RESOURCES

For further learning. 

Books

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• Decolonizing Nonviolent Communication by meenadchi (for trauma-informed NVC)

• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

• Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown (and her two Ted Talks and/or Netflix special)

• When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate

• Body of Health: The New Science of Intuition Medicine® for Energy & Balance by Francesca McCartney, PhD

• On Connection by Kae Tempest

• Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

Videos/Exercises

• The Three Minute Game from Betty Martin’s School of Consent

• Caring for Ourselves While Caring for Others, Gabor Maté

• Polyvagal Theory, Seth Porges

Podcasts

• Share the Load

• Finding Our Way with Prentis Hemphill

• Queer Sex Ed with Cameron Glover

• Still Processing by The NYTimes

• Nancy by NPR

• Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel

• Sex Ed in Color with Cameron Glover

Papers

• What Is It Like to Be a Bat? by Thomas Nagel