Resources
Crisis & 24-Hour Support
911. In an emergency, call 911 immediately.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (988). Please call or text 988 to access free, confidential, 24/7 support if you or a loved one is experiencing mental distress and needing prevention and crisis support resources.
Crisis Text Line (741741) Text “HOME” to 741741 to initiate a chat with a trained counselor. CTL is the free, 24/7, confidential text message service for people in crisis.
Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) (800-656-4673). A national free, confidential, 24/7 helpline and online support service for those who have past or current experience with sexual violence.
Now Matters Now. Online video-based coping skills and live support groups for those experiencing suicidal thoughts and/or emotions and problems that feel overwhelming or unsolvable. Offers research-based ways for managing the most painful moments of life, based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which is proven to be helpful for people considering suicide.
The Trevor Project. Call 866-488-7386 or Text 678-678 for the National LGBTQ+ Youth helpline for free, confidential, 24/7 support to LGBTQ+ identified youth.
Find A Helpline. If you are traveling and need access to crisis services, start here.
Books
The Untethered Soul, by Michael Singer
When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron
A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle
In an Unspoken Voice, by Peter A. Levine
The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
Atomic Habits, by James Clear
The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brene Brown
Lovability, by Robert Holden
The War of Art, by Steven Presfield
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy
The Way of Integrity, by Marth Beck
Family Secrets, by John Bradshaw
The Big Leap, by Gay Hendricks
My Grandmother’s Hands, by Resmaa Menakem
How to Keep House While Drowning, by KC Davis
Loyalty to Your Soul, by Dr. Ron and Mary Hulnick
It Didn’t Start with You, by Mark Wolyn
Good Inside, by Becky Kennedy
Trauma Proofing Your Kids, by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline
Eight Dates, by John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman
The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz.
The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron
Teachers & Inspiration
Thich Nhat Hanh
Eckhart Tolle
H.H. the Dalai Lama
Pema Chodron
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Rumi
Hafiz
Rainer Maria Rilke
Ralph Waldo Emerson
David Whyte
“The heart is a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?”
— Buddha