“If you take care of the small things,
the big things take care of themselves.
Gain more control over your life
by paying closer attention to the little things.”
– Emily Dickinson, poet
Five Ways to Wellbeing (New Economics Foundation)
10 Keys to Happier Living (Action for Happiness)
The Meaning 3.0 Flywheel & The Alchemist's Cookbook (Jamie Wheal)
Session 2: Healthy mind, healthy body
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (Scott Adams)
The Three Marks of Existence & the Self
Session 3: Soul, Expression and Connection
The Light/Dark Masculine/Feminine
Conscious and sacred sexuality
Counselling/psychotherapy, coaching, consulting & mentoring
Session 1 prep
Thank you for registering for Life as Practice! I'm honoured you've chosen me to guide you in this four-week journey of cultivating wholeness & developing the habits to become our best selves.
A reminder: You will be sent pre-reading/watching a few days before each session (allow 1 hour), and homework at the end of each session (allow 1 hour). In addition, you will get most out of this course if you have the time and will to cultivate daily practice.
Sessions will be recorded and shared shortly after each live session (so you can catch up if you're late/miss a session), and everyone will be offered a 30-minute private consultation during the course (details soon).
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The prep for our first session:
- Please watch/read three articles/videos from the Session 1 notes below and leave a comment on the link in the Google Doc with a short summary and any key takeaways. (If three is too many, please try to do at least one.)
- Add a photo and short bio to the Bios doc, if you feel comfortable doing so.
- Add any habits you'd like to track for the duration of the course to the Habit Tracker sheet (feel free to add and remove habits throughout the course).
I look forward to seeing you at 4pm UK time (UTC+1) on Wednesday at https://us06web.zoom.us/... (same Zoom link for all sessions).
Best,
Stephen
Session 1: Foundations
Speaking points:
- I don't claim to be an expert on all topics (but I certainly have thought deeply about how they all fit together)
- You will be assigned to a pod of three
- You might like to start a prose journal in addition to the habit tracker
Frameworks for Wellbeing
Five Ways to Wellbeing (New Economics Foundation)
The Five Ways to Wellbeing - boosting mental wellbeing
- 5 steps to mental wellbeing - NHS
- Five ways to wellbeing | New Economics Foundation
- Five ways to wellbeing - Mind
10 Keys to Happier Living (Action for Happiness)
The Ten Keys to Happier Living | Vanessa King | TEDxStPeterPort
- 10 Keys to Happier Living | Action for Happiness
- 10 Keys to Happier Living Book | Action for Happiness
- 10 Days of Happiness
SPIRE (Tal Ben-Shahar)
Wholebeing Happiness and the SPIRE Approach, with Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD
- Spiritual well-being: What gives you purpose and meaning? What values drive your actions?
- Physical well-being: How do you cultivate positive regard for the body, treating it well and being aware of the innate ability of the body to affect the mind?
- Intellectual well-being: What are the ways you stretch, grow, and challenge the mind by cultivating creativity and fostering the love of learning?
- Relational well-being: How do you contribute to and benefit from the people around you? No less important, what are the ways you foster a healthy relationship with yourself?
- Emotional well-being: How can you increase pleasurable emotions and cultivate resilience to deal with painful emotions?
Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile | Tal Ben-Shahar | Big Think
2 critical misconceptions about happiness | Tal Ben-Shahar | Big Think
How to Be Happier – Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD
- The 5 Aspects of Life That Contribute to True Happiness - Sonima
- SPIRE Well-being | Wholebeing Institute
- Wholebeing Happiness: A Mini Workbook on SPIRE
- Harvard’s Most Popular Course: Tal Ben-Shahar On How to Be Happier
- Learn From Harvard’s Most Popular Course — The Science of Success Podcast
- Harvard’s Most Popular Course is a Class on How to be Happier
The Meaning 3.0 Flywheel & The Alchemist's Cookbook (Jamie Wheal)
"Regardless of which branch we enter through—whether it’s deep healing [catharsis], powerful inspiration [ecstasis], or committed connection [communitas], this three-legged process is more or less how living gets done. Life is irreducibly tragic—we know that much. That’s where healing becomes so essential—it gives us a chance to patch our bones and mend as we go onward. But occasionally, it’s undeniably magic—and that’s easier to forget. That’s what inspiration does: It reminds us that there’s beauty and perfection around us, if we only remember where to look. When we find ourselves whipsawed between those two poles, we have to laugh together at the Full Catastrophe that is our mortal lives. Then it’s Comic too. That’s what connection does—it gives us a chance to share the burden and absurdity of life with others. If we couldn’t weep, worship, and laugh, we wouldn’t be able to bear witness to this crazy ride. So that’s what we’re shooting for: a way to wake up, grow up, and show up. Just in time." – Jamie Wheal, Recapture the Rapture
"A viable candidate for Meaning 3.0 will need to fulfill the pro-social functions of traditional 1.0 Faith—Inspiration, Healing, and Connection. And, to stand a chance of helping the world, it needs to fulfill the inclusive promise of 2.0 Modernism, and be Open Source, Scalable, and Anti-fragile… [The] most potent and accessible physical drivers to shape consciousness and culture and help us build Meaning 3.0 are:
- Respiration—We are hard-coded to ensure our oxygen supply remains constant, so modulating breathing is one of the surest-fire ways to shift physical and psychological states.
- Embodiment—The core regulators of our parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system play an enormous role in our health, well-being, and stress resilience. They are the metronome of our physiology that sets the rhythm of our lived experiences.
- Sexuality—If we do not procreate we die. So there are tons of neurochemical drivers baked into our systems to ensure we do. Understanding them allows a powerful reorientation to this central life-giving activity.
- Substances—Humans, and most other animals, routinely seek to shift states as part of their learning, growing, and mending. Ron Siegel at UCLA has even gone as far as calling the intentional pursuit of intoxication a “fourth drive—a desire to feel different, to achieve a rapid change in one’s state” that is “as much a part of the human condition as sex, hunger, and thirst.”
- Music—From ancient fireside chants to cathedrals to chain gangs to concerts, music has accompanied us on the journey of human civilization. It not only “soothes the savage beast”; it shapes our physiology, sense of connectivity, and capacity for awe."
5 ways to unlock your brain’s ancient pleasure centers | Jamie Wheal for Big Think
1:54 Breathing
2:30 Sexuality
3:52 Embodiment
4:30 Substances
5:22 Music
- Recapture the Rapture
- Flow Genome Project
- How to Future Proof Your Life (Recapture the Rapture course)
Recapture the Rapture, Jamie Wheal
Why the world is going crazy—and how to win back our minds | Jamie Wheal | Big Think
Why the world needs cults | Jamie Wheal for Big Think
Beach talk: Jamie Wheal - Unpacking the Meaning Crisis & the Meta Crisis
Beach Talk: Jamie Wheal - Sex, Trauma & Transcendence: The Keys to Healing, Inspiration & Connection
Goodreads
Eating well
Microbiome & Psychobiome
How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome
How the food you eat affects your gut - Shilpa Ravella
Food for thought: How your belly controls your brain | Ruairi Robertson | TEDxFulbrightSantaMonica
You are your microbes - Jessica Green and Karen Guillemin
What Role Does our Microbiome Play in a Healthy Diet? - with Tim Spector
- The gut microbiome | Nature
- Why the Gut Microbiome Is Crucial for Your Health
- The human microbiome: why our microbes could be key to our health | Science | The Guardian
- Unlocking the ‘gut microbiome’ – and its massive significance to our health | The Guardian
- Evidence mounts that gut bacteria can influence mood, prevent depression | Science | AAAS
- The Microbiome | The Nutrition Source | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Meet the ‘psychobiome': the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, and act | Science
The Microbes Within Us - with Ed Yong
I Contain Multitudes | Ed Yong | Talks at Google
Improving your gut microbiome:
How to optimize your gut and brain bacteria | Dave Asprey | Big Think
5 tips to keep your gut microbiome healthy | UCLA Health Newsroom
- 10 Ways to Strengthen Your Microbiome - Canadian Digestive Health Foundation
- 9 Ways to Improve Your Gut Bacteria, Based on Science
- 15 tips to boost your gut microbiome | BBC Science Focus Magazine
- The Microbiome | The Nutrition Source | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- How to eat your way to a healthy gut - BBC Future
- How your microbiome can improve your health - BBC Future
- 10 research-backed ways to improve gut health
- 5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Gut Microbiome Starting Today
- 17 Proven Ways to Heal Your Gut Microbiome
- Could Understanding Your Gut Microbiome Help Reverse Autoimmune Disease?
