Below are some YouTube links, websites and books that may be of help.
Current favourite resources
Blue Knot Foundation -
The Blue Knot Foundation is Australian and provides information sheets, articles, and some free phone counselling services for survivors of childhood trauma and their carers. There are many useful facts sheets about traumatic response and practice guidelines for the law and mental health practitioners. To find out more: blueknot.org.au/
Deb Dana -
Deb has made the Polyvagal theory very accessible and has many practices for understanding and regulating your nervous system and emotional states. https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/
Sukie Baxter -
Sukie is a Somatic Experiencing gal and has some great YouTube videos with vagus nerve and other exercises to support nervous system health and sense of wellbeing.
youtu.be/L1HCG3BGK8I and https://youtu.be/yCMCKEeG29w
Jason Siff -
Meditation teacher and psychotherapist, Jason Siff, has a lovely, gentle approach to meditation. Check out his book, Unlearning Meditation, or check out YouTube for some videos. He also runs regular webinars and is a one-on-one meditation teacher.
Rick Hanson –
Weekly practices and free resources: www.rickhanson.net/
Lovely practice supporting us to "take in the good": www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPXOASa1shY
Gottman Institute –
For all relationship support. The practices and information are useful not just for partnerships but also for friendships and family support. www.gottman.com/
Parent Skills –
Local practitioner, Larissa Dan offers support and guidance around parenting matters. She uses the P.E.T. model which focuses on respect, helping children to feel empowered to solve their own challenges. www.parentskills.com.au/
Prune Harris –
Energy medicine, drawing on traditional Chinese medicine and other energy system understandings of the body/mind needs. Some of this may feel a bit woo-woo to some and for others can be really helpful. www.pruneharris.com/
Lissa Rankin –
A doctor who decided to widen her understanding of how the human body can find healing. Has written an interesting book called Mind Over Medicine. Takes an integrative and holistic approach with an emphasis on listening more deeply to our body mind and spirit for healing and thriving. lissarankin.com/
Veronique Mead – Trauma and chronic illness
Another doctor who holds a broad view of making sense of illness. She links trauma with chronic illnesses; has much alignment with SE practices. Free info and resources.
chronicillnesstraumastudies.com/
Yoga With Adriene –
On-line yoga with lots of options for exploration and play at home. Here is her YouTube site: www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
OTHER RESOURCES
Websites
Somatic Experiencing
Stress and everyday living
Parenting
Women's sexuality and health
Here are a few links from Martina Hughes at Tantric Blossoming in Melbourne. She has info for men, too, but I can only vouch for the women's practices that I think are valuable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtbIepQZQo&index=2&list=PL1pN1NXO9PBR9CXINZ1iQgnJ8SlYrJB6I&t=0s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9xvvYdtHbc&list=PL1pN1NXO9PBR9CXINZ1iQgnJ8SlYrJB6I&index=2
You can check out her website tantricblossoming.com/
Books
For Relationships:
For Parenting:
Grief and Loss
About Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Approaches to therapy:
Mindfulness, presence, and self-care
Work
Most of the authors have websites, facebook pages, and interviews and free stuff on YouTube...
Blue Knot Foundation -
The Blue Knot Foundation is Australian and provides information sheets, articles, and some free phone counselling services for survivors of childhood trauma and their carers. There are many useful facts sheets about traumatic response and practice guidelines for the law and mental health practitioners. To find out more: blueknot.org.au/
Deb Dana -
Deb has made the Polyvagal theory very accessible and has many practices for understanding and regulating your nervous system and emotional states. https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/
Sukie Baxter -
Sukie is a Somatic Experiencing gal and has some great YouTube videos with vagus nerve and other exercises to support nervous system health and sense of wellbeing.
youtu.be/L1HCG3BGK8I and https://youtu.be/yCMCKEeG29w
Jason Siff -
Meditation teacher and psychotherapist, Jason Siff, has a lovely, gentle approach to meditation. Check out his book, Unlearning Meditation, or check out YouTube for some videos. He also runs regular webinars and is a one-on-one meditation teacher.
