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
Her ALS Story For young women with ALS
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
Her ALS Story For young women with ALS
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!