- The Microbiome Diet Review: Food Lists, Benefits, and Meal Plan
- Microbiome diet: What is it and how does it work?
Gratitude
- A Gratitude Practice Before Eating Can Make Meals Mindful | Well+Good
- Why You Should Cultivate a Habit of Thanking Your Food Before You Eat It
- Bringing Gratitude to Our Food System
- Gratitude and Mindful Eating | University Health Services
- How a little bit of gratitude can make you feel happier and healthier | The Seattle Times
- The Meditation Diet: How I Lost 60+ lbs. by Savoring
Water
Body Hydration: The Key to Improved Performance, Health, and Life | Chris Gintz | TEDxHiltonHead
Why Drinking Water Is So Important
What would happen if you didn’t drink water? - Mia Nacamulli
10 Benefits of Drinking Water | The Foodie
4 Surprising Benefits of Drinking Water
- Discover 10 Big Benefits of Staying Hydrated
- 11 benefits of drinking water
- Top 5 health benefits of drinking water | BBC Good Food
- 6 Reasons to Drink Water
- 15 benefits of drinking water and other water facts
- 8 Health Benefits Of Drinking Water
- The importance of hydration | British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Water and Healthier Drinks | Healthy Weight, Nutrition, and Physical Activity | CDC
- Water: How much should you drink every day? - Mayo Clinic
- Keeping hydrated | Health Information | Bupa UK
- Benefits of Drinking Water: How It Affects Your Energy, Weight & More
- How much water should you drink? - Harvard Health
Sleeping well
Sleep is your superpower | Matt Walker
The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it | Dan Gartenberg
The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu
How does Sleep Work and WHY do we need it?
What would happen if you didn’t sleep? - Claudia Aguirre
- Why Do We Need Sleep?
- 10 Top Benefits of Getting More Sleep
- Why is sleep important? 9 reasons for getting a good night's rest
- Sleep 101: Why Sleep Is So Important to Your Health | The Pursuit | University of Michigan School of Public Health
- 7 Surprising Health Benefits to Getting More Sleep
- The Importance of Sleep
Improving sleep:
How To Improve Your Sleep | Matthew Walker
Matthew Walker Busts Sleep Myths | Why We Sleep
7 Tips to Sleeping Well | Rafael Pelayo | TEDxMarinSalon
- Sleep tips: 6 steps to better sleep - Mayo Clinic
- CDC - Sleep Hygiene Tips
- How to sleep better: 15 science-backed tips
- 20 Tips for Better Sleep When You Have Insomnia
- How to Sleep Better - HelpGuide.org
- Healthy Sleep Tips
- How to fall asleep faster and sleep better - Every Mind Matters - NHS
- 17 Proven Tips to Sleep Better at Night
Sitting well
Why sitting is bad for you - Murat Dalkilinç
The science of why sitting all day is bad for your health
Why Sitting Down Destroys You | Roger Frampton | TEDxLeamingtonSpa
- Why we should sit less - NHS
- Sitting risks: How harmful is too much sitting? - Mayo Clinic
- 13 Reasons Why Sitting Too Much Is Bad for Your Health
- The dangers of sitting: why sitting is the new smoking - Better Health Channel
- Is Sitting Too Much Bad for Your Health?
