When to Seek Support
- You feel stuck or tired of suffering
- When you or someone who loves you says you are not your usual self
- When someone who loves you, or whose opinion you respect, says you should
- When what you are doing is not working and you do not know what to do next
- When symptoms (e.g. worry, sadness, stress, low motivation) are interfering with your life
- When you are starting to feel like a danger to yourself or others
- When you feel misunderstood
- When you are experiencing a life-changing transition
- When your relationships feel unsatisfactory and you want to improve them
- When you feel out of control, like you’re on autopilot, not knowing where you are going or why
- When you are confused about your identity in terms of gender, culture, religion, sexual orientation
Relaxation and Meditation Recordings
- Recommended app: Insight timer
- Guided Meditations by Tara Brach, PhD
- The Mindfulness Project
- Relxation Recordings through BYU
- Relaxation Exercises through UF
Book Recommendations
Personal Growth
- Finding Your Own North Star – Martha Beck, PhD
- Daring Greatly – Brene Brown, PhD
- Zen and the Art of Happiness – Chris Prentiss
- The Success Principles – Jack Canfield
- How to Talk so Kids will Listen, and Listen so Kids will Talk – Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Mindfulness and Meditation
- Wherever you go, there you are – Jon Kabat-Zinn, MD
- Meditation for Beginners – Jack Kornfield
Mental Health
- Feeling Good – David Burns, MD
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – Peter Levine, PhD
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmund Bourne, PhD
- Delivered from Distraction (ADHD) – Edward Hallowell, MD and John Ratey, MD
- The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide – David Miklowitz, PhD