Jas’ Bookshelf
Looking for a new book? Trying to remember that one book Jas recommended in session? Search through Jas’ Bookshelf for books they recommend that align with our practice values.
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
In My Grandmother's Hands, therapist Resmaa Menakem explores the impact of racism in America through the lens of body-centered psychology, emphasizing that the trauma of white supremacy is deeply embedded in our bodies.
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
In Minor Feelings, poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to explore the complexities of racialized consciousness in America.
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World
In I Hope We Choose Love, Kai Cheng Thom offers a poignant and hopeful collection of essays and prose poems that grapple with the deep questions facing social movements today.
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
In Belly of the Beast, Da’Shaun Harrison explores the intersections of anti-fatness and anti-Blackness, focusing on how these forms of discrimination compound for fat Black individuals in the United States.
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
In this powerful anthology, Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a diverse group of Black writers, artists, and thinkers to explore vulnerability and shame resilience from the Black experience.
A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability
This accessible comic book guide by disabled cartoonist A. Andrews aims to change the conversation around sex and sexuality for all bodies.
Tenderness: An Honoring of my Black Queer Joy and Rage
What would it mean if tenderness could hold a simultaneous existence of joy and rage?
Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans
In Permission to Come Home, Dr. Jenny T. Wang addresses the critical mental health needs of Asian Americans amid a cultural reckoning about their identity.
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
In I Have Complex PTSD [CPTSD], the author writes from the perspective of someone who has significantly reduced their symptoms over the years and found silver linings in their recovery journey.
¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
In ¡Hola Papi!, popular LGBTQ advice columnist John Paul Brammer delivers a hilarious and heartwarming memoir-in-essays about his journey from growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America’s heartland to becoming the “Chicano Carrie Bradshaw” of his generation.