Counselor & Educator Online Courses 

·      VDOE Refining Your Toolkit: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Module 

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Books For Adults & Teens 

·      Meditation Is Not What You Think: Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important — Jon Kabat-Zinn

·      Mindful of Race — Ruth King 

·      10% Happier — Dan Harris  
·      The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion — Phil Stutz 

·      Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-day Program — Sharon Salzberg

·      Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy — Shauna Shapiro 

·      Mindfulness For Beginners — Jon Kabat-Zinn 

·      Wherever You Go, There You Are — Jon Kabat-Zinn 

·      Radical Acceptance — Tara Brach 

·      A Liberated Mind: How To Pivot To What Matters — Steven Hayes

·      Atlas of The Heart — Brene Brown 

·     When Things Fall Apart — Pema Chodron 

·     Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, & Happiness  — Rick Hanson 

·     Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication — Oren Jay Sofer

·     Self-Compassion — Kristen Neff 
·     Way of the Superior Man — David Deida

·      Artist of Love — Madelyn Moon
·     The Myth of Normal — Dr. Gabor Mate

·     Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder — Dr. Gabor Mate

·     Mindfulness: A Practical Guide To Awakening — Joseph Goldstein

·     Mindfulness for Dummies — Shamash Alidina 

·     Mindfulness and the Brain: A Professional Training in the Science & Practice of Meditative Awareness — Dan Siegel 

·     Permission To Feel — Marc Brackett 

·     Mindfulness for Teachers — Patricia Jennings

·     The Mindful Teacher —  Dan Shirley & Liz MacDonald

·     The Mindful Way of Education — Daniel Rechtschaffen

·     Growing Up Mindful:  Essential Practices to Help Children, Teens, and Families Find Balance, Calm, and Resilience — Christopher Willard 

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Books About Mindful Leadership & Performance  

·     Dare To Lead — Brene Brown 

·     Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success — Phil Jackson 

·     Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't  — Jim Collins 

·     Primed To Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures Through the Science of Total Motivation — Neel Doshi & Lindsay McGregor 

·     Principles: Life & Work — Ray Dalio 

·     Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)  — Chade Meng-Tan

·     Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen — Marc Lesser & Dan Siegel 

·     Start With Why — Simon Sinek 

·     The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever — Michael Bungay Stainer 

·     The Infinite Game — Simon Sinek 

·     The Mindful Athlete — George Mumford

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Books About Mindful Parenting 

·     The Power of Showing Up  — Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson 

·     The Whole Brain Child — Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson 

·     Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting — Laura Markham 

·     The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting — Shefali Tsabury

·     Mindful Discipline — Shauna Shapiro & Chris White

·     The Joy of Parenting — Lisa Coyne & Amy Murrell 

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Books For Children 

·    Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children — Thich Nhat Hanh

·    Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) — Eline Snel & Myla  Kabat-Zinn 

·    I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness — Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds 

·    Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda — Lauren Alderfer

·    A Handful of Quiet — Thich Nhat Hanh

·    What Does It Mean to Be Present? — Rana DiOrio

·    Puppy Mind — Andrew Jordan Nance 

·    Moody Cow Meditates  — Kerry MacLean

·    Listening with My Heart: A Story of Kindness and Self-Compassion — Gabbi Garcia & Ying Hui Tan

 

Apps

·      Insight Timer 

·      Headspace

·      Calm

·      Mood Meter 

·      Stop, Breathe, & Think Kids

·      InnerExplorer 

 

Podcasts

·    Bridges Between Us with Matt Shenker

·     10% Happier with Dan Harris

·     BeingWell with Rick Hanson 

·     Metta Hour Podcast with Sharon Salzberg 

·     Unlocking Us with Brene Brown 

·     Dare To Lead with Brene Brown 

·     Everyday Mindfulness

·     The Aubrey Marcus Podcast 

·     Raising Good Humans with Dr. Aliza 

·     SCOPE with Karla Allen 

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Organizations & Other Websites

·     Association For Contextual Behavioral Science 

·     Compassionate Schools Project 

·     GenMindful

·     Greater Good Science Center 

·     Holistic Life Foundation

·     Inner Work Center 

·     Mindful

·     MindfulSchools 

·     Mindful Education ​

·     Mindfulness Meditation For Richmond

·     Minds Incorporated 

·     MindUp

·     Self-Compassion 

·     Yale Center For Emotional Intelligence 

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