- 10 Things That Happen When You Sit Down All Day
- The dangers of sitting - Harvard Health
- Why Is Sitting so Bad for Us? > News > Yale Medicine
- Is sitting bad for you? | Life and style | The Guardian
Do Standing Desks' Benefits Stand Up to Research?
Are Standing Desks Actually Better? | Treadmill Desk vs Bicycle vs Sitting
The benefits of good posture - Murat Dalkilinç
The TRUTH About STANDING DESKS
- The truth behind standing desks - Harvard Health
- Standing Desks: How They Help You Beat Inactivity
- Five Health Benefits of Standing Desks | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
- Treadmill desks can benefit your health in these three key ways
- Should You Use a Treadmill Desk at Work?
- Sure, Use A Treadmill Desk — But You Still Need To Exercise : Shots - Health News : NPR
- What You Need To Know About Treadmill Desks
- I Used A Treadmill Desk For A Month & Here's What Happened
- Should I buy an under-desk treadmill? | TechRadar
- Walking while working: my experience with a treadmill desk
Nature connection
This Is Your Brain on Nature | Nat Geo Live
Why nature is good for your mental health
Sir David Attenborough | Mental health and nature
The mental health benefits of nature with Dr Julie Smith 🌲 The Green Planet 🌱 BBC
Why Does Nature Make You Feel Better?
- How nature benefits mental health - Mind
- How Does Nature Impact Our Wellbeing?
- Nurtured by nature
- 5 ways to connect to nature to help our wellbeing | WWF
- Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health - Yale E360
- Nature and mental health
- Nature Connection on Goodreads
Forest bathing
Forest Bathing | Shinrin-Yoku | Healing in Nature | Short Documentary
The Art and Science of Forest Bathing with Dr Qing Li
I STARTED FOREST BATHING & IT CHANGED MY LIFE | why you should try it & how to start shinrin-yoku!
- What Is Forest Bathing? Benefits and How to Practice Shinrin-Yoku
- Shinrin-Yoku: A Deep Dive Into Forest Bathing
- Your guide to forest bathing | Forestry England
- A beginner's guide to forest bathing
- The Benefits of 'Forest Bathing' | TIME
- Getting back to nature: how forest bathing can make us feel better | Trees and forests | The Guardian
- Forest Bathing on Goodreads
Mushroom growing
We Create Life - Mushroom Grow kit Instructies
Grow Mushrooms In Just 8 DAYS! Mushroom Growing Kit Review (anyone can do this at home...)
- 6 Best Mushroom Growing Kits in 2022, According to Experts
- 10 Best Mushroom Growing Kits For A Never-Ending Supply
- 8 Best Mushroom Growing Kits Of 2022, According To Foodies | mindbodygreen
- Growing your own mushrooms at home is surprisingly easy. Here are the 5 best beginner kits, according to experts.
- Mushroom Growing Kits - Complete Guide, Reviews and Top Picks
Non-psychoactive:
- Merryhill Mushrooms
- Grow Your Own Mushrooms | Mushroom Kits & Spawn | Suttons
- GroCycle
- Buy Mushroom Growing Kits UK | Ready-to-Grow
- Mushroom Growing Kits | Grow Your Own Mushrooms | Urban Farm-It
Psychoactive:
Growing Mushrooms Time Lapse Compilation
GOLDEN TEACHER (mushroom growing TIME LAPSE)
Back to the Roots Organic Mushroom Grow Kit Timelapse
Mushroom growing courses:
Session 1 homework
- Complete session 1 prep! (summaries, bios, habits)
Optional:
- Do the SPIRE worksheet
- Sign up to the Action for Happiness 10 Days of Happiness and/or download the Action for Happiness app (scroll to bottom)
Session 2 prep
As before, please watch/read three articles/videos from the Session 2 notes below and leave a comment on the link in the Google Doc with a short summary and any key takeaways. (If three is too many, please try to do at least one.)
