Free Rewild resource list
Free Rewild resource list
A community-contributed list of books and podcasts covering topics such as healing, wellbeing, rest, burnout, autism, ADHD, creativity, and spirituality
Hello fellow human,
When I embarked on my rewilding journey last year I felt alone. I was starting to unravel the layers of myself, asking the question - is this really me? Following my decision to peel back the layers of social conditioning, I was in unchartered territory. I felt like I was choosing to stand still whilst everyone else continued on with their life. Of course, this was only my perception, and with time I started to discover that others like me were treading similar meandering paths of self-rediscovery.
Initially there was no-one in my direct social circle who was on a similar journey, so I looked to the internet and started this Substack (you can read my initial post explaining the concept of rewilding here). I researched books and podcasts to find solace in other people’s experiences and knowledge. Reading and hearing the voices of people, particularly women, who ‘got it’ was a huge comfort as they put words to experiences that I could not.
Our community of paid subscribers have recently been exchanging book recommendations in our group chat. It reminded me of how much inspiration and wisdom I’ve gained from the pages and episodes I’ve consumed on my journey so far. I felt inspired to put together a list of books and podcasts, made up of resources recommended by members of our Rewild community, so that we can all refer back to it on our respective journeys.
I have read and listened to many of the following books and podcasts, but equally there are a number I have yet to explore. Please therefore consider this list a community resource list, not a list of personal recommendations. Dip into it as you please, follow your curiosity, and know that we aren’t all going to enjoy or relate to the same resources - but having a big list to choose from is a great place to start!
I plan to update this list as I and our community here at Rewild continue to grow and we discover more resources. Please leave your additional book and podcast suggestions in the comments of this post, and I’ll include them in future iterations.
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Thank you so much to all of you who generously contributed your reads and listens to this list - I appreciate your help producing this resource!
I hope you enjoy exploring, and I’m sending you my love (as always).
Charlie ♡
Autism
Books
Autism in Heels, The untold story of a female life on the spectrum by Jennifer Cook O’Toole
Avoiding Anxiety In Autistic Adults, A guide for autistic wellbeing by Dr Luke Beardon
Diagnosis Normal, Living with abuse, undiagnosed autism, and covid-grade crazy by Emma A. Jane
Different Not Less, a neurodivergent’s guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after by Chloe Hayden
Divergent Mind, Thriving in a world that wasn’t designed for you by Jenara Nerenberg
Drama Queen, One autistic woman and a life of unhelpful labels by Sara Gibbs
Friendship, Love, Autism, Communication challenges and the autism diagnosis that gave us a new life together by Michelle and Andrew Preston
Growing Into Autism by Sandra Thom-Jones
Illuminated, Autism and all the Things I’ve Left Unsaid by Melanie Sykes
Late Bloomer, How an autism diagnosis changed my life by Clem Bastow
Letters To My Weird Sisters, On autism, feminism and motherhood by Joanne Limburg
On The Spectrum, Autism, faith, and the gifts of neurodiversity by Daniel Bowman
Sensory Life On The Spectrum, An autistic comics anthology edited by Bex Ollerton
Spectrum Women, Walking to the beat of autism edited by Barb Cook and Dr Michelle Garnett
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
Taking Off The Mask, Practical exercises to help understand and minimise the effects of autistic camouflaging by Dr Hannah Louise Belcher
The Autistic Brain, Exploring the strength of a different kind of mind by Temple Grandin
The Autists, Women on the spectrum by Clara Tornvall
The Electricity of Every Living Thing, A woman’s walk in the wild to find her way home by
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I think I might be Autistic, A guide to autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and self-discovery for adults by Cynthia Kim
Un-typical, How the world isn’t built for autistic people and what we should do about it by Pete Wharmby
What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic, Unpuzzling a life on the autism spectrum by Annie Kotowicz
What I Want To Talk About, How autistic special interests shape a life by Pete Wharmby
Women and Girls With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Understanding life experiences from early childhood to old age by Sarah Hendrickx
Women With Autism, Accepting and embracing autism spectrum disorder as you move towards an authentic life by Claire Jack P.H.D.
