ALS Info and Resources
I Am ALS Advocacy and education
Everything ALS Patient-focused
Team Gleason Providing resources and opportunities for pALS to live full lives.
Healing ALS For those who want DIY healing support and community
More coming soon!
Everything ALS Patient-focused
Team Gleason Providing resources and opportunities for pALS to live full lives.
Healing ALS For those who want DIY healing support and community
More coming soon!
Illness / Disability Advocacy
Reclaiming/reframing illness (Here's a great place to start: johannahedva.com/this-earth-our-hospital.php)
More coming soon!
Addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous: www.aa.org
Narcotics Anonymous: www.na.org
Overeaters Anonymous: www.oa.org
Al-Anon Family Groups: www.al-anon.alateen.org
Rational Recovery: www.rational.org
Smart Recovery: www.smartrecovery.org
Phoenix Multi Sport - Sober Active Community: http://www.phoenixmultisport.org/
Connect with others and find treatment: http://www.sober.com/
National Institute on Drug Abuse: www.nida.nih.gov
Information on Harm Reduction: http://www.harmreduction.org/index.php
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Treatment Facility Locator
(800) 662–HELP
http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov
Online Smoking Cessation Community: https://quitza.com/forum
Transitions and Change
Books and articles
Brach, Tara. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (2004)
Bridges, William. The Way of Transitions: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments (2001)
--Making Sense of Life's Changes, Revised 25th Anniversary Edition (2004)
Cameron, Julia. Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life (1999)
Chodron, Pema. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (2001)
--When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (2008)
Dillion, Teri. "Addiction and Recovery as a Partner for Transition." http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-10/addiction-and-recovery-partner-transition
Huber, Cheri. Making a Change For Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline (2007)
--That Which You Are Seeking is Causing You to Seek (1990)
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth. On Death and Dying (1997)
La Chapelle, David. Navigating the Tides of Change: Stories from Science, the Sacred, and a Wise Planet (2001)
Macy, Joanna and Molly Young Brown. Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World (1998)
Matousek, Mark. When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living (2008)
Pinkola Estes, Clarissa. Mother Night: Myths, Stories, and Teachings for Learning to See in the Dark. (2010) Audio CD.
Salzburg, Sharon. A Heart as Wide as the World (1997)
Wheatley, Margaret. Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future (2002)
Young Brown, Molly. Growing Whole: Self-Realization for the Great Turning. (2009)
Brach, Tara. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (2004)
Bridges, William. The Way of Transitions: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments (2001)
--Making Sense of Life's Changes, Revised 25th Anniversary Edition (2004)
Cameron, Julia. Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life (1999)
Chodron, Pema. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (2001)
--When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (2008)
Dillion, Teri. "Addiction and Recovery as a Partner for Transition." http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-10/addiction-and-recovery-partner-transition
Huber, Cheri. Making a Change For Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline (2007)
--That Which You Are Seeking is Causing You to Seek (1990)
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth. On Death and Dying (1997)
La Chapelle, David. Navigating the Tides of Change: Stories from Science, the Sacred, and a Wise Planet (2001)
Macy, Joanna and Molly Young Brown. Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World (1998)
Matousek, Mark. When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living (2008)
Pinkola Estes, Clarissa. Mother Night: Myths, Stories, and Teachings for Learning to See in the Dark. (2010) Audio CD.
Salzburg, Sharon. A Heart as Wide as the World (1997)
Wheatley, Margaret. Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future (2002)
Young Brown, Molly. Growing Whole: Self-Realization for the Great Turning. (2009)
Grief
Megan Devine is doing great work for early/acute grief: https://refugeingrief.com/
David Kessler, who worked closely with Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross, has numerous helpful books and courses: https://grief.com/
Therapist and grief coach Beth Erlander
Author, grief guide, and podcast host of Grief 2 Growth, Brian Smith
More coming soon!