A Resource List Towards All Facets of Health & Awareness
1. Book List 2. Web Resources & Inspirations 3. Ted Talks 4. Other Web Resources 5. Movies & Documentaries
A note about the book list: First remember, if you’re not a reader, many of these titles are available as audio books.
Rather than order this list by category and risk the reader only going to the category they believe they need or are interested in, it is alphabetical by book name to encourage the opportunity of discovery.
Book List
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The Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession by Harrison Pope, Katherine Phillips and Roberto Olivardia
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson, PsyD
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom by John O’Donohue
Apartment Composting by Mark Cullen, Lorraine Johnson and Andrew Leyerle
The Art of Being and Becoming by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Awakening the Heroes Within by Carol Pearson
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Baby Not on Board: A Celebration of Life without Kids by Jennifer Shawne
Bare Reality: 100 Women, Their Breasts, Their Stories by Laura Dodsworth
Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O’Donohue (also available on CD)
A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: A True Story for Dreamers, Drifters, and Other Fugitives from the Ordinary by Alex Sheshunoff
Beyond Antibiotics by Keith Sehner, MD and Lendon Smith, MD
Beyond Stillness by Charles Ridley
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bitter Fruit: Women’s Experiences of Unplanned Pregnancy, Abortion and Adoption by Rita Townsend and Ann Perkins
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Maharishi Banaji and Anthony Greenwald
The Bodies Many Cries for Water by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D.
The Body Moveable by David Gorman
The Bone People by Kerri Hulme
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams
Breath, Mind and Consciousness by Harish Johari
Buddha by Karen Armstrong
Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read with Your Child to Enchant, Enlighten and Inspired by Dharmachari Nagaraja
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Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life by Gregg Levoy
Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore
Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food by Charles Wilson and Eric Schlosser
Child Free and Loving It! by Nicki Defago
The Complete Guide to Organic Lawn Care by Sandy Ann Baker
Complete Without Kids: An Insider's Guide to Childfree Living by Choice or by Chance by Ellen Walker
The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Dr. Shefali Tsabary.
Coping with Prostate Cancer by Robert Phillips, PhD
Crazy, Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It! by Kris Carr
Crazy, Sexy Cancer Tips by Kris Carr
Crazy, Sexy Kitchen: 150 Plant-Empowered Recipes to Ignite a Mouthwatering Revolution by Kris Carr
Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World by Paul Ray
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner, PhD and Sherry Anderson, PhD
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The Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of Time by Edward T. Hall
Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life’s Ordeals by Thomas Moore
Death By Supermarket: The Fattening, Dumbing Down and Poisoning of America by Nancy Deville
Delicious and Healthy Superfood Breakfasts: Simple, Quick and No-Bake by Monique Ortega
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Devotions by Mary Oliver
Digestive Wellness: How to Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion by Elizabeth Lipski
Dreambody by Arnold Mindell
Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras by Sidney Singer and Soma Grismaijer
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Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Element: how Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson, PhD
Emotional Anatomy: The Structure of Experience by Stanley Keleman, Center Press, centerpress.com
Energy Exercises for Health and Vitality by John Chitty and Mary Muller
Everything You Always Wanted to Ask Your Gynecologist by Scott Thornton and Kathleen Schramm
Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind by Joe Dispenza
Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power by Mark Schapiro
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Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity by Robert Moore
Family Energetics by Deborah Donndelinger
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers
The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe by Lynne McTaggart
Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passion and Transform Your Life by Ken Robinson, PhD
Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man by Sam Keen
The Flowering of Human Consciousness by Eckhart Tolle
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander
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The Genie in Your Genes by Dawson Church
Get It Off! Understanding the Cause of Breast Pain, Cysts and Cancer by Sydney Singer and Soma Grismaijer.
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Lines of Modern Manhood by Tom Matlack and Larry Bean
The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong
Grow Great Grub: Organic Food for Small Spaces by Gayla Trail
Growing Old is Not for Sissies by Etta Clark
Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia by Natasha Campbell-McBride
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Hands of Light by Barbara Brennan
The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege by Herb Goldberg
Head and Neuroanatomy by Michael Schuenke
Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma by Stephen Harrod Buhner
The Heart of Listening by Hugh Milne
A History of the Breast by Marilyn Yalom
The Hero Within by Carol Pearson
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
How to Use Your Eyes by James Elkins
Human Anatomy: From the Renaissance to the Digital Age by Benjamin Rifkin
The Human Ground by Stanley Keleman
The Hundredth Monkey by Ken Keyes, Jr.