Rick Hanson –
Weekly practices and free resources: www.rickhanson.net/
Lovely practice supporting us to "take in the good": www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPXOASa1shY
Gottman Institute –
For all relationship support. The practices and information are useful not just for partnerships but also for friendships and family support. www.gottman.com/
Parent Skills –
Local practitioner, Larissa Dan offers support and guidance around parenting matters. She uses the P.E.T. model which focuses on respect, helping children to feel empowered to solve their own challenges. www.parentskills.com.au/
Prune Harris –
Energy medicine, drawing on traditional Chinese medicine and other energy system understandings of the body/mind needs. Some of this may feel a bit woo-woo to some and for others can be really helpful. www.pruneharris.com/
Lissa Rankin –
A doctor who decided to widen her understanding of how the human body can find healing. Has written an interesting book called Mind Over Medicine. Takes an integrative and holistic approach with an emphasis on listening more deeply to our body mind and spirit for healing and thriving. lissarankin.com/
Veronique Mead – Trauma and chronic illness
Another doctor who holds a broad view of making sense of illness. She links trauma with chronic illnesses; has much alignment with SE practices. Free info and resources.
chronicillnesstraumastudies.com/
Yoga With Adriene –
On-line yoga with lots of options for exploration and play at home. Here is her YouTube site: www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
OTHER RESOURCES
Websites
Somatic Experiencing
- The Australian Site www.seaustralia.com.au/
- The US site: traumahealing.org/
- Peter Levine on youtube - there's some great stuff. I also appreciate Irene Lyon's practical applications. These can make a nice compliment to any work we do together.
- Irene Lyon (also a Somatic Experiencing practitioner) on YouTube has a great channel, heaps of informative videos. Click here for a great practical exercise to help with anxiety!
Stress and everyday living
- And, check out Eckhart Tolle, Tara Brach, Pema Chodron, Prune Harris on YouTube, and on www.soundstrue.com
- This is a lovely article about creating good conditions for the outcomes we want: both for artful living and artistic endeavours (read it even if you don't think you're creative - super useful tips in here for everyday life) www.lionsroar.com/the-great-perfection-of-creativity/
Parenting
- Dan Siegel is a bit more cerebral, but he has some great insights into self-care, parenting, and how healing happens. He also has some lovely free resources that are worth checking out: www.drdansiegel.com
- The Gottman Institute is awash with infor for couples and also parenting tips. www.gottman.com/
Women's sexuality and health
Here are a few links from Martina Hughes at Tantric Blossoming in Melbourne. She has info for men, too, but I can only vouch for the women's practices that I think are valuable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtbIepQZQo&index=2&list=PL1pN1NXO9PBR9CXINZ1iQgnJ8SlYrJB6I&t=0s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9xvvYdtHbc&list=PL1pN1NXO9PBR9CXINZ1iQgnJ8SlYrJB6I&index=2
You can check out her website tantricblossoming.com/
Books
For Relationships:
- Really Relating: How to build and enduring relationship - David Jansen
- Passionate Marriage - David Schnarch
- Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John Gottman
- The Power of Attachment - Diane Poole Heller
For Parenting:
- P.E.T. Parent Effectiveness Training - Thomas Gordon
- The whole brain child - Dr Dan Seigal
- Trauma-Proofing your children - Maggie Klein and Peter Levine
Grief and Loss
- Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief - Pauline Boss
- The AfterGrief - Hope Edelman
About Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Approaches to therapy:
- Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
- Trauma and Memory - Peter Levine
- Nurturing Resilience - Kathy Kain, Stephen Terrell
- Healing Developmental Trauma - Laurence Heller, Aline Lapierr
- Passionate Marriage - David Schnarch
- Anything by Diana Richardson
- (NOTE: These are pretty hetero-oriented. If you are LGBTQI, I apologise, and PLEASE send me your favourite authors!)
Mindfulness, presence, and self-care
- Radical Acceptance and True Refuge - Tara Brach
- The Power of Now - Eckhardt Tolle Also loads of free stuff on YouTube
- When things fall apart and The wisdom of no escape - Pema Chodron
- Unlearning Meditation - Jason Siff
- The Way of Effortless Mindfulness - Loch Kelly (not read myself, but comes highly recommended)
- These (and many other) books are also translated into great audio programs at www.soundstrue.com
Work
- Real happiness at work - Sharon Salzberg
- Zen and the art of making a living - Lawrence G. Boldt
Most of the authors have websites, facebook pages, and interviews and free stuff on YouTube...
