"How to Do the Work" by Dr. Nicole LePera

Offers practical wisdom on achieving mental peace and well-being.

WYSA

An AI-driven app providing mental health support, including CBT and DBT-based exercises.

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zin

Based on the mindfulness strategy used by the author, this book reveals natural strategies to alleviate the impacts of stress on the mind, body, and soul. It aims to improve one’s overall quality of life by making the relationship between mental health problems and physical health clear and concise.

Happify

Happify is an app developed by Twill which aims to promote mental wellbeing through scientifically backed games and exercises. This app is available in over 100 countries and in 10 different languages.

The Come as You Are Workbook

Emily Nagoski's new workbook, a companion to her bestseller Come As You Are, provides practical tools for women to apply her groundbreaking insights into sexuality. It emphasizes that emotional factors like stress, mood, and body image are crucial to sexual wellbeing, challenging the outdated notion of women's sexuality as inferior to men's. The workbook includes activities, prompts, and illustrations to help readers deepen their understanding of their bodies and enhance their sexual lives.

Unwinding anxiety by Judson Brewer

Describes strategies to manage anxiety by using brain-based techniques and small accessible hacks. Displays how to break free from anxiety and be free to live a full happy life.

Atomic habits by James Clear

Comprehensive and practical guide about how to change small habits every day, to eventually, create lasting changes in your life, to make help manage pressure and adapt to changes.

Calm

Offers guided meditations, sleep stories, and relaxation techniques.

10% Happier by Dan Harris

A personal memoir, this story documents lifestyle changes which Harris makes after experiencing an anxiety attack on national television.

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations For a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson

Using Emotionally Focused Therapy, Johnson focuses on maintaining the bond of a couple even through hardships and overcoming barriers/events that you have undergone together.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Book by Stephen Covey

Provides a comprehensive framework for developing healthy habits to make you a more prosperous and effective individual.

Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now

Book by Dr. Claire Weekes

Provides step-by-step guidance on how to understand and mitigate symptoms of anxiety.

Sanvello

A mental health app offering CBT techniques, mindfulness, and mood tracking

Insight Timer

A meditation app offering guided sessions, music, and talks from mindfulness experts.

Headspace

Headspace is an app which aims to make individuals more mindful and relaxed, providing a variety of meditation techniques, as well as breathing exercises and various other services to improve their mental health, as well as physical and mental wellbeing.

The Self-Esteem workbook for teens by Lisa Schab

In addition to the societal pressures that every young person faces, having low self-esteem is yet another challenge that can serve as the root of emotional problems. Schab’s book provides strategies and exercises for teens to achieve confidence and learn to respect themselves for who they are.

How to Change Your Mind

Documentary by Author Micheal Pollan that explores the history and use of psychedelics.

The mountain is you by Brianna Wiest

The mountain is you is a book about self-sabotage about why happens to people. It shows methods to stop self-sabotage and acts as a guide to overcoming life’s challenges and building a future where you are very strong.

"Lost Connections" by Johann Hari

Investigates the causes of depression and offers insights into potential solutions.

Headspace

An app for guided meditation and mindfulness exercises.

Mindfulness Coach

Mindfulness and understanding of one’s emotional condition is important to reduce stress and cope with unfavorable circumstances.

Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic

A book that helps you examine the trauma you have, so you can become self aware. The book explains how trauma affects the body and mind.

Emotional First Aid

Book by Guy Winch

​Guidance for anyone looking to become more resilient, build self-esteem, and let go of the hurts and hang-ups that are holding them back.

The Body Keeps the Score

Book By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

This book talks about how trauma affects the brain and reshapes it. It also shows the steps you can take to over come this trauma.

"Man’s Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl

A classic book that explores finding meaning in life, even in the face of extreme suffering.

My Anxiety Plan (MAP)

This app is from Anxiety Canada and is a free, self-paced, online anxiety management program created to aid children and teenagers in using practical strategies to manage their anxiety. This app has multiple units which focus on different areas of anxiety.

Text4Help

An Alberta based app, Text4Help is partnered with a variety of mental health service programs such as Alberta Health Services, Calgary Health Foundation, the Alberta Children’s Hospital, etc. It aims to help people identify and adjust to negative thoughts as a result of stress by sending daily messages which provide individuals with hope and advice.

Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

This book taps into the power of vulnerability and how it can transform “the way we live, love, parent and lead.” It also debunks common myths surrounding vulnerability, making the case that it is a measure of courage rather than a signifier of weakness.

The courage to be disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

The courage to be disliked explores many themes such as self-acceptance, interpersonal relationships and the pursuit of happiness. It includes the philosophy to accept yourself and live your own life fully.

The happiness trap by Russ Harris

The happiness trap is a book which covers how to use mindfulness skills, values and effective actions in detail, to enhance, health, vitality and life satisfaction. It also discusses about reducing stress and worries as well as handling painful thoughts.

MindShift CBT

App using CBT techniques to help manage anxiety.

Open Heart, Open Mind by Clara Hughes

Written by a previous Canadian Olympic athlete, Hughes details her journey with depression, especially how it escalated throughout her physical training and how she handled it after retiring from her career.

How We Feel App

How We Feel is a non-profit organization created by scientists, designers, and engineers to help individuals better comprehend and embrace their emotions.

Don't Believe Everything You Think

Book by Joseph Nguyen

A guide to overcoming anxiety, self-doubt, and self-sabotage.

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone

Book by Lori Gottlieb

A book about therapy, how it works, and some of the psychology behind it utilised by therapists.

Awake: It's Your Turn

Book By: Angelo DiLullo MD

This book talks about the steps you can take to over come mental health issues and connect with your spirituality to become your best self.