My Emotional Well

Detox

1. Four Reasons to Do a Digital Detox
2. Digital Detox Journal [Worksheet]
3. What's the Deal with Detox Diets?
4. How a short negative news detox could revive your metabolism
5. How to Do a Social Media Detox
6. How to Clean Your Mind: 8 Techniques to Try
7. Detox Your Relationships
8. How to Break Your Addiction to Work

• See Authentic Living; Inspirational Dimension; My Seven Day Intensive; Purpose in Life; Transformational news

Discernment , Cognitive Biases, and Wisdom

1. Don't Be Judgmental, Be Discerning
2. "These biases distort thinking, influence beliefs, and sway the decisions and judgments that people make each and every day." - Kendra Cherry, MSEd  | Cognitive Bias List: 13 Common Types of Bias
3. How wisdom, resilience and mastery work together to boost well-being in old age 
4. Cultivating Wisdom
5. Words of Wisdom [Kindle]

• Therapist Library: Best Possible Self Visualization Exercise; Letter to My Past Self; Your Wisest Self; 

Distractions

1. The Science of Distraction
2. "Social media distractions can easily become a threat to task performance and well-being." - C. Koessmeier and O. Buttner | Why Are We Distracted by Social Media? Distraction Situations and Strategies, Reasons for Distraction, and Individual Differences
3. How Distractions Affect the Brain and Health: They Can Lead to Unhappiness [YouTube]
4. Increase Your Attention, Have More Ideas, and Discover More Plans: How to Get Your Brain to Focus [YouTube]
5. Twelve Tips to Improve Your Attention And Focus [Infographic]
6. Remedies for the Distracted Mind
7. Headspace: Find your Focus [YouTube]
8. Digital Detox Journal [Worksheet]
9. The Once-a-Week Strategy to Stop Procrastination [Kindle]
10. Dopamine Detox: Reduce Instant Gratification, Beat Social Media Addiction, and Stop Wasting Your Life [Kindle]

• App Recommendations: See Time Management 
• See Detox; Meditation and Relaxation Techniques  (reduce amygdala activation); Mindfulness (reduces amygdala activation); Purpose in Life and Designing Your  Meaning; Social Media Addiction, Time wasters , Distractions, and the Cost
• Kindle & Audiobooks: See  Keep Sharp: How to Build a Better Brain at Any Age
• Therapist Library: Focus Plan; Ground Techniques; Start a Brain Detox

Downward Spiral and Symptoms

1. Reversing the Downward Spiral of Depression
2. Things You Need to Calm Your Stress and Anxiety
3. Mental Health Self-Care Tips for Stress & Anxiety
4. Reversing the Downward Spiral: Tap into the power of positivity to reverse negativity.
5. Turning a Downward Spiral Into an Upward Spiral [Podcast]

• See Acceptance; Neurotransmitters; Self-Care & Self-Compassion

Eating Disorders

1. Eating Disorders Screening Tool
2. APP: Eating Disorder Management

Education

1. Is a College Degree Worth It in 2024?
2. "The results show that additional years of education beyond high school make for a healthier, more civic-minded individual who is more likely to interact with neighbors and family members, and to do work that aligns with their natural talents and interests." - Lumina Foundation
3. 10 Benefits of Having a College Degree
4. Study shows higher ed linked to kinder, healthier citizens

Emotion Regulation

1. Cognitive Reappraisal has many benefits, e.g., enhanced emotion regulation, improved problem-solving, increased resilience, better relationships, and improved health. | Cognitive Reappraisal Strategy for Emotional Regulation
2. What is emotion regulation and how do we do it? [Education & Infographic]
3. Emotion Regulation Skills [Worksheet]
4. What Is Distress Tolerance?
5. Mindfulness of Current Emotions [YouTube]
6. Wise Mind: An Intuitive, Centered State of Mind [YouTube]
7. Feelings: Handle them before they handle you [TED]
8. The DBT Skills Daily Journal: 10 Minutes a Day to Soothe Your Emotions with Dialectical Behavior Therapy [Workbook]
9. Calming the Emotional Storm [Audible]
10. What the Heck Is DBT? The Secret to Understanding Your Emotions and Coping with Your Anxiety Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills [Audible]

Emotion Regulation - Equanimity

1. "Researchers have found that equanimity supports emotional regulation and enhances mental health and wellbeing. It helps us tolerate unpleasant sensations and to disengage from the ups and downs of emotional pulls." | Wilson Hurley, LCSW
2. Thriving Together Series: How Equanimity Can Relieve Stress
3. Achieving an Equilibrium of the Mind: Navigating life's waves with equanimity and Stoicism
4. 7 Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People
5. Music and Emotion Regulation [Infographic]
6. Character Strengths – Equanimity [YouTube]

Emotional Intelligence - AKA: Emotional Quotient - EQ

1. Barrier to Emotional Intelligence: The Dip [Infographic]
2. Amygdala Hijack
3. 90 Second Rule
4. What is Emotional Intelligence? [YouTube]
5. Improving Emotional Intelligene (EQ)
6. What Is Emotional Abuse? [Infographic]
7. Daniel Goleman: Working with Emotional Intelligence, and Social Intelligence
8. Emotional Intelligence: How to Change Your Life by Improving Your Emotional Intelligence
9. Emotional Mastery [YouTube]
10. Breathing Exercises 

• See Amygdala Activation and Recovery; Boundaries; Communication and Negotiation; Relationships - Communication

