Tools & Resources

 I spend a lot of time thinking about mental health, community, and connection to the world outside ourselves. Here’s a curated selection of community centers, books and podcasts I recommend checking out!


Community Mental Health
in Los Angeles:

Airport Marina Counseling Service

Asian Mental Health Collective

APLA Health

Being Alive LA

Miracle Mile Community Practice

Open Paths Counseling Center

Southern California Counseling Center

Valley Community Counseling Clinic

Crisis + Support:

Didi Hirsch Crisis Chat

National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255

RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services National Helpline 1-800-662-4357

Trans Lifeline 1-877-565-8860

The Trevor Project LGBTQIA+ Hotline 1-866-488-7386

Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line (Warm line) 888-407-4515

Helping Survivors (Legal support & resources)

Meditation Centers
in Southern California:

American Buddhist Meditation Temple

Angel City Zen Center

Deer Park Monastery

Dharma Bum Temple

Insight LA

Sivanada Yoga Vedanta Center

Shambhala Center Los Angeles

Vipassana Center of Joshua Tree

Zen Center of Los Angeles

Books (Fiction and Non-Fiction):

A Case for Compassion

A Tale for the Time Being

Belonging: A Culture of Place

Braiding Sweetgrass

Circe

Eating in the Light of the Moon

Recovery Dharma

The Midnight Library

The Nature Fix

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Under the Sky we Make

Waking the Tiger

What My Bones Know

Whole Hearted

Podcasts:

Dharma Punx Podcast

For the Wild Podcast

Good Inside Podcast

Maintenance Phase Podcast

Musings about Ourselves and Other Strangers Podcast

On Being Podcast

Pulling the Thread Podcast

Upaya Dharma Podcasts

Unlocking Us Podcast

We Can Do Hard Things Podcast

Where Should We Begin Podcast