Secrets – Roberta Rivera
Vitalism – The History of Herbalism, Homeopathy, and Flower Essences – Andrew Wood
Seven Herbs: Plants as Teachers – Andrew Wood
The Essential Guide to Women’s Herbal Medicine – Cyndi Gilbert, ND
The Earthwise Herbal, Volume 1: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants – Andrew Wood
The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women – McMeekin
Manifesting Matisse – Dr. Michelle K. Nielsen
The Artists Way – Julia Cameron
The Artisan Soul – McManus
Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness – Sheldrake, McKenna, Abraham
Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachement, Comunication, and Self-Regulation – Stephen W. Porges
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts – Gabor Mate, MD
Mind to Matter – Dawson Church
The Brain that Changes Itself – Norman Doige
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself – Dr. Joe Dispenza
First, we Make the Beast Beautiful – Sarah Wilson
Get Conscious – Ali Walker, PHD
You are the Placebo – Dr Joe Dispenza
Mind over Medicine – Lissa Rankin
Conscious Evolution – Bruce Lipton, Ph.D
True to your Core – Bonnie Kelly
Focus – Daniel Goleman
Fear-less Now – Ingrid Bacci, Ph. D
Stealing Fire – Steven Kolter & Jamie Wheal
Meeting the Shadow – Zweig and Abrams
Inner Gold – Robert A. Johnson
Owning your Shadow – Robert A. Johnson
Inner Work – Robert A. Johnson
How we Learn – Benedict Carey
The Big Leap – Hendricks
7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
Jung for Beginners – Maggie Hyde and Michael McGuinness
Quiet Power – Susan Cain
Lost Connections – Joann Hart
The Biology of Belief – Bruce Lipton
She: Revised Edition – Robert A. Johnson
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeons Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart – James R. Doty, PhD
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers – Debbie Ford
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind – Vishen Lakhiani
Spirit Junkie – Gabrielle Bernstein
Change your Thoughts, Change your Life – Dr. Wayne Dyer
Rise Sister Rise – Rebecca Campbell
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Astrology for Beginners – Joann Hampar
A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
Women who Run with the Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
I my Own Words – His Holiness the Dali Lama
Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho
The 5 Love Languages – Chapman
You are Enough – Cassie Mendoza-Jones
Soulpreneurs – Yvette Luciano
The Power of Intention – Dr Wayne Dyer
Rising Strong – Brene Brown
Radical Self-Love – Gala Darling
The Biology of Consciousness – JJ. Semple
The Untethered Soul – Singer
Anatomy of the Spirit – Caroline Myss, Ph.D
The Universe Has Your Back – Gabrielle Bernstein
True to You: Thoughts for an Inspiring Life – Kyly Clarke
Warrior of the Light – Paulo Coelho
Light is the New Black – Rebecca Campbell
Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
You are the Universe – Deepak Chopra
The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Heaven on Earth – Bruce Lipton
Miracles Now – Gabrielle Bernstein
Understanding Buddhism – Malcolm David Eckel
Human by Design – Gregg Bradon
Healing is the New High – Vex King
Modern Man in Search of a Soul – Carl Jung
The Four Agreements – Miguel Ruiz
Real Magic – Dean Radin, PhD
Becoming Supernatural – Dr Joe Dispenza
Psychology and Alchemy – C.G. Jung
Active Imagination: Encounters with the Soul – Hannah
What the Mystics Know – Rohr
The Reality of ESP – Russell Targ
Quantum Healing – Deepak Chopra, M.D.
The Power of 8 – Lynne McTaggart
Soul Contracts – Danielle MacKinnon
Sixth Sense – Sue Bishop
The Mystic Mind – Crystal Love
Kundalini and the Chakras – Genevieve Lewis Paulson
The book of Chakras & Subtle Bodies – Stephen Strugess
A Brief Tour of Higher Consciousness – Bentov
Earth Magic – Steven D. Farmer
Kindling the Native Spirit – Denise Linn
Medicine for the Soul – Ross Heaven
A Complete Book of Reiki Healing – Brigette Muller & Horst H. Gunther
Energy Medicine – Oschman
One Spirit Medicine – Alberto Villoldo
The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der kolk
Call of the Wild – Kimberley Ann Johnston
It didn’t start with you – Mark Wolynn
Trauma – Paul Conti
Trauma and Memory – Peter A. Levine
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving – Pete Walker
Healing Trauma – Peter A. Levine
Waking the Tiger – Peter A. Levine
My Body, My Earth – Ruby Gibson
Dark Emu – Bruce Pascoe
The Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot
50 Quantum Physics Ideas: You Really Need to Know – Joanne Baker
What your Clutter is Telling You – Kerri L. Richardson
The End of Gender – Deborah Soh
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