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I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real
If Your Dream Doesn’t Scare You, It Isn’t Big Enough by Kristine Stevens
I Love Green Smoothies by Katherine Stromick
In a Dark Wood: Personal Essays of Men on Middle Age, Edited by Steven Harvey
Instructions: Everything You’ll Need to Know on Your Journey by Neil Gaiman
The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World by Lynne McTaggart
In Your Face: Stories from the Lives of Queer Youth by Mary Gray
It’s All in Your Head: The Link Between Mercury Amalgams and Illness by Hal Huggins
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King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette
Knights Without Armor by Aaron Kipnis, PhD
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Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard by Pam Penick
Learn to Sleep Well: A Practical Guide to Getting a Good Night’s Rest by Chris Idzikowski
Light Emerging by Barbara Brennan
Living on Live Food By Alissa Cohen
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen
Loving Your Teenage Daughter (Whether She Likes It or Not) by Debra Alexander, PhD
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A Man’s World: How Real is Male Privilege – And How High is It’s Price by Ellis Cose
The Male Stress Syndrome by Georgia Witkin, PhD
Manhood: The Bare Reality by Laura Dodsworth
Meditations: On the Monk who Dwells in Daily Life by Thomas Moore
Meditations with Theresa of Avila by Camille Campbell
The Men They Will Become: The Nature and Nurture of Male Character by Eli Newberger, M.D.
Men on Midlife: Eighteen Men Talk about Making New Choices in Careers, Relationships, and What Really Matters in the Second Half of Life by Joanne Vickers and Barbara Thomas
The Mindful Child: How to Help Your Kid Manage Stress and Become Happier, Kinder, and More Compassionate by Susan Kaiser Greenland.
The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life by Jean-Francois Revel
The Mysticism of Sound and Music by Hazrat Inayay Khan
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New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children by Corinne Maier
No More Dirty Looks: The Truth about Your Beauty Products, and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics by Siobhan O’Connor.
The Non-Toxic Avenger: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You by Deanna Duke
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan
Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls: Fear of Crime in Women’s Lives by Esther Madriz
No Way Baby!: Exploring, Understanding, and Defending the Decision NOT to Have Children by Karen Foster
Nurturing Spirituality in Children: Simple Hands-On Activities by Peggy Jenkins
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: The Enduring Classic Work on How What We Eat Shapes Us... For Better and Worse by Weston Price, D.D.S
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The Orient in the Mirror by Roland and Sabrina Michaud
Original Self: Living with Paradox and Originality by Thomas Moore
Organic Gardening Beginners Manual by Julie Turner
The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural, Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn by Paul Tukey
Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon Brownlee
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A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life by Jack Kornfield
Pictures of the Mind: What the New Neuroscience Tells us About Who We Are by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel
Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too by Beth Terry
Platero and I by Juan Ramon Jimenez
The Plug-In Drug: Television, Computers, and Family Life by Marie Winn
The Polarity Process by Franklyn Sills, North Atlantic Books
Polarity Therapy Volumes 1 and 2 by Dr. Randolph Stone
The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation by Deb Dana
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Power Up Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment by David Perlmutter, M.D. and Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.
The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued by Ann Crittenden
Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) by Gavin de Becker
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block
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The Raw Transformation: Energizing Your Life with Living Foods by Wendy Rudell
Real Boys by William Pollack
Real Boys’ Voices by William Pollack
Real Food Has Curves: How to Get Off Processed Foods, Lose Weight and Love What You Eat by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough
Remotely Controlled: How Television is Damaging our Lives by Aric Sigman
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, PhD
Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic & Worry by Catherine Pittman, PhD
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Science and Music by Sir James Jeans
See Jane Hit: Why Girls are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It by James Garbarino, PhD.
The Sexual Male: Problems and Solutions by Richard Milsten, M.D. and Julian Slowinski, Psy.D.
The Shaman’s Body: A New Shamanism for Transforming Health, Relationships and the Community by Arnold Mindell
Singing Bowl Exercises for Personal Harmony by Anneke Huyser
Stillness by Charles Ridley
Solitude: A Return to the Self by Anthony Storr
Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley Ford
Soul Mates by Thomas Moore
The Souls Journey by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Soul to Soul Parenting: A Guide to Raising a Spiritually Conscious Family by Annie Burnside
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram
Sprout Garden by Mark Mathew Braunstein
Sprouts for the Love of Everybody by Viktoras Kulvinskas
A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World by Peter Kingsley
Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future by David Wolfe
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Take a Nap! Change Your Life by Sara Mednick
The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living by Nick Ortner
Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health, and What You Can Do About It by Samuel Epstein and Randall Fitzgerald
Turning the Mind in to an Ally by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Two Is Enough: A Couple's Guide to Living Childless by Choice by Laura Scott.
Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How Ingredients in Processed Food is Grown, Mined and Manipulated into What America Eats by Steve Ettlinger
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Uninformed Consent: The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care by Hal Huggins
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer
The Urban/Suburban Composter: The Complete Guide to Backyard, Balcony and Apartment Composting by Mark Cullen, Lorraine Johnson and Andrew Leyerle
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Vibrational Medicine by Richard Gerber, M.D.
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What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry, M.D., PhD and Oprah Winfrey
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing, from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
When Healing Becomes a Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies by Kenny Ausubel
When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté
Whole Body Dentistry by Mark Breiner
Wisdom in the Body by Michael Kern
Womanhood: The Bare Reality by Laura Dodsworth
Working on Yourself Alone by Arnold Mindell
Working with Anger by Thubten Chodron
Why Your Life Sucks and What You Can Do About It by Alan Cohen
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Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last by Stephen Levine
You: The Owner’s Manual by Michael Roizen
You: The Smart Patient by Michael Roizen
Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You’re 80 and Beyond by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, M.D.
Your Body Speaks its Mind by Stanley Keleman
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Zen: The Supreme Experience by Alan and Mark Watts
Zen and the Art of Making a Living by Laurence Boldt
10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting: Nurturing Your Child's Soul by Mimi Doe
Web Resources and Inspirations
Antibiotics May Make Fighting Flu Harder, by Tina Herman Seay in Science News:
sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/71187/description/Antibiotics_may_make_fighting_flu_ harder
Holocaust survivors 3 times more likely to attempt suicide by Tamara Traubman. http://www.haaretz.com/news/study-holocaust-survivors-3-times-more-likely-to-attempt-suicide-1.166386
How Antibiotics Destroy Your Immune System by Craig Stellpflug in Natural News naturalnews.com/036479_antibiotics_immune_system_destruction.html
Inner Peace: We Yearn for Silence, Yet, the Less Sound there is, the More our Thoughts Deafen Us. How Can we Still the Noise Within? by Tim Parks: http://www.aeonmagazine.com/altered-states/is-the-sound-of-silence-the-end-of-the-self/
New Study Reveals That Antibiotics Damage Our Immune System by Heidi Stevenson: gaia-health.com/articles401/000445-antibiotics-damage-immune-system.shtml
Newtown Author’s Book Helps Those Affected by Shootings by Sandra Diamond Fox by: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Newtown-author-s-book-helps-those-affected-by-4548793.php
Restoring the Body: Bessel van der Kolk on Yoga, EMDR, and Treating Trauma at: www.onbeing.org/program/restoring-the-body-bessel-van-der-kolk-on-yoga-emdr-and-treating-trauma/5801#sthash.f9H81H7f.dpuf
TED Talks
All it Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes by Andy Puddicombe
Changing My Legs and My Mindset, My 12 Pairs of Legs, and The Opportunity for Adversity by Aimee Mullins (also on aimeemullins.com)
The Council of Dads - Bruce Feller
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie
Epigenetics and the Space Around Us by Dr. Paul Brenner
The Happy Secret to Better Work - Shawn Achor
Healing through Diet - Dean Ornish
The Hidden Power of Smiling - Ron Gutman
Listening to Shame, and The Power of Vulnerablity by Brené Brown (also on Brenebrown.com)
The Secret to Desire in a Long-Term Relationship by Esther Perel
The Surprising Science of Happiness by Dan Gilbert
Teach Every Child About Food – Jamie Oliver
To This Day…For the Bullied and the Beautiful – Shane Koycan
Try Something New for 30 Days – Matt Cutts
What Adults Can Learn from Kids – Adora Svitak
Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career - Larry Smith
Other Web Resources
https://cptsdfoundation.org/
CPTSD: https://eggshelltherapy.com/a-split-in-our-personality/
Ewg.org: Skin Deep
Facebook: CPTSD Foundation
Movies and Documentaries
America the Beautiful
A documentary that examines America's fixation with outward appearance and the unrealistic standards of beauty dictated by the media, pop culture and the fashion industry. Featuring interviews with fashion experts, media personalities and celebrities, the film looks at everything from plastic surgery to eating disorders.
