Resources & Crisis Support

  1. Crisis Contact Info (Emergency helplines)

  2. Books (Categorized by topic)

  3. Podcasts (with link)

1.Crisis Contact Info

Although The Soul Work Space is not a crisis centre, there are some resources that can be helpful if you are in a crisis. We always recommend calling 9-1-1 if you are in any danger and require immediate assistance. Check out a few of our crisis lines below:

Crisis Lines:

  1. Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) 24/7 free in-person mobile crisis team: 211

  2. Talk Suicide: 1-833-456-4566

  3. CMHA: Suicide Intervention Support Group: 519-570-4595 x 4063

  4. Ontario Mental Health Helpline: 1-866-531-2600

  5. Distress Crisis Ontario for Supportive Listening: 1-866-531-2600

  6. Boots On The Ground 24/7 First Responders support: 1-833-677-2669

2.Books

Trauma

  1. When the Body Says No – Gabor Mate

  2. The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk

  3. Waking the Tiger Healing Trauma – Peter A. Levine

  4. In an Unspoken Voice – Peter A. Levine

Racism

  1. My Grandmother’s Hands – Resemaa Menakem

  2. Me and White Supremacy – Layla F. Saad

  3. The Racial Healing Handbook - Anneliese A. Singh

  4. White Femininity: Race, Gender & Power - Katerina Deliovsky

Inner Child

  1. Recovery of Your Inner Child – Lucia Capacchione

Body Wisdom

  1. The Secret Language of Your Body – Inna Segal

  2. Anatomy of The Spirit – Carolyn Myss

  3. Bodymind - Ken Dychtwald

  4. The Secret Language of the Body - Inna Segal

  5. Does Your Body Lie? Heal the Person, Not the Sickness - Luis Martins Simoes

Family

  1. Facing Codependency – Pia Melody

  2. It Didn’t Start with You – Mark Wolynn

  3. No Bad Parts – Richard C. Schwartz

Attachment

  1. Attached – Amire Levine & Rachel Heller

  2. Wired for Attachment – Stan Tatkin

  3. Power of Attachment – Diane Poole Heller

Body / Sexuality

  1. Beyond Shame – Matthias Roberts

  2. Permission to Feel – Marc Brackett

  3. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love - Sonya Renee Taylor

  4. Come as You Are – Emily Nagoski

  5. Shameless – Nadia Bolz-Weber

  6. Pure – Linda Kay Klein

  7. Sacred Sex – Gabriela Herstik

  8. Women’s Anatomy of Arousal – Sheri Winston

  9. The Ethical Slut – Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton

Spirituality

  1. The Little Book of Coincidence – John Martineau

  2. The Power of Now – Eckart Tolle

  3. Letters to a Starseed – Rebecca Campbell

  4. A Return to Love – Marianne Williamson

  5. The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz

Inspiration

  1. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

  2. The Sun and Her Flowers – Rupi Haur

  3. Home Body – Rupi Kaur

  4. The Poetry Pharmacy – William Sieghart

  5. Women Who Run With The Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  6. Fresh Peace Daily Blossoming of The Soul  – Jaiya John

ADHD

  1. Scattered Minds – Gabor Mate

  2. When an Adult You Love has ADHD - Russell A. Barkley

  3. ADHD & Us A Couple’s Guide to Loving and Living with Adult ADHD - Anita Robertson

3.Podcast

  1. onBeing: ‘How Trauma Lodges in the Body’ with Bessel van der Kolk, psychiatrist and author. Talking through pain is usually our first resort to solving trauma, but psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk argues that there’s more we can do, because language cannot reach all areas where trauma affects us. (Link)

  2. onBeing: ’Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’ with Resmaa Menakem, clinical therapist and trauma specialist. Resmaa helps us confront uncomfortable truths about how trauma, race, bodies, and cells are intertwined. (Link)

  3. onBeing: ‘The Erotic Is an Antidote to Death’ with Ester Perel, psychotherapist. For Perel, eroticism is a key ingredient to life — and it’s more than just a description of sexuality. “It is about how people connect to this quality of aliveness, of vibrancy, of vitality, of renewal. (Link)