Emotional Intelligence at Work

1. Emotional Intelligence At Work [Infographic]
2. What is emotional intelligence and how does it apply to the workplace?
3. Want to improve your relationships with coworkers?
4. Connect through Emotional Intelligence: Learn to master self, understand others, and build strong, productive relationships [Kinkdle]
5. How Emotional Intelligence Makes Leaders More Impactful [TED]                      
6. Let’s Get Emotional:  Emotions & Emotional Intelligence [Course]

• See Purpose in Life and Designing Your  Meaning; Quality of Life (QOL); Regrets

Emotions

1. 6 Steps to Mindfully Deal With Difficult Emotions [Infographic]
2. 7 Habits of Emotionally Intelligent People
3. Challenging Negative Thoughts
4. Master Your Emotions
5. What Is Emotional Abuse? [Infographic]
6. Moodnotes - Mood Tracker
7. Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression [Kindle & Audible]
8. The Unwanted Thoughts and Intense Emotions [Workbook]
9. Calming the Emotional Storm [Audible]

• See Communication and Negotiation
• Therapist Library: Dear Man

Empathy

1. Empathy [Quiz]
2. Developing Empathy
3. I Feel Your Pain’ - The Neuroscience of Empathy
4. How to Boost Your Mindfulness and Empathy While Birding | Audubon
5. Men, emotional communication, and the challenge of empathy
6. It's Not About The Nail - "Don't try to fix it. I just need you to listen."[YouTube]
7. Brené Brown on Empathy [YouTube]

• See Communication
• Therapist Library: Developing Empathy; Listening Accurately Worksheet

Endings and Beginnings

1. Stress Screener [Assessment]
2. The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory [Assessment]
3. Life's Endings and How We Make Sense out of Them
4. Four Reasons Why Endings Can Make You Happier
5. Endings: What They Mean to You and How to Mange Them
6. Endings - Managing Life Transitions [Podcast]
7. Ending Employment - Bridges Transition Model [Infographic]
8. The Growth Mindset Positivity Journal - Every Day! [Kindle]
9. NecessaryEndings - The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have toGive Up in Order to Move Forward [Audible]

• See Comfort Zone

Entrepreneurs

1. How 10 Billionaires Faced Failure [Infographic]
2. 7 Steps to Living Your Life With Purpose
3. The Art of Connection: 365 Days of Networking Quotes by Entrepreneurs, Business Owners and Influencers [Kindle]
4. Barack Obama, Richard Branson and Mark Zuckerberg All Swear By This High-Performance Habit

Estrangement - Adult children and Families

1. How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime [YouTube]
2. Coping with family estrangement [podcast]
3. Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties & How to Heal the Conflict [Kindle]
4. Estrangement is never easy or straightforward. Psychologists can help
5. Fault Lines Fractured Families and How to Mend Them [Audible]
6. Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut [Kindle and Audible]
7. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

See Adverse Childhood Experiences; Relationships - Attachment Style; Trauma

Exercise

1. Activate My Potential
2. This Is What Happens to Your Brain When You Exercise  [Infographic]
3. How much do I need every day?
4. How Exercise Protects Your Brain’s Health
5. Exercise and Physical Activity Tracking Tools
6. Exercise and Aging
7. Exercise and the Brain - YouTube 
8. Here’s how I finally got myself to start exercising

Intrusive and Negative Thoughts (rumination)

1. Managing intrusive thoughts
2. Challenging Negative Self-Talk
3. Seven Ways to Deal With Negative Thoughts
4. OCD Intrusive Thoughts: Why They Happen and How to Deal With Them
5. Ten Common Negative Thinking Patterns and How You Can Change Them
6. Negative Thoughts [ YouTube]
7. 5 Worksheets for Challenging Negative Automatic Thoughts [PDF]
8. Overcoming Negative Thoughts [Audible]
9. The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Self-Esteem [Workbook]
10. Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again [Kindle & Audible]

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Overcoming Cognitive Distortions; Intrusive and Negative Thoughts; Self-Compassion
• LIBRARY: AutomaticThought Record; Disqualifying the positive; The Cognitive Model

Isolation, Alone,  Loneliness, and Solitude

1. Is Avoiding Other People’s Suffering Good for Your Mental Health?
2. Ten Signs of a Fake Friend: How to Spot One From a Mile Away
3. How Dangerous Is Loneliness, Really? [YouTube]
4. "An important tool for dealing with isolation is managing your expectations and pacing yourself both in work and in life." - Brian Owens
5. The Common Character Trait of Geniuses [Big Think]
6. Are Intelligent People More Lonely? [YouTube]
7. Spending time alone made me more creative | Art Of Being Alone [YouTube]
8. Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude [Kindle]
9. No One Succeeds Alone [Audible]
10. Braving the Wilderness [Audible]

• See Friendship; Singlehood; Socialization

Journal Writing

1. 365DayJournal.com
2. Writing to heal
3. Expressive Writing | Psychology Today
4. Therapeutic Journaling
5. Writing Therapy: Using A Pen and Paper to Enhance Personal Growth
6. Therapeutic benefits of writing letters
7. Journal Writing Community, FREE Resources, Courses & more
8. The Connection Between Writing and Sleep
9. Opening Up by Writing It Down: How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain [Audible]
10. Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself [Course]

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Reading and Healing

Journal Writing and Healing

1. The Power of Writing to Heal
2. Psychologically speaking: your brain on writing
3. Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone

