Helpful Resources Related to Mental and Emotional Health

Looking for more information, self-care resources, or recommendations? Explore the options on this page for a range of emotional health topics.

Books

  • The Art of Communication by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations by Monica Worline and Jane Dutton

  • Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence by Daniel J. Siegel

  • Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

  • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

  • Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear by Rich Sheridan

  • The Five Invitations: Discovering what Death can Teach us about Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski

  • Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker J. Palmer 

  • In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope by Rana Awdish

  • Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything by Victor J. Strecher

  • The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing your Joy by Karen Walrond

  • The Resilient Clinician by Robert J. Wicks

  • Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success by David B. Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz

  • Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self while Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

  • When Life Hits Hard: How to Transcend Grief, Crisis, and Loss with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Russ Harris

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

Online Resources

  • The On Being Project - This online collection of podcasts, writings, art, and poetry explores the big questions of meaning at the intersection of spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and the arts.

  • Healthy Minds Program mobile app - This free app offers guided practices and podcast-style lessons to support mindfulness and meditation practices from the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  • Insight Timer mobile app - This free app features a meditation timer and a large repository of guided meditations, music tracks, and other recorded and live events for relieving stress, improving sleep, coping with challenges, and addressing many other facets of well-being and flourishing.

  • Insomnia Coach mobile app - This free app, based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), offers a guided, weekly training plan for tracking and ultimately improving sleep, utilizing tools and sleep diaries to help “get your sleep back on track.” 

  • Happify mobile app - Free, science-based activities and practices drawn from positive psychology and cognitive behavioral practices to support emotional well-being.

  • NatureRx mobile app - A part of the University of Michigan app, this free resource highlights nature spaces, inside and out, in nearby Ann Arbor locations, to support self-care. 

  • Stress Management Tools and Resources from MHealthy

University of Michigan and Michigan Medicine Resources

National Resources