**There are sooo many more podcasts available for various identities & mental health topics! I recommend searching your favorite podcast app for suggestions.

apps

Finch: self-care app

Insight Timer: mindfulness & breathwork

Calm: mindfulness & breathwork

Headspace: mindfulness & breathwork

Moodfit: mental health app

I Am Sober: sobriety app

I Am: affirmations & self-compassion

Daylio: journal & mood tracker

CBT-I: sleep hygiene

Unstuck CBT Journal: mental health app

recommended reading

general mental health

Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
by Nicole LePera

Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Mind and Body in Minutes by Jennifer L. Taitz

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb

The Earth Prescription: Discover the Healing Power of Nature with Grounding Practices for Every Season by Laura Koniver

neurodivergence

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

Self-Care for Autistic People by Megan Anna Neff

A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole by Marian Schembari

Different, Not Less by Chloé Hayden

Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Russell A. Barkley

ADHD for Smart Ass Women by Tracy Otsuka

ADHD 2.0 by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

Sensitive by Jenn Granneman & Andre Sólo

Gifted and Distractible: Understanding, Supporting, and Advocating for Your Twice Exceptional Child by Julie F. Skolnick

Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors by Robyn Gobbel

trauma & ptsd

It Didn't Start with You by Mark Wolynn

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature
Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

Anxiously Attached by Jessica Baum

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary McBride

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (this book may be triggering, as it describes various traumatic events in detail)

lgbtqia+

The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf
by Kaila Adia Story

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk

Life Isn’t Binary by Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Yes, You Are Trans Enough by Mia Violet

Making Room: Three Decades of Fighting for Beds, Belonging, and a Safe Place for LGBTQ Youth by Carl Siciliano

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Thriving Through Transition: Self-Care for Parents of Transgender Children by Denise O'Doherty

relationships

Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Psychopath Free by Jackson MacKenzie

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Come Together: The Science (and Art) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski

High Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, & Validation by Alan Fruzzetti

anti-racism

How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee

What Is Antiracism?: And Why It Means Anticapitalism by Arun Kundnani

The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth by Kristin Henning

The mental health resources below are for informational & educational purposes only. Please note that any resources I recommend are based on my own personal experience and are not intended to be used as clinical, professional, or treatment recommendations.

mental health resources

crisis resources

warm lines & peer support

podcasts