Resources
Resources
Below are resources for deeper self exploration and for more immediate concerns.
If this is an emergency, call 911 or go to your closest emergency room.
Exploring Choice
Reflective Questions to Help You Make an Empowered, Aligned Choice About Motherhood
These free journaling prompts are intended to help you explore the many layers that influence a decision to become a parent. Questions are focused on:
Exploring desire & motivation
Personal identity
External influences & pressures
Practical considerations
Next steps: honoring what’s arising
Book Recommendations
General
The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
Women’s Life Transitions
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong—And What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood by Lucy Jones
What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood by Dr. Alexandra Sacks & Dr. Catherine Birndorf
Body Image & Disordered Eating
The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles of Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food by Evelyn Tribole
The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison MPH RD
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith
Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders by Dr. Jennifer L. Gaudiani
Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation by Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant
Crisis Resources
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
24/7 crisis hotline if you or someone you know are experiencing mental health struggles
Call or Text 988
The Trevor Project
24/7 confidential support specializing in LGBTQ+ youth
Call 866-488-7386
Text START to 678678
Teen Line
Highly trained teens who will provide confidential support and resources to any teen who is struggling.
Call 800-852-8336 (6PM-10PM PST)
Text TEEN to 839863 (6PM-9PM PST)