• See Reading and Healing

Language, Self-Talk and Their Importance for Transformation

1. What is Positive Self-Talk? (Incl. Examples)
2. Language When Analyzing, Interpreting, Evaluating [Worksheet]
3. Language When Concluding and Planning [Worksheet]
4. Self-Talk |  Identifying, Challenging, and Changing [Worksheet]
5. How language shapes the way we think [TED Talk]
6. Both Not Half: How language shapes identity [TED Talk]
7. The Growth Mindset Positivity Journal - Every Day! [Kindle]

• See Communication and Negotiation; Mindset; Journal Writing; Thoughts and Thinking Patterns

Leadership

1. Eleven Leadership Lessons from Alexander the Great
2. Life and Leadership Podcast: The Imposter Syndrome [Podcast]
3. Debbie Lovich: 3 tips for leaders to get the future of work right [TED Talk]
4. Servant Leadership [Audible]
5. Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way [Kindle/Audible]
6. The 9 Types of Leadership [Kindle'/Audible]
7. The 6 Types of Working Genius - A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team [Audible]
8. How to Network: Leading Yourself to Lead Others [Course]
9. How to Be a Servant Leader: 6 Qualities of Servant Leadership [Course]

• See Imposter Syndrome; Self-Confidence

Learned Helplessness

1. "Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so." - Psychology Today
2. The Pike Syndrome
3. Why Self-Efficacy Matters [TED Talk]
4. Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression [Kindle & Audible]

• See Comfort Zone; Hope; Language, Self-Talk and Their Importance for Transformation; Mindset; Resilience

Learning

1. Andragogy [Infographic]
2. Step outside your comfort zone  [Infographic]
3. Setting Smart Goals [Infographic]
4. Learning how to meditate
5. Learn, Heal, Grow: The School of Life
6. The Lifelong Learner [Audible] 
7. Philosophy for Life and How to Find Yourself [YouTube]

• See Change Process; Comfort Zone; Goals; Meditation and Relaxation Techniques; Mindset Strengths; Transition to Transformation
• LIBRARY: Daily Strengths Awareness via Introspection; Family Tree of Strengths; Goal Breakdown; Life Satisfaction Scorecard; My Strengths and Qualities; Strengths List; Transition to Transformation - Focus Plan; 

Legacy Planning

1. Legacy Tools: These 7 Cool Companies Can Help You Preserve Your Family Memories
2. Both Not Half: How language shapes identity [TED Talk]

• See Journal Writing; Language and Its Importance for Transformation; Purpose in Life and Designing Your  Meaning

Medically Cleared

1. MedlinePlus - "MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends."
2. Talking With Your Doctor
3. What Is a Psychiatric Evaluation?
4. Provider Directory: Zocdoc
5. Brightside Health - "The right medication, tailored precisely to you"
6. Find Doctors Near You    (Doctors and Dentists Locator)
7. MDLive - "fast, hassle-free, health care."
8. Teladoc
9. Doctor On Demand
10. Amwell

• See Psychiatry

Medication - General

1. CBT Thought Diary: Mood Tracker & Therapy Journal [App]
2. Side Effect Tracker [worksheet]
3. Mental Illness Treatment Options | Nucleus Health - YouTube
4. Medication | Mental Health America
5. Mindful Health Solutions: Medication Management
6. Mental Health Medications | NIMH
7. Medisafe App - Download the app and never miss another med
8. Going Off Antidepressants | Harvard Health Publishing
9. Mental Health and Travel

• See Family History, Dynamics and Their Implications; Medically Cleared; Nutritional Psychiatry; Psychiatry

Meditation and Relaxation Techniques  (reduce amygdala activation)

1. "Meditation [is essential]. And the fact that none of us are told this in school or by our doctors indicates nothing more than a cultural blindspot." - Sam Harris | Why mental growth shouldn't stop in adulthood
2. "Levels of dopamine (the neurotransmitter of pleasure), serotonin (the neurotransmitter of happiness), and GABA (the neurotransmitter of calmness) all rise in response to meditation. And in people who practice on a daily basis, they send signals more routinely." - Richel Lit | What Happens When You Meditate
3. Benefits of Meditation [Infographic]
4. How Meditation Changes the Brain
5. Learning how to meditate
6. Guided Meditation [Audio Training]
7. Endel - Get "personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep. Backed by neuroscience."
8. Headspace - "Headspace is part of Headspace Health, the world’s most accessible, comprehensive provider of mental health and well-being care."
9. InsightTimer - The "#1 app for sleep, anxiety, and stress."
10. Beneficial effects of treatment with sensory isolation in flotation-tank as a preventive health-care intervention

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Thoughts and Thinking Patterns

Memory

1. How False Memories Are Formed in Your Brain
2. False Memory: What You Need to Know
3. The Impact of Trauma on Adult Sexual Assault Victims
4. How Trauma Can Impact Four Types of Memory [Infographic]
5. Does Trauma Cause Memory Loss?
6. The misinformation effect [Nobel Prize Summit]
7. The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma [Kindle]
8. Mild Cognitive Impairment [eBook]

Mental Health

1. Mental Health By the Numbers - "1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year" 
2. Americans rank mental health, cancer, drug abuse, and obesity as nation’s top health issues after COVID
3. Myths About Mental Health
4. Benefits of Improved Mental Health

