Resources

Recipe Books

Have some fun in the kitchen! Each book includes recipes, step by step directions to follow, & suggestions on potential ways to modify recipes based on personal preferences or simply what you have on hand.

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Products Ideas

• Metagenics Endura a hydration powder containing a well-designed electrolyte profile to help support hydration and replenish electrolytes lost during exercise. if you’d like to order some, let me know.

• Metabolic Maintenance local and oldest family owned nutritional supplement company with over 3 decades of producing pure, high quality, preservative free products with no added excipients, fillers or binders. check out their products and let me know what you’d like to order.

• Vital Proteins provides nourishing sustainably-sourced collagen. products are natural sources of essential proteins that promote health and fitness.

• Doterra Essential Oils are beneficial in so many ways! need a rep? ask me.

• Urban Moonshine high quality herbal tonics, blends and bitters formulas. the bitters give affordable relief for indigestion. they support the production of hydrochloric acid, pancreatic enzymes and bile, and help ensure normal bowel habits.

• Natural Grocers is my favorite place to grocery shop! they do a great job of only putting product on their shelf that they believe in. affordable high quality grocer with a huge vitamin and supplement section.

Podcasts

• The Science of Happiness -PRX/Greater Good Science Center

• Leadership Under Fire Optimizing Human Performance -Jason Brezler

• Revolution Health Radio -Chris Kresser

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts -Susan Cain

• House Call with Dr Hyman -Mark Hyman

• The Doctor’s Pharmacy -Mark Hyman

• Super Soul Conversations -Oprah

• Simply Abundant Intuitive - Tracy Crossley

Books

“The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage” by Kelly McGonigal, PhD, Psychologist

“Part scientific exploration, part inspirational story, part intimate love letter to physical activity. The Joy of Movement reveals how what many consider as just ‘exercise’ is actually so much more…a pathway to not only physical and mental health, but also love, connection, and community. Kelly has written a fascinating book that is a must-read for everyone, really.” ~Brad Stulberg, author of Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox; columnist at Outside Magazine.

“The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk, MD

Founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is also a professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and director of the National Complex Trauma Treatment Network. This book is a cutting-edge offering for the general reader to comprehend the complex effects of trauma, and a guide to a wide array of scientifically informed approaches to not only reduce suffering, but move beyond mere survival, and thrive.

“Deep Survival” and more by Laurence Gonzales

Coined as “the first scientific book on survival” and originally published in 2003. After reading in neuroscience for several years, he wrote the best-selling book Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why and its sequel Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience was published in 2012. The books attempt to answer related questions about how people make bad decisions and what leads some of them to survive and some to perish. In the sequel the author fashions a compelling argument about fear, courage, and the adaptability of the human spirit. The appeal has been so broad and deep because the principles apply to any challenge that life poses. Psychologists, oncologists, business executives, and clergy have brought the principles to their clients to help them face adversity, manage risk, and enhance decision making in every form. Another book that won’t disappoint by Gonzales is “Everyday Survival” & “Flight 232”.

“The Other Side of Sadness” by George Bonanno

Written by a professor of clinical psychology that studies how people cope with loss and trauma at Columbia University. His research turns our thinking about loss on its head. He reveals the subtle and myriad of ways we are resilient, how we find new layers of meaning, why we laugh, and gain insight when loved ones pass.

“Nourishing Meals” Cookbook by Alissa Segersten and Tom Malterre, MS, CN

The ultimate guide to eating healthfully as a family—a simple, practical cookbook that shows how easy it is to ditch processed foods, one meal at a time, with 365 delicious, whole food-based, allergen-free recipes that the entire family will love. www.nourishingmeals.com

“Elimination Diet” by Alissa Segersten and Tom Malterre, MS, CN

This book will guide you through it all, make it as easy as possible and provide all the recipes you need to succeed. “Discover the foods that are making you sick and tired and feel better fast. Achy Joints, irritability, fatigue, brain fog, depression, weight gain—does this sound like you? If so, the foods you eat every day may be to blame. Discover how amazing you can feel using the power of the Elimination Diet!” www.nourishingmeals.com

Against all Grain Cookbooks by Danielle Walker

Danielle Walker's Eat What You Love: Everyday Comfort Food You Crave – Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Paleo Recipes. I have “Meals Made Simple” and absolutely love it! www.againstallgrain.com

“The Immune System Recovery Plan” and “Healing Arthritis” by Susan Blum, M.D., M.P.H.

Susan Blum for nearly two decades I has helped thousands of people treat, heal and prevent chronic diseases. She does this in her private practice, as a best-selling author and as a professor. www.blumhealthmd.com

“Daring Greatly” by Brene Brown

Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston. She’s spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She’s also the author of five books: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead. “I believe that vulnerability - the willingness to be all in even when you know it can mean failing and hurting - is brave.” ~Brene Brown www.brenebrown.com

Websites and Mentors

grwff.com Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, a committee of volunteers dedicated to advocating for federal wildland fire personnel currently titled Forestry Technicians. Advocating for proper classification, pay, benefits and comprehensive well-being, and to generate support and provide solutions to our federal representatives through policy reform.

firehero.org National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, an incredible resource to so many. Their mission is to honor and remember America’s fallen fire heroes, to provide resources to assist their families in rebuilding their lives, and work within the fire service community to reduce firefighter deaths and injuries.

pocketpeer.org Center for Firefighter Behavioral Health bringing behavioral health resources and education to firefighters and their families.

leadershipunderfire.com Jason Brezler, founder of LUF. The LUF team prepares leaders and organizations to navigate physical, mental, emotional and moral rigors in highly-competitive settings by developing strength of mind, body, character and critical thought in order to optimize human performance. Collectively, the LUF Advisory Team has significant experience in improving individual and organizational performance in the conventional military and special operations community, professional sport, law enforcement, the fire-rescue service, business and high-risk private industry.

ptsd.va.gov Patricia Watson, PhD, senior educational specialist for the National Center for PTSD and assistant professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, in the Department of Psychiatry. She also served as an active duty Navy psychologist for 8 years, working with adults, children and families.

wffoundation.org Wildland Firefighter Foundation Vicki Minor, the executive director and founder of the foundation, decided that in 1994 after the loss of 14 courageous firefighters at Storm King Mountain in Colorado, to start fundraising to raise money for the families of those fallen. The main focus of the foundation is to help families of firefighters killed in the line of duty and to assist injured firefighters and their families.

kresserinstitute.com Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac, co-director of the California Center for Functional Medicine, founder of Kresser Institute, creator of ChrisKresser.com. He is a health detective specializing in investigative medicine, blogger, podcaster, teacher and a Paleo diet and lifestyle enthusiast.

drweil.com Andrew Weil, M.D., a wealth of knowledge and incredible experience worth staying tuned into. "As a practitioner and teacher of integrative medicine for the last thirty years, it has been my personal mission to drive research, education, and clinical practice to advance a philosophy of health that addresses mind, body and spirit. I believe that integrative medicine is the future of medicine and health care.”

chopra.com Deepak Chopra, M.D., F.A.C.P., co-founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, the founder of the Chopra Foundation, and world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation.

quietrev.com Susan Cain, Author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking and Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts. Wife. Mother. Chocolate eater.

The Change Militia Kelly Sheets and Jeff Sanders offer a movement based program to create change. The Change Militia is a self-paced program that helps you evolve quickly with the support of an awesome grassroots community. I myself have been a part of this program and highly recommend it for a hands on approach to get unstuck and get on track to being the change you want. “When you change, your world begins to change. You will have more power to influence others and make change happen in the world.”