Recommended Listening:

  • “Guided meditations for mindful living” by Dr. Alexandra Milspaw
  • “Guided meditations for 4-D Healing” by Dr. Alexandra Milspaw
  • Jeffrey Thompson psychosensory series – www.scientificsounds.com – bilateral stimulation music to help balance brain activity
  • “Sexual Healing” audiobook by Peter Levine, reviews the biology of trauma and how it affects our ability to be present and experience pleasure
  • “Retrain Your Pelvic Pain” and “Reigniting Intimacy” workshop series by Dr. Alexandra Milspaw – reviews neurobiology of pain and trauma, how to heal the brain and return to a life of pleasure, intimacy, and fun!

Recommended apps:

  • Curable
  • Tapping Solution
  • Insight Timer
  • Headspace
  • Paired

Recommended Viewing:

    • “Proven” documentary series
    • “Wisdom of Trauma” by Gabor Mate documentary and interview series
    • “The Tapping Solution” documentary
    • Amy Stein’s “Healing Pelvic and Abdominal Pain” DVD
    • “Anatomy of Trust” by Brene Brown
    • “Headspace: A Guide to Meditation” series on Netflix
    • TedTalks by Emily Nagoski
    • TedTalks by Esther Perel
    • “A Very Happy Brain” & “Meditation 2.0” by Dr. Sood on YouTube

Meditative viewing:

  • “Moving Art” on Neflix – shows a collection of brilliant natural scenes, very colorful and good for the brain.
  • “Rivers and tides” with Andy Goldsworthy – an artist that creates art with nature and shares his philosophy of life. Simply watching the documentary feels very meditative and soothing 
  • “Zenimation” on Disney+ – even if you don’t have children you’ll enjoy this! Instead of “imagination” it’s called “Zennimation” and it’s just fabulous. It combines scenes from all these different Disney movies based on themes, such as water scenes, or weather sounds, or landscapes. It’s very meditative to watch. I love it.
  • “Planet Earth” series with David Attenborough

Do you have any? I’d love to learn about what else is out there!

Recommended Reading:

  • The Hidden Power of Emotional Intuition by Maya Mendoza
  • Think Again by Adam Grant
  • The End of Mental Illness by Daniel Amen
  • Bliss Brain & Mind to Matter by Dawson Church
  • Better Sex Through Mindfulness by Lori Brotto
  • Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza
  • Solving the Autoimmune Puzzle by Keesha Ewers, MD
  • Getting the Love You Want Workbook by Hendrix and Hunt
  • Come as you are by Emily Nagoski
  • Explain Pain by Lorimer Moseley
  • Painful Yarns by Lorimer Moseley
  • Unlearn your pain by Howard Schubiner
  • The Mindful Way Workbook by Segal et al
  • 28 Days to Ecstasy by Copeland and Link
  • Mindful Relationship Habits by S.J. Scott and Barrie Davenport
  • Aware by Daniel Siegel
  • Tapping for Pain Relief by Nick Ortner
  • Energy Medicine for Women by Donna Eden
  • Mary Ruth Velicki’s Healing Book series
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression by Segal et al
  • Love Sense by Sue Johnson
  • The Divided Mind by John Sarno
  • Fear Cure by Lissa Rankin
  • Healing Painful Sex by Deborah Coady and Nancy Fish
  • The Heart and Soul of Sex by Gina Ogden
  • Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood by Geeta Iyengar, et al
  • Spirit-Centered Relationships by Gay and Kathleen Hendricks
  • ABC’s of Love and Sex by Gina Ogden
  • Sex, God, and the Conservative Church by Tina Sellers
  • The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
  • Insecure at Last by Eve Ensler
  • Light Therapy by Martel
  • Brainscapes by Rebecca Schwarzlose
  • Power and Care by Tonia Singer and Mattheiu Ricard, editors
  • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
  • My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
  • Ancient Sounds for a New Age by Diane Mandle – book and DVD

Energy Psychology Research and Resources:

Sexual Health & Pelvic Pain Informational Websites & Organizations:

  • pelvicpain.org – International Pelvic Pain Society
  • pelvicgym.com 
  • pelvicguru.com
  • paindownthere.com – Educational DVD for pelvic & sexual pain
  • aasect.org – American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists
  • joyofmakinglove.com – Great resource for books, articles, and research on sexual health and wellness
  • The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Inc.
  • OMGYES – omgyes.com is a movement to research and provide evidence-based information about the specific ways people increase sexual pleasure.
  • ichelp.org – Interstitial Cystitis Association
  • pudendalhope.org – Pudendal Neuralgia information and resources
  • nva.org – National Vulvodynia Association
  • www.noigroup.com.au – Neuro-Orthopeadic Institute of Australia – one of the world’s leaders in understanding the neurobiology of pain and trauma. Check out their book “Explain Pain” and “Painful Yarns”.
  • OBGYN.net’s Pelvic Pain page: http://www.obgyn.net/pelvic-pain/
  • P.U.R.E. H.O.P.E. — Pelvic & Urological Resources and Education: http://www.pure-hope.org/
  • The Woman’s Sexual Health Foundation: http://www.twshf.org/
  • The Sexual Health Network: http://www.drmitchelltepper.com/sexual_health_network.com/
  • Information on Female Sexual Dysfunction: http://www.fsdinfo.org/
  • National Institute of Health – National Library of Medicine:www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/femalesexualdysfunction.html
  • Institute for Sexual Medicine – Boston University School of Medicine:www.bumc.bu.edu/sexualmedicine
  • Feminist.com: Health & Sexuality links

General Pain Sites

Bladder

Vulvodynia

Recommended Products

  • Muse meditation headband and app
  • Apollo wrist-band device – apolloneuro.com
  • Amy Stein’s WellnessX Nature CBD product line
  • Ohnut
  • Dessert Harvest aloe vera products
  • V-Magic Organic healing balm – medicinemamasapothecary.com
  • Your Pace Yoga by Dustienne Miller
  • Noxicare Natural Pain Relief cream
  • SoulSource dilators
  • Pure Romance dilators, massage ball, sensate-enhancing gloves, and other gentle products for pleasure
  • LifeWave X39 patches: Our bodies create light that can actually stimulate stem cell growth when reflected back to us. LifeWave (lifewave.com) created X39 patches that you can wear on your skin to decrease inflammation and speed up cellular regeneration.