Session 2: Healthy mind, healthy body
Habits
“We are what we repeatedly do… therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit.”
– We Are What We Repeatedly Do
Atomic Habits (James Clear)
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Habits Guide: How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
- Habits Academy (James Clear)
Summaries:
- Atomic Habits by James Clear: Summary and Notes - Nat Eliason
- Atomic Habits by James Clear: Summary with Notes & Highlights
- Book Summary: Atomic Habits by James Clear | Sam Thomas Davies
- Book Summary: “Atomic Habits” by James Clear | Empire Writer
The 3 life-changing ideas in James Clear's Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits: 4 Rules for Sticking to Any Habit
20 Lessons From Atomic Habits That Changed My Life
Atomic Habits Summary 📖 20 Lessons - James Clear
How to Trick Your Brain to Like Doing Hard Things – Atomic Habits by James Clear
Atomic Habits: How to Get 1% Better Every Day - James Clear
How to become 37.78 times better at anything | Atomic Habits summary (by James Clear)
1% Better Every Day - James Clear at ConvertKit Craft + Commerce 2017
The Surprising Power of Small Habits | James Clear | SNAPS Leadership Conference
Why You Shouldn't Set Goals But Form Good Habits | Lifehacker
Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead - James Clear
Tiny Changes with Big Results // Ground Up 083
Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results - Atomic Habits by James Clear
Atomic Habits Summary & Review (James Clear) - ANIMATED
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (Scott Adams)
Goals vs. Systems: HOW TO FAIL AND STILL WIN BIG by Scott Adams
How to Fail at Almost Everything with Scott Adams
Best of the rest
The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg):
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg | Goodreads
- The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
The Power of Habit: Charles Duhigg at TEDxTeachersCollege
How to break habits (from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg)
5 Lessons from "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg
Tiny Habits (BJ Fogg):
Forget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg at TEDxFremont
Good Habits, Bad Habits (Wendy Wood):
- Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick by Wendy Wood | Goodreads
The secret habits that control your life | Wendy Wood
Hit peak performance with the power of habit | Wendy Wood
How do elite performers automate their habits? | Wendy Wood
Why successful people set habits, not just goals | Wendy Wood
Better Than Before (Gretchen Rubin):
- Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin | Goodreads
- Gretchen Rubin's book Better Than Before
Gretchen Rubin: The 4 Ways to Successfully Adopt New Habits
Habits: How to be successful every day | Dan Ariely, Gretchen Rubin & more | Big Think
Habits Are Decisions You Only Need to Make Once, with Gretchen Rubin | Big Think
Elastic Habits (Stephen Guise):
Make Your Habits Stick Forever (elastic habits)
Sticking to habits:
- Sticking to a Habit: The Definitive Guide
- 18 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick - Lifehack
- 6 Proven Ways To Make New Habits Stick - Lifehack
- How to Build New Habits That Stick [The Ultimate Guide]
- Five Ways To Make A Habit Stick
- 3 Tips for Making New Habits Stick, According to Experts. Nike GB
- How To Make Good Habits Stick: 11 Secrets From Research
- Koa Foundations | How to get healthy habits to stick (without stress or burnout)
- 10 simple tricks to make a new habit stick - Precision Biotics
Change Your Life – One Tiny Step at a Time (Kurzgesagt)
the one habit that is changing my life: set systems rather than goals
The MOST Self-Destructive Habit | Simon Sinek
The Science of Habits | Marco Badwal | TEDxFS
A method for sticking to habits
How to Build a New Habit That ACTUALLY Sticks: 9 Steps to Form a Good Habit
Christine Carter: The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit | TED
Daily routines:
- How to Create a Daily Routine That Works For You
- How to make yourself stick to a routine | Post | Commit Action
- How to Have a Routine: 11 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow
- Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life: How to Harness the Power of Clock Genes to Lose Weight, Optimize Your Workout, and Finally Get a Good Night's Sleep by Suhas Kshirsagar | Goodreads
Overcoming challenges:
What to Do When You're Too Lazy to Stick to Your Habits
If you’ve ever failed to make a habit stick...
