Resources
Explore downloads and handpicked titles that support learning about feelings, trauma-informed growth, and nervous system regulation. These include accessible guides, story-based healing books, and creative tools for families and facilitators. Links will open in a new tab, Amazon links do provide a commission to me, but this will not impact what you pay.
Downloadable Resources
Here are some of the most popular handouts from my sessions covering Breathe, Affirmations and Movement
- BAM First Aid Kit, Feelings and Needs Wheels (3 Page PDF – Handouts Download Now for Free)
- BAM Toolbelt for kids (1 page PDF – BAM Toolbelt – Download Now for Free)
Here is a YouTube Playlist I put together for my clients. It has many helpful resources, including interviews with best-selling authors and esteemed nervous system and trauma researchers, as well as somatic practices to calm the nervous system.
Childrens books
A few of of my favorites…I have many more, let me know if you have specific needs.
Why do we cry? 3+
This sensitive, poetic picture book uses metaphors and beautiful imagery to explain the reasons for our tears, making it clear that everyone is allowed to cry, and that everyone does.
Purchase at Amazon
What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking Hardcover – Picture Book
Surprises and soothes, inspires us to feel. Curiosity, a lithe and floppy-eared creature, perches above the open world and gazes out with a zippy blend of hope, wonder, and longing. Curiosity, a lithe and floppy-eared creature, perches above the open world and gazes out with a zippy blend of hope, wonder, and longing…
A Kids Book About Nervous System Regulation 5+
I love this one! Learn about the importance of nervous system regulation and how it helps to make us feel safe and connected – with each other and within ourselves.
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Getting Back To Me: A Book For Children and Adults on Emotional Regulation
Take the whole family on a journey through these pages to learn, fun, practical ways to teach kids and parents how to self-regulate across a variety of thoughts and feelings.
Adult books
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture – Gabor Mate, MD
My favorite book that explains the trauma parents went through and how it impacts their kids. This is a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing. From womb to school and onwards.
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When the Body Says No – The Cost of Hidden Stress
Gabor Mate, MD
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The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
Dan Siegel
Purchase at Amazon
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
Dan Siegel
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What do you Really Want for your Children
Wayne Dyer
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Feelings & Needs Cards
- Cards with photographs of kids facial expressions: These cards are quite inexpensive and give you full color photos of kids with facial expressions that match the feelings described. Cards come with guidance for games and learning. Purchase them at Amazon for $6
- Emotions Flashcards with Coping Tips
Purchase at Amazon $11.99 - Cards with illustrated expressions
These cards were made by people associated with nonviolent communication aka compassionate communication. The cards come with instructions for games. They are quite a bit more expensive.
Purchase at Grok The World – currently $26.76