• See Health; Thoughts and Thinking Patterns

Mental Health - Men

1. We Can't Ignore Our Dads' Mental Health
2. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse
3. Meditation for Men: Tips and Benefits
4. Father's Day Gifts to Support Dad's Mental Health
5. Stress Symptoms in Men: Physical and Psychological Signs
6. Understanding Suicide Among Men
7. Verywell Mind Survey Finds 3 in 4 Dads Want More Mental Health Support
8. How Postpartum Depression Affects Dads
9. I Hate My Dad: How to Cope When You Feel This Way
10. How Men Can Have Stronger Friendships

Micromanagement

1. Micro Manager vs Leader Coach [Infographic]
2. Nine types of leadership: Mastering the art of people in the 21st century workplace [Audible]
3. Are you a micromanager? Or do you just work for one? 5 ways to tell [TED]
4. How to Help (Without Micromanaging)
5. Confessions of a Recovering Micromanager  [TED]

• See Boundaries; Stress

Mindfulness (reduces amygdala activation)

1. Mindfulness and Meditation [Training]
2. Six Steps to Mindfully Deal With Difficult Emotions
3. You can practice mindfulness in as little as 15 minutes a day
4. Benefits of Mindfulness
5. Mindful Breathing Meditation
6. Mindfulness for Dealing with World Events
7. Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life [Audible]
8. Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction [Audible]
9. The extraordinary effect of mindfulness on depression and anxiety [YouTube]
10. Guided Mindfulness Meditation on Acceptance and Letting Go [YouTube]

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Amygdala Activation and Recovery

Mindset

1. 18 Best Growth Mindset Activities, Worksheets, and Questions
2. Develop your Self-Knowledge | The School of Life
3. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

• See Thoughts and Thinking Patterns

Minimalism

1. What Can Minimalism Do for Mental Health?
2. The Minimalists [Podcast]
3. Simplify, Simplify | A Philosophy of Needing Less [YouTube]

Mood

1. Can Certain Foods Improve Your Mood?
2. Thyroid disease: How does it affect your mood?
3. Research Shows Gardening Boosts Mood as Much as Exercise
4. Food and Mood: What Is Nutritional Psychiatry?
5. Monitoring your mood
6. How to be Happier, 7 Ways to Improve Your Mood
7. Daily Mood Tracker [Worksheet]
8. Wellness Tracker [Worksheet]
9. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy [Kindle]
10. PMS Mood Swings: Why They Happen, Treatments, and Finding Support

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Nutritional Psychiatry
• See Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness in App Recommendations

Motivation

1. Motivation: The Driving Force Behind Our Actions
2. This Simple Skill Will Keep You Motivate [YouTube]
3. How to Increase Your Willpower & Tenacity [YouTube]
4. Turn Fear into Motivation with Chris Hadfield [YouTube]
5. Your motivation is at rock bottom. Here’s how neuroscience can help 
6. The Neuroscience of Productivity [YouTube]
7. Learn Motivation Online [Courses]

• See Procrastination
• Therapist Library:  5 Types of Motivation

Multitasking

1. The High Cost of Multitasking [Infographic]
2. Being Busy vs Being Productive [Infographic]
3. Multitasking Is a Myth, and to Attempt It Comes at a Neurobiological Cost | Big Think
4. Are You Multitasking Your Life Away? | TEDxStanford
5. Multitasking - Minding the Brain | Podcast
6. Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain | Quartz
7. The Myth of Multitasking, 2nd Edition - How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done [Audible]
8. What doctors wish patients knew about decision fatigue - "Decision fatigue leaves you drained." | American Medical Association
9. Multitasking: Switching costs | American Psychological Association

Nature Bathing Improves Mental Health

1. How Nature Therapy Helps Your Mental Health
2. What is a Nature Bath and What Are Their Benefits?
3. Happiness Break: Feeling the Awe of Nature From Anywhere
4. How to Boost Your Mindfulness and Empathy While Birding
5. How Nature Supports Teen Mental Health
6. Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy
7. Amazing Nature Scenery & Relaxing Music for Stress Relief [YouTube]
8. Relaxing Nature Sounds... - Natural Calm Forest Waterfall Music [YouTube]
9. Struggling with Change? Look to Nature to Accept Impermanence [YouTube]

• APP: AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running

Negative Thoughts

1. "[T]he brain is malleable and that repeated, intentional, and somewhat uncomfortable efforts are required to experience lasting change." - Megan Call
2. What to do if your inner voice is cruel [YouTube]
3. Understanding Dark Thoughts [YouTube]
4. How to Stop Negative Thoughts [Infographic]
5. Five 5 Worksheets for Challenging Negative Automatic Thoughts
6. Getting Out of Thinking Traps [Worksheet]
7. The CBT Workbook for Mental Health: Evidence-Based Exercises to Transform Negative Thoughts and Manage Your Well-Being [Workbook]
8. Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again [Kindle/Audible]

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Overcoming Cognitive Distortions; Intrusive and Negative Thoughts; Self-Compassion; Thoughts and Thinking Patterns
• Therapist Library: AutomaticThought Record; Disqualifying the positive; The Cognitive Model

Neuroplasticity

1. "Microchange leads substantive change." - E. De La Loza
2. "[T]he brain is malleable and that repeated, intentional, and somewhat uncomfortable efforts are required to experience lasting change." - Megan Call | Neuroplasticity: How to Use Your Brain’s Malleability to Improve Your Well-being
3. How Does Neuroplasticity Work? [Infographic]
4. A Quick and Simple Way to Think About The Brain [Infographic]
5. You can grow new brain cells. Here's how [YouTube]
6. What is Neuroplasticity? [14 Tools]
7. The Brain Facts Book [Podcast]

