The Good Life
Actions To Take
- Tell Congress to fund Mental Health Research
- Call your Senators to act for youth mental health and support the Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act and the Mental Health Services for Students Act
Articles
- A History of Self-Care From its radical roots to its yuppie-driven middle age to its election-inspired resurgence. — Aisha Harris via Slate
- Caring for Ourselves as Political Warfare — adrienne maree brown via her blog
- Is Self-Care an Act of Political Warfare? Hell yes, we can get on board with that. — Rituparna Som via Vice
- ‘Self-Care’ Isn’t the Fix for Late-Pandemic Malaise — Jamil Zaki via The Atlantic
- There is No Self Care without Community Care — by Aimaloghi Eromosele via URGE
Books
- Radically Content: Being Satisfied in an Endlessly Dissatisfied World — Jamie Varon
- The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How To Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy — Karen Walrond
- How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy — Jenny Odell
- How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care — Marlee Grace
- Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change — Octavia Raheem
- Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of Rain — Tara Brach
- Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief edited by Cindy Milstein
- Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself — Nedra Glover Tawwab
- The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love — Sonya Renee Taylor
- Turn This World Inside Out: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture — Nora Samaran
- You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience — edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown