TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE RESOURCES
Everyone’s recovery journey is different. Here are books, podcasts and organizations that helped Geralyn in her recovery and may help you.
My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon.
JULIA ALVAREZ, CELEBRATED DOMINICAN-AMERICAN WRITER
BOOKS – SURVIVOR STORIES
REYNOLDS PRICE
A Whole New Life
New York: Scribner, 1982
KATE BOWLER
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved
New York: Random House, 2018
COLLEEN KELLY ALEXANDER
Gratitude in Motion
New York: Hachette, 2018
MATT LONG
The Long Run
New York: Rodale Books, 2011
BOOKS – JOY AND HEALING
BSTAN-’DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, DALAI LAMA XIV, DESMOND TUTU, DOUGLAS ABRAMS
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
New York: Avery, 2016
BOOKS – THE SCIENCE OF TRAUMA, PAIN AND RESILIENCE
LAURENCE GONZALES
Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience
New York: Norton, 2012
MELANIE THERNSTORM
The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering
New York: Picador, 2010
BESSEL VAN DER KOLK
The Body Keeps the Score
New York: Viking, 2014
LINDA HOOPES
Prosilience: Building your Resilience for a Turbulent World
Data Press, 2017