Recommended Resources – Holistic Health Education

I have read all the books with an *.

📚 Books

*The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
How the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness. Four key recommendations:
1. No smartphones before high school; only basic phones.
2. No social media before age 16.
3. Phone-free schools through high school.
4. More unsupervised play and childhood independence.
*Sex Smart by Susan Browning Pogany
501 Reasons to Hold Off on Sex – an old, but still very relevant, excellent book explaining all the nuisances of teen sex.
*Preparing your Daughter for Every Woman’s Battle by Shannon Ethridge
Creative conversations about sexual and emotional integrity.
Fatal Conveniences by Darin Olien
The toxic products and habits making you sick—and simple changes that will save your health.
*How to Raise a Healthy Child…In Spite of Your Doctor by Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.
Encourages parents to take an active role in managing their child’s health.
*The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy by Valerie Ann Worwood
600+ natural recipes for health, beauty, and home.
The Food Pharmacy by Jean Carper
Evidence that food is your best medicine.
*Natural Prescriptions by Dr. Robert Giller & Kathy Matthews
Natural treatments and vitamin therapies for over 100 ailments.
*Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols RDN, CDE
The science and wisdom of prenatal nutrition.