resources
The books shared below are a window into some of my influences, I hope they can provide inspiration or support.
Connection and Community
How we Show up by Mia Birdsong
Belonging by Toko-Pa Turner
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie
Collective Liberation
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
My Grandfather’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
Relationships and Sexuality
Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Maree Brown
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Becoming Cliterate by Laurie Mintz
Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Mindfulness
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
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Grief
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
Wintering by Katherine May