America the Beautiful: 2
A documentary that looks at how the national obsession with weight loss has negatively affected our perception of what really constitutes a healthy weight.
Blue Gold
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions.
Chemerical
Follows a family as they attempt to rid their home of toxic substances. It explores the life cycle of everyday household cleaners and hygiene products.
Carbon Nation
An optimistic, solutions-based film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national security and promotes health and a clean environment.
David vs. Monsanto
A storm blows across your garden and genetically-manipulated seeds are in your vegetable patch. A few days later, representatives of a multi-national corporation secretly visit your home, only to return later and demand that you surrender all your vegetables and seeds. Then, they file a lawsuit against you for the illegal use of patented and genetically-modified seeds that you never planted or used.
Dirt
A look at man's relationship with Dirt. We started our journey together as stardust, swirled by cosmic forces into our galaxy, solar system, and planet. We are made of the same stuff.
Doctored
A documentary on the monopolization of our medical system reveals an alarming portrait of deception and criminality.
Cut, Poison, Burn
A documentary that puts the business of cancer treatment under the microscope. Follow the frustrating journeys of critically ill cancer patients as they try to navigate the confusing and dangerous maze of treatment and encounter formidable obstacles in the “cancer industrial complex.”
End Game
Approaches to life and death.
Farmaggedon
The story of family farms that were providing healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop by agents of misguided government bureaucracies.
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead
Chronicles one man’s personal mission to regain his health while traveling across US, juicer in tow, and inspiring others to do the same.
Finding Joe
In the early 20th century while studying world mythology, Joseph Campbell discovered a pattern hidden in every story ever told. He called it "the hero's journey." Finding Joe explores how the hero's journey is relevant and essential in today's world.
Flow
An award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.
Food Beware
Follows an experiment in a small village in the mountains of France, where - in opposition to powerful economic interests - the town's mayor has decided to make the school lunch menu organic, with much of it grown locally.
Food, Inc.
Exposes how our nation's food supply is controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.
Food Matters
This film sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide sickness industry and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for overcoming illness naturally.
Forks Over Knives
Examines the claim that most disease can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
Fresh
Outlines the vicious cycle of our current food production methods, while also celebrating the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are reinventing our food system.
Happy
Takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.
Head Games
A documentary on one of leading public health issues of our time: head injuries in sports.
Hungry for Change
Exposes secrets the diet, weight loss and food industries don't want you to know about deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more.
I am
Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac, who experienced a life threatening head injury, ask two questions: What s wrong with our world? and What can we do about it? by visiting some great minds, including authors, poets, teachers, religious leaders, and scientists.
If Anything Happens I Love You
An animation of grieving parents mourning the loss of a child after a school shooting.
King Corn
How corn dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom.
Last Call at the Oasis
Water. It's the earth's most valuable resource, will there be enough to sustain life on our planet?
May I be Frank
Frank Ferrante, a lover of life, great food, beautiful women and a good laugh, Frank is also a drug addict, morbidly obese, pre-diabetic, and fighting Hepatitis C this film documents the transformation of Frank's life.
Mercury Undercover
The cause and effect of the well-hidden evidence of mercury contamination as seen through the eyes of doctors, scientists, environmental experts and mercury-poisoned survivors.
Plastic Planet
Interviews with experts to shed light on the perils of plastic for our environment, our bodies and the health of future generations.
Processed People
Processed People examines these topics: Why are we so fat? What is health? Health care or sick care? Are we what we eat? Do we need to eat animal products? What's the role of exercise? What's a processed person? Can you "de-process" yourself? What happens if we don't change?
Resurface
Surf therapy for trauma.
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
A documentary that chronicles six Americans with diabetes who switch to a vegan, organic, uncooked diet in order to reverse disease without pharmaceutical medication.
Stutz
Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill and his therapist Phil Stutz and an approach to therapy, mental health and self-care.
Super Size Me
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Surviving Death
Personal stories and research on near-death experiences, reincarnation and paranormal phenomena.
Switch
What will it really take, to go from the energy that built our world, to the energy that will shape our future?
Take Your Pills
The cost of productivity enhancing drugs such as Adderall.
Take Your Pills: Xanax
The cost of anti-anxiety medication.
Tapped
Water. A behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity.
Trashed
Looks at the risks to the food chain and the environment through pollution of our air, land and sea by waste.
Vegucated
A documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about.