• See Thoughts and Thinking Patterns

Neurotransmitters

1. Get Your Daily Happiness Chemicals [Infographic]
2. The Happy Brain Chemicals that Makes You Feel Good

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience

Nutrition and Brain Function

1. Foods that Boost Brain Function
2. Dietary Reference Intakes - Daily nutrient recommendations
3. Nourish Your Body and Brain
4. Boost your brain power with the right nutrition
5. The 7 Worst Foods for Your Brain
6. The Nutrition Source
7. Brain Foods for Brain Health - Boost Brain Health with Good Eats [YouTube]

• See Anxiety; Mood; Nutrition, Emotions, and Mental Health; Nutrition and General Health; Nutritional Psychiatry; Psychiatry 
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Nutrition and General Health

1. Lifespan Calculator
2. BMI (body mass index) Calculator
3. The Blue Zones Test - "Take our 3-minute True Vitality Test™, and we’ll give you customized recommendations on how to live longer.
4. Nutrition.gov - "Powered by USDA Science and offers credible information to help you make healthy eating choices."
5. Teladoc - "Talk to a registered dietitian by phone or video for help with staying healthy, eating right, or managing a health condition like diabetes or high blood pressure."
6. Nutrition Courses
7. Obesity is a common, serious, and costly disease
8. Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in the United States
9. Child & Teen Healthy Weight and Obesity
10. Diet Information - "Browse all of our diet plans to find one that meets your needs." - Nutrition and General HealthUniversity Hospitals

• See Health; Medically Cleared
• See  App Recommendations: Weight and Nutrition

Nutrition, Emotions, and Mental Health

1. Emotional Eating: What Do I Really Need? [Infographic]
2. Addiction: How It Affects Your Nutrition and How You Can Begin to Heal
3. Yes, You Can Manage Your PMS With Diet and Nutrition
4. Is Being ‘Hangry’ Really a Thing ― or Just an Excuse?
5. Food and mood: Is there a connection?
6. Food & Your Mood: How Food Affects Mental Health
7. What is the Relationship Between Food and Mood? - Mental Health First Aid
8. How the food you eat affects your brain [TED Talk]
9. Food and emotions [TED Talk]
10. What role do nutrition and exercise play in treatment and recovery? [YouTube]

Nutrition and Mental Health

1. That salad isn’t just good for your nutrition–it may help stave off depression
2. Connecting the Science of Food and Nutrition to Health

Nutrition - Sugar

1. How Sugar affects your brain and body [Infographic]
2. "From 1999 –2000 through 2017 –March 2020, U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%." - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
3. "Research out of UCLA published in April found that fructose can damage hundreds of the genes central to metabolism and lead to major diseases, including Alzheimer’s and ADHD." - Brian Krans 
4. "Excess sugar, especially in the form of high fructose corn syrup, may be contributing to worsening health in many people." - Rekha B. Kumar, M.D.
5. How Too Much Added Sugar Affects Your Health [Infographic]
6. Effects of Sugar on the Brain: Cravings and Inflammation
7. Slideshow: The Truth About Sugar Addiction
8. Obesity: The little things
9. How sugar affects the brain [TED]
10. Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar [Audible]

Nutritional Psychiatry

1. The Link Between Diet and Mental Health [YouTube]
2. How the food you eat affects your brain [YouTube]
3. TelaDoc - Online dietitians & healthy meal plans just for you
4. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - Find a Nutrition Expert
5. Nutritional strategies to ease anxiety
6. Should You Take Vitamins for Depression?
7. Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food
8. Food and Mood: What Is Nutritional Psychiatry?
9. Why nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
10. This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods That Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More [Kindle]

Ongoing Therapy

1. Advekit
2. MDLive
3. OpenPath Collective
4. Teladoc
5. PsychologyToday

Pain

1. Chronic Pain: A Cycle of Stress and Pain [Infographic]
2. A Scientific Approach to Chronic Pain
3. Complementary Health Approaches for Chronic Pain
4. Back in Control - A Surgeon's Roadmap out of Chronic Pain
5. Break the Chronic Pain Cycle
6. Meditation for Pain
7. Pain Management
8. Medisafe -  "Never forget to take your meds and pills again with the MUST HAVE pill  reminder ranked #1 by pharmacists and physicians in independent tests." [app]
9. Curable - "The approach Curable uses is the most effective approach I have to offer patients with persistent pain." - John Stracks, MD [app]

Parenting

1. Parenting and Advice
2. Family Resource Center - "Our mental health videos are produced in partnership with our expert  clinicians and psychologists. We aim to provide accessible parenting  advice on a wide array of topics, including behavior, anxiety, screen  time, and parenting difficulties."
3. Kids Health - For Parents: Advice on children's health, behavior, and growth – from before birth through the teen years.
4. Healthy Children by the American Academy of Pediatrics
5. Gottman Parenting
6. Structural Family Therapy
7. 1-2-3 Magic (parenting childhood through teen years)
8. Parenting from the Inside Out - How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive [Audible]
9. Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle: Resolve the Power Struggle and Build Trust, Responsibility, and Respect by Neil D. Brown LCSW [Audible]
10. The 5 Love Languages of Children [Audible]

• See Childcare - Children, Youth, and Teens; Patience; Cortisol; Stress Management