10 Steps to Nanette, A memoir situation by Hannah Gadsby
Podcasts
Actually Autistic, All about women 2023
A Different Brilian Podcast with Orion Kelly
AuDHD with Ashley Nicole
Autistic at 40, reflections of a late identified autistic human with Toni Borneo
Differently Brained Podcast
My Friend Autism Podcast with Orion Kelly
Oh That’s Just My Autism, Stories of a mid-life autism discovery with Melissa Tacia
Princess And The Pea Podcast with Annie Crowe
The Late Discovered Club with Catherine Asta
The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast with Michelle Livock and Monique Mitchelson
The Special Interest Podcast, Sharing autistic stories with Alex Carreira and Karly Cina
The Squarepeg Podcast with Amy Richards
The Thought Spot Podcast with Irene
Two Sides Of The Spectrum Podcast with Meg Proctor
ADHD
Podcasts
ADHD As Females with Dawn-Marie Farmer and Laura Mears-Reynolds
AuDHD with Ashley Nicole
Differently Brained Podcast
I Have ADHD with Kristen Carder
The ADHD Adults Podcast with James Brown, Alex Connor and Samantha Brown
The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast with Kate Moryoussef
The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast with Michelle Livock and Monique Mitchelson
The Thought Spot Podcast with Irene
Women & ADHD, Interviews with Katy Weber
Healing and Wellbeing
Books
Atlas Of The Heart, Mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience by Brene Brown
Glow In The F*cking Dark, Simple practices to heal your soul by Tara Schuster (Audiobook recommended in particular)
How To Do The Work, Recognise your patterns, heal from your past, and create your self by Dr Nicole LePera
It Didn’t Start With You, How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle by Mark Wolynn
Rooted, Life at the crossroads of science, nature, and spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
The Body Keeps The Score, Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Element, How finding your passion changes everything by Ken Robinson
The Myth Of Normal by Gabor Mate
The Way of Integrity, Finding the path to your true self by Martha Beck
Untamed, Stop pleasing start living by Glennon Doyle
When The Body Says No, The cost of hidden stress by Gabor Mate
Podcasts
Beyond The Self with
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr Rick Hanson
Bewildered with Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan
Boldly Me with Chloe Hayden
Changeable with Dr. Amy Johnson
How To Fail with Elizabeth Day
How We Live Now, Pathways for a post-everything world with
Huberman Lab
Hurry Slowly with Jocelyn K Glei
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
SelfHealers Soundboard with Dr Nicole LePera and Jenna Weakland
Slow Mo with Mo Gawdat
Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle
Burnout and Rest
Books
Burnout, Solve your stress cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Burnt Out, The exhausted person’s six-step guide to thriving in a fast-paced world by Selina Barker
My Stroke Of Insight, A brain scientist’s personal journey by Jill Bolte Taylor Ph.D. (overlap in experience between stroke and autistic burnout)
Rest Is Resistance, Free yourself from grind culture and reclaim your life by Tricia Hersey
The Art Of Rest, How to find respite in the modern age by Claudia Hammond
The Books Of Rest, How to find calm in a chaotic world by James Reeves and Gabrielle Brown
The Success Myth, Letting go of having it all by
Wintering, The power of rest and retreat in difficult times by
Podcasts
Beyond Autistic Burnout with Carole Jean Whittington
Fried the Burnout Podcast with Cait Donovan
Mental Health
Books
Buy Yourself The F*cking Lilies And Other Rituals To Fix Your Life by Tara Schuster (Audiobook recommended in particular)
Emotional Agility, Get unstuck, embrace change and thrive in work and life by Susan David
How To Keep House While Drowning, 31 days of compassionate help by KC Davis, LPC
Notes On A Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise
Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr Julie Smith
Women’s Health
Books
Feminists Don’t Wear Pink And Other Lies, Amazing women on what the f-word means to them created by Scarlett Curtis
My Body, My Home, A radical guide to resilience and self love by Victoria Emanuela and Caitline Metz
Period Power, Harness your hormones and get your cycle working for you by Maisie Hill
Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
Podcasts
The Maisie Hill Experience with Maisie Hill
Exactly with Florence Given
Creativity
Books
Big Magic, Creative living beyond fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bird by Bird, Some instructions on writing and life by Anne Lamott
Body Work, The radical power of personal narrative by Melissa Febos
Keep Going, 10 ways to stay creative in good times and bad by
On Writing Well, The classic guide to writing nonfiction by William Zinsser
Show Your Work, 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered by
Steal Like An Artist, 10 things nobody told you about being creative by
The Artist’s Way, A spiritual path to higher creativity by Julia Cameron
Writing Down The Bones, Freeing the writer within by Natalie Goldberg
Podcasts
Creative Pep Talk with Andy J Pizza
The Daily Pep with Meg Kissack
The Unpublished Podcast with Amie McNee and James Winestock
Spirituality
Books
A New Earth, Create a better life by Eckhart Tolle
Awareness Is Freedom, The adventure of psychology and spirituality by Itai Ivtzan
Fear, Essential wisdom for getting through the storm by Thich Nhat Hanh
Start Where You Are, how to accept yourself and others by Pema Chodron
The Art Of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Power Of Now, A guide to spiritual enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
The Untethered Soul, The journey beyond yourself by Michael A. Singer
The Wisdom Of No Escape, and the path of loving-kindness by Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart, Heart advice for difficult times by Pema Chodron
Podcasts
The Gathering Pod with Martha Beck
Other
Podcasts
On Being with Krista Tippett
Rock The Housework (guided timed instructions for cleaning to music - available on Patreon)
I’ve really enjoyed “Mess is Progress: a personal chronicle of an unmasking, late diagnosed autistic woman” by Hannah Walker
Thank you for pulling this together ~ great resource