Resources for Mental Health

THE HEARTSHIP LIBRARY

A growing library of therapist-backed guidance, tools, and our favorite reads to support healing, resilience, and meaningful change.

A decorative illustration of a rose with three blooms, outlined in white on a black background.
Book cover for 'The Comfort Crisis' by Michael Easter, featuring a white door open to reveal a mountain landscape.
Book cover titled 'The Unspoken Truths for Career Success' by Tessa White with a yellow background and ripped paper design.
Book cover titled 'The Happiness Trap' by Russ Harris, featuring a smiley face with a yellow background, black eyes, and a wide black smile, with red and black text highlighting the book's title and details.
Book cover titled 'Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life' by Steven C. Hayes, PhD, with Spencer Smith, celebrating 20th anniversary edition, featuring a blue and yellow background with subtext promoting mindfulness, acceptance, and self-help strategies.
Book cover of 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchen Rubin, celebrating its tenth anniversary edition with new material. The cover features a blue background with yellow text, a yellow starburst with '#1 New York Times Bestseller,' a quote from Daniel H. Pink, and an illustration of a bird flying above a cityscape of colorful buildings.

DR. LAUREN’S PICKS:

Close-up of a woman's face with blonde hair, smiling outdoors with greenery in the background.
Book cover titled 'Generation Anxiety' by Dr. Lauren Cook, with a blue abstract background and yellow text.
Book cover titled 'Self-Compassion' by Kristin Neff, Ph.D. with the subtitle 'Stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind.' The cover features a bumblebee and a yellow flower on a sandy background.
Cover of a book titled 'This Is Your Brain on Food' by Uma Naidoo, MD, with a graphic of a brain shaped like a fork, listing mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and ADHD.
Book cover titled "Attached" with a red and white horseshoe magnet forming a heart shape. Contains a quote from The New York Times and mentions the authors Amir Levine, M.D., and Rachel S. F. Heller, M.A.
Book cover of 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor E. Frankl with colorful abstract background and a yellow circle stating over 18 million copies sold.
The cover of a book titled 'The Happiness Advantage' by Shawn Achor, featuring a yellow background, blue and red text, and an upward arrow indicating success or growth.
Book cover titled 'Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle' by Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, with a black background and pink and white text.
Book cover of 'Good Inside' by Dr. Becky Kennedy, titled 'A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be', with a yellow background and colorful text including small illustrations of parents and children.
Cover of the book titled 'Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood' by Minna Dubin, showing a pot boiling over on a stove.
Book cover for "Touched Out" by Amanda Montei, featuring an abstract illustration of a woman with dark hair and hand gestures, and text highlighting motherhood, misogyny, consent, and control.
Book cover titled 'Fierce Self-Compassion' by Kristin Neff, Ph.D., featuring a large red heart with a pink, purple, and orange painted background.
Book cover with a pink background, colorful overlapping circles, and text about self-care and wellness by Pooja Lakshmin, MD.
Book cover for 'Mother Brain' by Chelsea Conaboy, featuring a silhouette of a person's head made of colorful flowers and leaves on a dark blue background.
Book cover with the title 'Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood' by Lucy Jones. The cover features an illustration of a pregnant woman with hands on her belly, in shades of blue and beige.
Book cover titled "Expecting Better" by Emily Oster, with subtitle about pregnancy wisdom, and bullet points about pregnancy safety, weight gain, sushi and cheese, and bed rest.
Book cover of 'Cribsheet' by Emily Oster, with a yellow background, title in large blue font, illustration of a colorful crib with bars, and text highlighting topics like breastfeeding, sleep training, milestones, potty training, and parenting from birth to preschool.
Book cover titled "The Family Firm" by Emily Oster with a blue background. Features a red and white calendar icon and a small red apple. Includes text highlighting topics like childhood redshirting, decision-making, nutrition, sleep, and family schedules. Also mentions it as a New York Times bestseller.
Book cover titled 'The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications' by Emily Oster and Nathan Fox, MD. The background features soft yellow and beige colors with purple text.
Cover page of 'The Pregnancy Workbook' by Katayune Kaeni, focusing on managing anxiety and worry through CBT and mindfulness techniques

DR. CARISSA’S PICKS:

A woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a bright smile, wearing a white sleeveless top and gold earrings, standing outdoors with greenery in the background.
Book cover titled 'Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood' by Jessica Grose, with a blue background decorated with illustrations of women and children in various activities, surrounded by red and pink flowers.
Book cover titled "Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks" by Carissa Gustafson, PsyD, with subtitle "Strategies to Manage Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and More". The design features purple and blue circles and a purple background.
Close-up of woman smiling, light blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a white top, against a plain background.

HEATHER’S PICKS:

Book cover of "It Didn't Start With You" by Mark Wolynn, featuring a minimalist design with dual profile outlines of a person's head in blue and red, intertwining to resemble a DNA double helix. Includes a red circle indicating "Fully Revised and Updated" and a silver sticker indicating a "Winner of the Next Big Idea Book Award".
Book cover for 'Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love' by Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller, featuring a broken heart-shaped magnet.
Book cover for "Loving Bravely" with colorful blurred heart-shaped lights in the background, title and subtitle text, and a quote by Kristin Neff about love.
Book cover titled 'Why Therapy Works' by Louis Cozolino, featuring abstract, colorful artwork with a mixture of geometric and organic shapes.
Book cover titled "REWIRE" by Nicole Vignola, with a subtitle "Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change." Features a circular, radial graphic design in orange shades with a small white circle containing the text "Change Your Mind, Change Your Life."
Book titled 'The Gifts of Imperfection' by Brené Brown, featuring a broken heart illustration, with a dove flying, and promotional blurbs about embracing imperfections and living authentically.
Book cover for 'The Body Keeps the Score' by Bessel Van Der Kolk. The cover features a blue background with an abstract black human figure surrounded by yellow star-like shapes. Title and author are in black and white text.
Book cover titled "The Emotional Lives of Teenagers" by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. showing four teenagers smiling and talking, with a yellow banner indicating it's a new York Times bestseller.
Book cover titled 'The Gift of Failure' by Jessica Lahey, featuring a design of yellow pencils with erasers arranged vertically, some broken, against a white background.

LINDSAY’S PICKS:

A young woman with long brown hair and a big smile, wearing a cream knitted sweater, standing near a white curtain.
The book cover titled "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk" by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish, with a yellow background, features two speech bubbles, one blue and one green, with the titles inside. It highlights that it's a national bestseller with over 3 million copies sold, and mentions a new afterword by Joanna Faber.
Book cover titled 'Parenting from the Inside Out' with a close-up black-and-white photograph of a child's face and an adult's face touching the child's cheek, and text indicating it's about understanding self for raising children, authored by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., celebrating its 10th anniversary.