Parenting - Fatherhood

1. Mental Health and the New Father
2. We Can't Ignore Our Dads' Mental Health, Even if They Try To
3. The importance of new fathers' mental health [TED Talk]
4. Newborn health Mini Parenting Master Class [YouTube]
5. Baby Tips for a New Dad, from a Dad from Sanford Health [YouTube]
6. Baby Care Basics Class [YouTube]
7. First Time Fatherhood Pregnancy Guide for Men [Audible]
8. Parenting from the Inside Out - How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive [Audible]

• See Childcare - Children, Youth, and Teens; Reproductive Psychiatry: Mom Matters; Reproductive Psychiatry: Fatherhood First 

Parenting - Motherhood

1. Why U.S. Working Moms Are So Stressed [YouTube]
2. Moms' Mental Health Matters
3. Best Moms Don't Do it All  [eBook]
4. Bringing Baby Home Parent's Workbook
5. Baby Bomb - A Relationship Survival Guide for New Parents [Audible]
6. The Transition to Parenthood: Thriving, Not Just Surviving

• See Childcare - Children, Youth, and Teens; Reproductive Psychiatry: Mom Matters; Reproductive Psychiatry: Fatherhood First 

Parenting - Therapy for Children, Youth, and Teens

1. Bend - Behavioral Care for kids and teens ages 1-17
2. Teladoc - Online therapy to help your teen cope and grow—from anywhere,* no matter what your teen is facing.
3. Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents: Different Types
4. Taking Your Child to a Therapist
5. How to Find a Therapist for Your Teenager
6. What Parents Should Know About Teen Counseling

Parenting - To Be or Not to Be a Parent

1. Positive Parenting and the Seven Essential Life Skills for Children! [ Infographic]
2. Does Having Kids Really Make People Miserable?
3. Nine Things to Consider Before Having a Baby
4. Ten Signs of an Effective Co-Parenting Relationship
5. Is it worth having kids? [YouTube]
6. Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway. [YouTube]
7. Giving Birth In Your 20s VS Your 30s [YouTube]
8. The case for having kids [TED]

• See Childhood; Happiness; Purpose in Life; Regrets; Relationships - Healthy vs. Unhealthy, and Intimacy

Patience

1. Patience Was Given To Us For A Reason
2. Lifespan Calculator [Exercise]
3. Four Reasons to Cultivate Patience
4. Four Tips to Developing Patience
5. Seven Tips for Better Patience: Yes, You'll Need to Practice
6. Cultivating Patience During Uncertain Times
7. Losing Your Patience? Here's How to Get it Back [Podcast]
8. Do You Want to Be More Patient?[Podcast]
9. Why Patience is Power [YouTube]
10. The Power of Patience: How This Old-Fashioned Virtue Can Improve Your Life [Audible]

• See Acceptance; Anger; Boundaries; Breathing Benefits; Meditation; Purpose in Life; Relationships; Stress; Values

Perfectionism

1. How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism [Kindle]

• See Acceptance and Self-Acceptance

Planners and Trackers

1. Microsoft
2. Evernote
3. App Recommendations

Pregnancy

• See Reproductive Psychiatry

Problem Solving

1. 5 Whys Root-Cause Analysis
2. Problem solving and decision making [Education]
3. How Good Are Your Problem SolvingSkills? [Infographic/Assessment]
4. How to Solve a Problem in Four Steps: The IDEA Model [YouTube]
5. Five tips to improve your critical thinking [TED-Ed]
6. Marcus Aurelius - Stop Caring What People Think [YouTube]

Procrastination

1. Stop Procrastinating! Procrastination Self Test for Adults [Test]
2. Two Counterintuitive Ways to Stop Procrastinating
3. How to Stop Procrastinating
4. How the Eisenhower Matrix can fix your Procrastination issues
5. The Procrastinator’s Guide to Getting Things Done
6. Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator [YouTube]
7. Why we procrastinate and what to do about it, with Fuschia Sirois, PhD [YouTube]
8. Effective Time Management [Student guide]
9. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time [Audible]
10. Bluebird Focus Timer - Stay focused. Anytime. Anywhere. [App]

• See Anxiety; Comfort Zone; Distractions; Motivation; Purpose in Life; Regrets; Time Management; Planners and Trackers; Values

Psychiatry

1. What Is a Psychiatric Evaluation?
2. 5 Things to Know Before Attending Your First Psychiatry Appointment
3. What to Expect at Your First Psychiatrist Appointment
4. Biology of Depression – Neuroplasticity and Endocrinology
5. Talking With Your Doctor
6. Brightside Health - "The right medication, tailored precisely to you"
7. MDLive - Doctors On Call 24
8. TelaDoc
9. Medication | Mental Health America

• See Medically Cleared; Nutritional Psychiatry

Purpose in Life and Designing Your  Meaning

1. Build a MeaningfulLife By Boosting 6 Strengths [Infographic]
2. 24 Character Strengths and Their Virtues [Infographic]
3. Purpose in Life Quiz
4. Three Ways to See Meaning in Your Life
5. The Power of Purpose
6. Why Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs Matters [YouTube]
7. Life Crafting - Sharpen your sense of purpose by defining and committing to your goals [Exercise]
8. Ten Ways to Figure Out What’s Important to You

1. Fifteen Ways To Find Your Purpose Of Life and Realize Your Meaning

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Regrets; Values
• Therapist Library:  Best Possible Self; Exploring Familial and Current Values; Values Clarification

Quality of Life (QOL)

