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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Assaulted Women's Helpline - a free, anonymous and confidential 24-hour telephone and crisis line to all women in the province of Ontario who have experienced any form of abuse. AWHL’s team of trained counsellors provide crisis counselling, safety planning, emotional support, information and referrals accessible 7 days a week, 365 days a year
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ConnexOntario - confidential phone, chat, texting and email service that helps people in Ontario who need support and information about mental health, gambling and addiction services available in their community
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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