Recommended Resources
Welcome to our resource section! Here, you'll find a curated list of trusted resources on a variety of physical and mental health topics. I encourage you to explore these materials as you take charge of your well-being.
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Collingwood Well Baby Clinic - a superb local option for receiving perinatal support, the WBC offers several workshops and groups, with both with in person and virtual options
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PAIL (Pregnancy and Infant Loss) Network - offers a variety of free peer support services for those affected by pregnancy/infant loss, as well as other helpful resources
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Postpartum Support International - has a variety of resources, including free virtual support groups​
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Bridget's Bunnies - Comfort Kits and Little Loss Libraries for grieving families
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My Friend's House - an agency offering support for abused women and children living in the Georgian Triangle including shelter services, a 24 hour support line, and other crisis supports
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pflag Canada - offers resources and support services including local Chapters, for all those in the evolving 2SLGBTQ+ community, including all sexual and gender orientations and expressions
Books
Dr. Jen Gunter, MD (OBGYN)
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The Vagina Bible: The vulva and the vagina--separating the myth from the medicine
Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
The Menopause Manifesto: Own your health with facts and feminism
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Dr. Emily Nagoski, PhD
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
Come Together::The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
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Various Authors
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression During Pregnancy and Beyond: How to Manage Symptoms and Maximize Well-Being
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of your Body
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
Why Birth Trauma Matters
Why Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
Self Compassion: the proven power of being kind to yourself
How to keep house while drowning
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Podcasts
We Can Do Hard Things
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E 30: Real, Joyful sex with Dr. Emily Nagoski
E 31: Answering your sex questions with Dr. Emily Nagoski
E 34/35: Unbound Parts 1 & 2 with Tarana Burke
E 44: Infertility, bonus parents, and free family with Gabrielle Union
E 57: Walking our people through hard things with Kate Bowler
E 66: How to come home to yourself with Dr. Martha Beck
E 74: What makes us beautiful? What makes us free with ALOK
E 75: How do we interrupt trauma? How do we heal? with ALOK
E 83: What to say to get what you need with Dr. Brene Brown
E 90: Menopause: What we deserve to know with Dr. Jen Gunter
E 91: Better sex and lives in menopause with Dr. Jen Gunter
E 97: How family secrets shape us: emotional inheritance with Dr. Galit Atlas
E 104: Orgasm: pleasure is the final frontier with Dr. Lori Brotto
E 105: Restart your sex life with Dr. Lori Brotto
E 117: How to love your body now with Carson Tueller
E 121: Polyamory & throuple Life with Dr. Martha Beck & Rowan Mangan​
E 124: How to say no: boundaries with Nedra Glover Tawwab
E 130: Breaking cycles and reparetning yourself with Dr. Becky Kennedy
E 139: No more grind: how to finally rest with Tricia Hersey
E 149: How to heal with Alex Elle
E 168: What if you loved your body? with Sonya Renee Taylor
E 170: the most radical way to heal: internal family systems with Dr. Becky Kennedy
E 187: Five ways to be more present: Indigenous wisdom with Kaitlin Curtice
E 206: How to follow the wisdom of your body with Dr. Hillary McBride
E 250: Why do we have sex? Asexuality with Angela Chen
E 262: On freedom from anit-fatness with Aubrey Gordon
E 263: Healing from emotionally immature parents with Linsday Gibson
E 278: The power of child-free women with Ruby Warrington
E 306: The truth of OCD: on living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Alegra Kastens
E 307: Healing from complex PTSD with Stephanie Foo
E 319: Breaking generational cycles: embodiment & healing trauma with Prentis Hemphill
E 324: The embodied path to healing trauma with Resmaa Menakem
E 329: Mental load: finding healing in your partnership & balance inequity in your home with Kate Mangino
E Loving your body changes your life with Sonya Renee Taylor
E 346: How to break family cycles with Dr. Mariel Buqué
E 374: Life beyond anxiety with Dr. Martha Beck
E 375: How to stop worrying with Dr. Martha Beck
E 377: What is intuitive eating? Trusting your body with Evelyn Tribole
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A Slight Change of Plans
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E 29: Lessons from a grief therapist with Julia Samuel
E 31: I don't feel like a boy, I am a boy with Jodie Patterson
E 32: Does everything happen for a reason? with Kate Bowler
E 43: When surviving is enough with Nora McInerny
E 55: A meditation scientist changes my mind with Dr. Richie Davidson
E 56: The science of self-compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff
E 69: Freedom after a lifetime of secrets with Laura Cathcart Robbins
E 78: Real talk: the transition to motherhood with Molly Millwood
E 79: A novel approach to treating chronic pain with Alan Gordon
E 85: Why it's so tough to be kind to yourself with Dr. Kristin Neff
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The Other Human in the Room
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E27: Healthcare human conversations: how we talk about pain matters with Deb Malkin
E 29: Weight stigma: framing your body as a medical problem with Dr. Stephanie Hart
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Good Inside
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E 76: How to keep house while drowning with KC Davis
E 115: Overstimulated and touched out with Larissa Geleris
​E 118: The one with Cheryl Strayed on repair
E 139: Stressed out & maxed out with Jenny Taitz