1. Take our 3-minute True Vitality Test™, and we’ll give you customized recommendations on how to live longer | BlueZones
2. Fifteen Ways To Find Your Purpose Of Life and Realize Your Meaning
3. Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again [Kindle & Audible]

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Purpose in Life

Reading and  Healing

1. Seven Science-Backed Ways Reading Makes You Healthy [Infographic]
2. Health Benefits of Reading Books 
3. Stress Assessment  [Exercise]
4. Why Reading is Good for Mental Health
5. Can Reading Books Improve Your Mental Health? - New research explores the impact of reading on various aspects of mental health.
6. How Reading Can Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety [depression, sleep disorders, and burnout]
7. "In a therapeutic setting, bibliotherapy is thought to be effective  because it provides an additional outlet for patients to work through  problems and can help an individual recognize that they are not alone in  their struggles." - PsychologyToday
8. "Reading has physical benefits in addition to being an intellectual workout. Research shows that regular reading can lower blood pressure, reduce stress and improve sleep quality. Researchers have also found a link between reading books and longevity; reading keeps your brain active and promotes mental and emotional fitness." - Paul Wright, MD

• See Journal Writing and Healing

Regrets

1. The 6 Most Common Regrets People Experience
2. How to Limit 10 of Life's Biggest Regrets
3. Regrets: Necessary for a Well-Live Life - Why the "deathbed regrets" visualization can be so powerful.
4. A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Faces His Own Death [YouTube]
5. How to Live without Regret and Guilt? [YouTube]
6. What Makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness [YouTube]
7. Let Go of Worry, Embarrassment and Regret [Audible]

• Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; No Regrets 365 [Tab]

Relationship apps

1. Agape - Spark meaningful conversation, in 1 minute or less, with a personalized question from Daily Agapé.
2. Evergreen - Relationship Growth
3. Lasting - Solve any relationship or parenting issue with the #1 therapy program

Relationships

1. Attachment Styles [Infographic]
2. Why Do "We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve"
3. Is your relationship defined by honesty and dependability—or suspicion and betrayal? [Quiz] 
4. The Four Attachment Styles [YouTube]
5. Abusive Relationships [YouTube]
6. The 12 Ties that Bind Long-Term Relationships
7. Is your relationship healthy?
8. Co-Dependency
9. Relationship Red Flags: 7 Behaviors You Shouldn’t Let Slide
10. The Secret of Successful Relationships: Rupture and Repair

• See Activities to Enhance My Lived Experience; Empathy; Happiness
• Therapist Library: Bucket Fillers; Dealing with Frustration in Your Relationship

Relationships - Abusive

1. Relationship spectrum - Healthy | Unhealthy | Abusive [Infographic]
2. What is equality in a relationship? [Infographic]
3. Recognizing the Signs of Coercive Control
4. Types ofAbuse
5. Signs of domestic violence or abuse
6. Invisible Victims: When Men Are Abused
7. Help for Men Who are Being Abused
8. Help for Battered Men
9. Victim 2 Victor [Audible]
10. Suffering in Silence: The Emotional Abuse of Men [TED Talk] 

• See Abuse

Relationships - Attachment Style

1. Attachment Styles In Adult Relationships [Infographic]
2. Attachment Styles [YouTube]
3. Relationship Attachment Style Test
4. How our Own Attachment Style Impacts our Relationships
5. How Attachment Styles Affect Adult Relationships
6. What is Secure Attachment and Bondin
7. Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style [Kindle]
8. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment [Kindle]
9. Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship [Audible]

Relationships - Breakup

1. >> Interactive guide to safety planning <<
2. Early Signs, Heartbreak, and Loneliness [YouTube]
3. What Is Emotional Abuse? [Infographic]
4. 4 Clear Signs It Is Time to Let Go of Your Relationship
5. This Is Me Letting You Go [Audible]
6. Breakup Grief: Did Your Worst Breakup Change You?
7. The Neuroscience of Relationship Breakup
8. Mend | The #1 Breakup App
9. How to Cope with a Breakup: A Step-by-Step Guide
10. Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again [Kindle]

• See Cortisol; Endings and Beginnings; Relationships - Dating; Stress Management; Transition to Transformation

Relationships - Communication

1. Needs Inventory [Infographic]
2. 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness [Exercise]
3. Turn Towards Instead of Away
4. How to Deal With a Negative Spouse
5. The Four Horsemen: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling
6. The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation [Kindle]
7. Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship [Audible]
8. The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts [Audible]

• See Abuse; Boundaries; Relational Dimension; Relationships; Relationships - Attachment Style; Self-Care

Relationships -  Conflict Resolution

1. The Four Horsemen: The Antidotes [Infographic]
2. How Much Should You Try to Change Your Spouse or Partner? 
3. Why All Men Should Go To Marriage Counseling and Therapy
4. How to Get a Resistant Partner Into Couples Therapy
5. Marriage Problems? Here's an 8-Step Rescue Plan
6. How Parental Conflict Hurts Kids
7. Managing vs. Resolving Conflict in Relationships: The Blueprints for Success
8. How Children Cope with High Conflict Divorce: How are they harmed and what can parents do to help them?
9. What Therapists Don't Tell You About Divorcing A High-Conflict Personality
10. Relationship Rx: Insights and Practices to Overcome Chronic Fighting and Return to Love [Audible]

• See Cortisol; Endings and Beginnings; Health; Meditation and Relaxation Techniques; Relationships - Dating; Sleep; Stress Management; Transition to Transformation

