Resources
Resources
*Please note that this list is not exhaustive and will be updated often*
Books:
Creativity:
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
The Creative Fire by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Wild Creative by Tami Lynn Kent
Environmental Issues/Justice:
All works by David Attenborough
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
All books by Richard Louv
Poetry by Mary Oliver
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
Gender, Feminism:
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Embodying the Feminine by Chameli Ardagh
Jailbreaking the Goddess by Lasara Firefox Allen
If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging by Sharon Blackie
All works written by Brene Brown
How to Love a Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
At the Root of this Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst by Carol Lee Flinders
Rebalancing the World: Why Women Belong and Men Compete and How to Restore the Ancient Equilibrium by Carol Lee Flinders
Wild Feminine by Tami Lynn Kent
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic by Lisa Lister
Burning Woman by Lucy H. Pearce
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine by Barbara Tedlock
Racial Issues/Injustice
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Hidden Wound by Wendell Berry
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
belonging: a culture of place by bell hooks
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz
Novels and poetry by Alice Walker
Spirituality:
Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit by Tom Cowan
Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Lama Surya Das
The Fruitful Darkness by Joan Halifax
Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self by Sandra Ingerman
Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide by Sandra Ingerman
Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of a Shamanic Life by Sandra Ingerman
Speaking with Nature: Awakening to the Deep Wisdom of the Earth by Sandra Ingerman and Llyn Roberts
Urban Shaman by Serge Kahili King
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence by Matthew Sanford
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner
Mending The Past & Healing The Future With Soul Retrieval by Alberto Villoldo
Shaman, Healer, Sage: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas by Alberto Villoldo Ph.D.
The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeeper by Alberto Villoldo
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal
Social Media/Websites/Blogs:
Association for Size Diversity and Health: https://sizediversityandhealth.org/
Linda Bacon, PhD https://lindabacon.org/ She wrote Health at Every Size Her website includes information for fitness professionals and healthcare practitioners for implementing body acceptance.
Marilyn Wann, activist and weight diversity speaker: http://www.marilynwann.com/
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance: https://naafaonline.com/dev2/
On Being https://onbeing.org/ (explores contemplative, spiritual, and social justice issues)
The Body is Not an Apology: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/ (on race, ability, class, and gender)
The Girl God http://www.thegirlgod.com/ (on Facebook)
Why Shamanism Now? http://whyshamanismnow.com/ (examines shamanism and related topics)
Your Privilege is Showing (on Facebook)