Wellness, Mental Health, Sexuality, Self-Care & Mindfulness Resources
An avid media consumer & lover of learning, Terri is often reading books and articles, listening to podcasts, and watching documentaries and shows about sexuality & relationships, mental health, self-care, and mindfulness. She’s compiled her most helpful (and entertaining) resources below.
Ted Talks:
Brene Brown “The Power of Vulnerability”
Esther Perel “The Secret to Desire in long term relationships” & “Rethinking Infidelity”
Barry Schwartz “The Paradox of Choice”
Helen Fisher “The Brain in Love” & “Why we love, why we cheat”
Emily Nagoski “How Couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime”
Shefali Tsabary “Conscious Parenting”
Alexandra Sacks “A New way to think about the transition to motherhood”
Shonda Rhimes “My Year of Saying yes to everything”
Bella DePaulo “What no one every told you about people who are single”
Sangu Delle “There’s no shame in taking care of your mental health”
Tracee Ellis “My Life is Mine”
Katie Hood “The difference between healthy and unhealthy love”
Christopher Ryan “Are we Designed to be sexual omnivores?”
Tig Milan & Kim Katrin Milan “A Queer Vision of Love and Marriage”
Online Self-Assesments:
The Muse.com (personality tests)
Thinkcbt.com (psychological assessments & CBT resources)
TheHarveyinstitute.com (resources & self- assessment forms for out-of-control sexual behavior)
Podcasts (Listed by Topic):
Sex & Relationships:
The Naked Marriage Podcast (Christian perspective)
The Joy of Text (Judiasm & Sexuality)
Sexology with Dr. Nazanin Moali
Mental Health & Wellness:
Terrible, thanks for asking (grief & loss)
Armchair Expert (Dax Shepard)
Invisible not broken (chronic illness)
Maternal & Reproductive Mental Health & Parenting
Misc. Websites:
Franktalk.org (resources for men with erectile dysfunction)
Greatsexguidance.com (resources for men and couples)
Intimaterose.com (resources for vaginismus & pelvic health)
The Postpartum Resource Center of New York Shades of Light (Capital Region)
Mothertobaby.org (resources for medications during pregnancy & breastfeeding)
Postpartum Support International (resources for maternal mental health)
Rtzhope.org (resources for perinatal & infant loss)
A Woman’s Touch (sexuality resource center)
SexSmartFilms.com (Sensate Focus instructional videos)
Emily Nagoski’s, The Dirty Normal (psychoeducation & worksheets to accompany her book “Come as you Are.”)
RAINN.org (resources for survivors of sexual assault)
MaleSurvivor.org (male survivors of sexual abuse)
LGBT Centers.org (directory of LGBT community centers by zip code)
DomesticShelters.org (resources for domestic violence)
Scarleteen (sexuality education & resources for teens)
Kinkacademy (education & resources for all things kinky)
Smartrecovery.org (addiction treatment resources)
Albanypowerexchange.org (APeX) (BDSM/Kink support & resources)
CapitalPrideCenter.org (Pride Center of the Capital Region)
Wpath.org (World Professional Association for Transgender Health)