Resources
Stuff for Sensitive People
Blue Light Blocking Glasses – An inexpensive option to try out after sunset to see how sensitive you are to blue light (fancy options also exist).
EWG Database – Database to look up if there are harmful chemicals in your personal care products.
Flare Calmer – Like earplugs, but they reduce your stress response to annoying noises without blocking sound. (Loops an alternative brand)
Gluten & Dairy Substitutes – Yummy, carby, creamy substitutes when you’re staying off gluten and dairy.
I Can Breathe Face Mask – Face mask that will filter smells from things like perfumes, exhaust and other chemicals as well as particulate matter. *These have been unavailable of late, but keep checking back in case it is a supply chain issue.
Menstruation Products for the chemically sensitive.
Smidge Sensitive Probiotic – Formulated to avoid negative reactions, with no common allergens, additives or prebiotics.
Visible – App to track HRV for those with chronic illnesses or brain fog to help you with pacing so that you can avoid crashing.
Herbs
Herb Pharm – Tinctures (you can find their products on many websites, including Vitacost and iHerb).
Mountain Rose Herbs – Bulk herbs, tinctures and more
Starwest Botanicals – Bulk Herbs, essential oils and more
Books
Emotional Regulation
Anchored (Deb Dana)
The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook
(Margaret Cullen & Gonzalo Brito Pons)
Navigating these Times
Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World (Lisa Wells)
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age (Katherine May)
Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape (Cal Flyn)
Autism
Aspergirls (Rudy Simone)
Calming the Chaos: A Failproof Road Map for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids (Dayna Abraham)
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World that Wasn’t Designed for You (Jenara Nerengerg)
Is this Autism: A Guide for Clinicians & Everyone Else (Donna Henderson)
Neurotribes (Steve Silberman)
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity (Devon Price)
Visual Thinking (Temple Grandin)
Rewiring the Brain
Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions (Thich Nhat Hanh)
The Brain that Changes Itself (Norman Doidge)
The Brain’s Way of Healing (Norman Doidge)
Kids & Young Adults
Anxiety Relief for Teens: Essential CBT Skills and Self-Care Practices to Overcome Anxiety (Regine Galanti)
Declarative Language Handbook: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids with Social Learning Challenges Feel Competent, Connected, and Understood (Linda K. Murphy)
Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum (Erin Ekins)
Other
Behave (Robert Sapolsky)
The Worry Trap (Chad LeJeune)
Links
