Deborah Planting's Resources

General Well-being

• Brené Brown: Beginning with the two Ted Talks, The Power of Vunerability and Listening to Shame, Brown has become a very well-known inspirational speaker and author of several books, all of which I would recommend. She also has online workshops (with homework!) which I have followed and found very helpful and insightful.
• Susan Cain: Ted Talk: The Power of Introverts
• The Power of Habit (Duhigg)
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Ruiz)
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Csikszentmihalyi)
• Heartmath: Heart Coherence
• Byron Kati: Her first book, Loving What Is, incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy in a unique and confrontational manner. If you explore her website, thework.com, you will find the four questions she asks that have defined her approach.

Anxiety

• The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It (Carbonell)
  I have read many books about worry and anxiety, and the way the author is able to explain the anxious brain, with humor and doable coping techniques, is impressive.
• The Anxious Brain (Wehrenberg)
• The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD (Hershfield and Corboy)

Depression

• I Don’t Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression (Real)

Anger

• Anger Kills (Williams and Williams) A comprehensive book explaining how anger affects the body. The Hostility Roadmap with Strategies (page 68) is especially helpful.

Trauma, Grief, and Loss

• David Kessler has written several books about this subject. He also has a very helpful website, Grief.com
• The Body Keeps Score. Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (van der Kolk)
• Getting Past Your Past , Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques (Shapiro)
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People (Kushner)

Mindfulness

• Mindfulness app: Headspace
• Cultivating Lasting Happiness: A 7-Step Guide to Mindfulness (Fralich)

Websites for Neurofeedback Information

• Aboutneurofeedback
• ISNR Organization

Documents

• Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique (Wehrenberg)
            As a wise person once said at a conference, “Anxiety is a breathing disorder”. This exercise is             one of the many breathing techniques that you can use. I find this one helpful and easy to             follow.
• 5-4-3-2-1 Relaxation Technique (Betty Erickson)

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