Tools & Resources
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Recommendations
The Shadow Work Journal by Keila Shaheen
The Shadow Work Journal is an empowering and compassionate tool to help you face and overcome the obstacles and limiting self-beliefs that are holding you back from achieving your true potential.
The Gifts of Imperfection By Brene Brown
The Anti-Anxiety Notebook Made by Therapists
Made by expert therapists, this journal is filled with structured entries to help you identify and challenge unhelpful thought patterns to manage anxiety in-the-moment
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - The Journal By Lori Gottlieb
52 Weekly Sessions to Transform Your Life
Feeling Great by Dr. David D. Burns, MD
The Subtle Art of not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
ACT With Love by Russ Harris
Stop struggling, reconcile differences, and strengthen your relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
The Tools by Phil Stutz & Barry Michels
The Happiness Trap Cards: 50 ACT-Based Prompts, Practices, and Reflections
Based on the best-selling self-help classic about escaping the “happiness trap,” this card deck features 50 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based prompts, practices, and reflections.
Where Should We Begin: A Game of Stories by Esther Perel
A game for dates, couples, friends, and coworkers: Enhance communication, deepen understanding, help connect & build intimacy, and foster empathy and compassion
Head/Scalp Massager
Want experience an extraordinary feeling? Try the USAGA head massager, it releases happiness hormones from head to toes!
Videos
Worth Watching
Mental Health
Resources & Worksheets
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Resources
- ACT Worksheets
- Join the D.O.T.S Worksheet
- The Problems and Values Worksheet
- The Happiness Trap Book by Russ Harris – Free Download
- Free Worksheets for the “Act With Love” Book by Russ Harris
- Dropping Anchor Audio Exercise – 8 mins
- Cognitive Defusion Techniques
Recommended Podcasts/Episodes
- How to Believe in Yourself
- Escaping Perfectionism
- Being Kind to Yourself
- The Psychology of Self Doubt
- In the Heat of the Moment
- Life Kit Podcast
Recommended Advice Column
Kidney Resources
- American Kidney Fund: Mental Health and Kidney Disease
- American Kidney Fund: Financial Assistance
- Support Groups for Kidney Patients
Suicide/Crisis and Hotlines
- Crisis Text Line: Text “HOME” TO 741741
- Talk with a trained crisis worker now 988lifeline.org
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: Dating Abuse and Domestic Hotline
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)