RESOURCES

Nova Scotia has a helpline that you can call for social and community resources - 211. You can also search on their website - www.ns.211.ca

New Pandemic Pioneers

For teens & young adults, see HERE

Mindfulness Practices

1. Breathing Space - 3:14 - PLAY

2. Body Scan - 17:28 - PLAY

3. Leaves on a Stream - 13:26 - PLAY

4. Acceptance of Thoughts & Feeling - 12:40 - PLAY

5. Acceptance of Anxiety - 10:00 - PLAY

6. Self Compassion (my favorite is Soften Soothe Allow) - 15:00 - PLAY

Favorite Books

  • Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

  • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, by Marshall Rosenberg

  • Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work, by Matthew Boone

  • The Dance of Intimacy, by Harriet Lerner

  • Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown

  • Your Life, Your Way: The DNA-V Model, by Joseph Ciarrochi and Louise Hayes

  • The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Workbook, by Matthew Boone and Jennifer Gregg

  • Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress & Anxiety, by Donna Pincus

  • Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death, by Irvin Yalom

  • Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway, by Susan Jeffers

  • Still Here: Embracing Changing, Aging and Dying, by Ram Dass

  • Getting Unstuck (audio CD), by Pema Chodron

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