Relationships - Dating

1. What is respect in a healthy relationship?
2. Dating & Premarital
3. 11 Online Dating Safety Tips
4. Best Background Check Sites for Dating
5. Breakup Grief: Did Your Worst Breakup Change You?
6. How Well Do You Know Your Partner? [Quiz]
7. 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness [Assessment]
8. Five Days of Dating Advice
9. When to Say "I Love You" for the First Time, According to the Experts
10. The Five Love Languages: Singles Edition [Audible]

• See Boundaries; Dating and Society; Relationships - Attachment Style; Relationships - Breakup

Relationships - When Failure Might Be An Unavoidable Life Transition

1. What Your Conflict Resolution Style Says About You and It It Healthy?
2. Why Does a Relationship Fail?
3. Thirteen Red Flags in Relationships
4. How to Recognize and Cope with Micro Cheating
5. Fifteen Signs of Deception in a Relationship
6. How to Deal with Betrayal in a Relationship
7. How to Forgive a Partner Who Has Hurt You
8. How to Fix a Relationship After Cheating
9. How Couples Can Rebuild Trust in a Relationship

Relationships - Five Love Languages

1. What isYour Love Language [Quiz]
2. What is Your Apology Language [Quiz]
3. Do you know the 5 love languages? Here’s what they are — and how to use them
4. The Five Love Languages of Children [ Audible]
5. The Five Love Languages of Teenagers [Audible]
6. The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts  [Audible]
7. The Five Love Languages for Men [Audible]

• See Relationships - Attachment Style
• See App Recommendations: Relationships
• Therapist Library: Love Language

Relationships - Healthy vs. Unhealthy, and Intimacy

1. 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness [Exercise]
2. It's Not About The Nail [YouTube]
3. Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships [Infographic]
4. Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships [Article]
5. The Power of Vulnerability [YouTube]
6. Skills for Healthy Romantic Relationships [TED]
7. The Secret to Desire in a Long-Term Relationship [TED]
8. Intimacy and communication [Workbook]
9. The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy [Kindle]
10. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples [Audible]

Relationships - Marriage

1. How to Grow Emotional Intimacy in your Marriage
2. The Effects of Marriage on Health
3. "This essay is The School of Life’s guide to the rest of a life together, containing twenty central ideas on how to make a relationship work over decades beyond the wedding day... Love is ultimately not just a feeling but a skill that has to be learnt." - Twenty Ideas on Marriage - The School of Life
4. Institute for Family Studies

Relationships -  Separation, and Divorce

1. >> Interactive guide to safety planning <<
2. 4 Relationship Behaviors That Often Lead to Divorce
3. 5 Things to Try Before Giving Up on a Relationship
4. Marriage Problems? Here's an 8-Step Rescue Plan
5. You Can't Fall Back In Love Without Doing This
6. 10 Tips to Get Your Spouse to Marriage Counseling
7. How to Get a Resistant Partner Into Couples Therapy
8. 7 Toxic Habits Of Emotionally Abusive Partners
9. Dealing with Bullies in Marriage -- and Divorce
10. 5 Ways To Stop Settling For Less Than You Deserve In A Relationship

• See Endings and Beginnings; Transition to Transformation

Relaxation Strategies

1. How to Relax | HeadSpace
2. Progressive Muscle Relaxation Meditation [Audio Training]
3. Guided Meditation [Audio Training]
4. Progressive Muscle Relaxation [YouTube]

Reproductive Psychiatry: Mom Matters (pregnancy)

1. What is Reproductive Psychiatry?
2. Postpartum Support International
3. Mother to Baby
4. Maternal Mental Health [Factsheets]
5. Drugs and Lactation Database
6. National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
7. Mom's Mental Health Matters
8. Reproductive Mental Health - Ava's Story [YouTube]
9. A new way to think about the transition to motherhood [TED Talk]
10. The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook: The Guide to Surviving Your Emotions When Having a Baby [Kindle]

• See See Childcare; Childhood; Childhood: Zero to Three;  Children, Youth, and Teens; ; Parenting - To Be or Not to Be a Parent

Reproductive Psychiatry: Fatherhood First (pregnancy)

1. Mental Health and the New Father
2. We Can't Ignore Our Dads' Mental Health, Even if They Try To
3. The importance of new fathers' mental health [TED Talk]
4. Newborn health Mini Parenting Master Class [YouTube]
5. Baby Tips for a New Dad, from a Dad from Sanford Health [YouTube]
6. Baby Care Basics Class [YouTube]
7. First Time Fatherhood Pregnancy Guide for Men [Audible]
8. Parenting from the Inside Out - How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive [Audible]

• See See Childcare; Childhood; Childhood: Zero to Three;  Children, Youth, and Teens; ; Parenting - To Be or Not to Be a Parent

Resilience

1. Where AreYou? Resilience Checklist [Infographic]
2. The three secrets of resilient people [TED]
3. Ramp up your resilience!
4. Neuroplasticity: How to Use Your Brain’s Malleability to Improve Your Well-being
5. Words of Wisdom: Inspirational Quotes and Thoughts on Optimism, Success, Fear, Overcoming Failure,Persistence, and Resilience that Will Change Your Life [Kindle]
6. Pathway to Happiness - Register today for free—and immediately start receiving science-based strategies for more happiness, resilience, kindness, and connection in your life.
7. Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills
8. Mindfulness and Well-being: Living with Balance and Ease [Course]

• See Hope
• Therapist Library: The Resiliency Toolkit; 3 Month Resilience Map for Women