A simple way to break a bad habit | Judson Brewer
4 Mistakes People Make When Trying to Build Habits
Courses:
3 Ways to Make Your Habits Stick
Skillshare and Udemy:
- Real Productivity: How to Build Habits That Last | Thomas Frank | Skillshare
- 21 Days of Purposeful Productivity: Forming Habits for Long Term Goals | Mike Dee | Skillshare
- Creating Habits That Stick - A Step-By-Step Guide | Catrinel Girbovan | Skillshare
- Mini Habit Mastery: The Scientific Way To Change Your Habits | Udemy
- The Complete Daily Positive Habits Building Course | Udemy
- Creating a Meaningful Life & Developing Habits of Happiness | Udemy
Book lists:
- Habits on Goodreads
- Habits Books
- Change Your Life with Habits! Review 3 Popular Books | by Anna Wikström
- 9 Best Habits Books to Read in 2022
Exercise & embodiment
Exercise & fitness
- The Top 10 Benefits of Regular Physical Activity - Exercise
- Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity - Mayo Clinic
- 13 Benefits of Exercise
- 9 Proven Benefits of Physical Activity | Eufic
- Physical activity (WHO)
- Benefits of Physical Activity
- Real-Life Benefits of Exercise and Physical Activity | National Institute on Aging
- Benefits of exercise | Health Information | Bupa UK
- Benefits of Exercise: MedlinePlus
- The Mental Health Benefits of Exercise - HelpGuide.org
What happens inside your body when you exercise?
Wendy Suzuki: The brain-changing benefits of exercise | TED
What Happens To Your Body When You Start Exercising Regularly | The Human Body
10 Benefits Of Exercise On The Brain And Body - Why You Need Exercise
Harvard professor debunks the biggest exercise myths | Daniel Lieberman
Types of fitness:
- The 5 Types of Fitness Training You Need in Your Routine | livestrong
- The Three Kinds of Fitness
- Four Types of Exercise Can Improve Your Health and Physical Ability
- Types of exercise | Health Information | Bupa UK
- What are the different types of fitness?
- The 4 most important types of exercise - Harvard Health
Pillars of Fitness: Types of Fitness Everyone Should Train For
Is BALANCE more important than STRENGTH?
The 4 Types of Exercise Every Person Needs
Yoga:
What Happens To Your Brain And Body When You Do Yoga Regularly
What yoga does to your body and brain - Krishna Sudhir
Books:
Run, Jump, Learn! How Exercise can Transform our Schools: John J. Ratey, MD at TEDxManhattanBeach
EXERCISE AND THE BRAIN - SPARK BY JOHN RATEY ANIMATED BOOK SUMMARY
Spark learning and creativity: SPARK by Dr. John Ratey
- No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness by Michelle Segar | Goodreads
- The Fitness Mindset: Eat for energy, Train for tension, Manage your mindset, Reap the results by Brian Keane | Goodreads
- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
Embodiment & interoception
The eight senses:
- The Eight Senses – Sensory Street
- You Have Eight Senses Not Five - Sensory Friendly Solutions
- Your 8 Senses | STAR Institute
Embodiment:
What is embodiment and why does it matter?
- What is Embodiment? – Open Floor International
- What Is Embodiment & How Can We Use It For Self-Care?
- What is embodiment anyway?
- Embodiment Practices: How to Heal Through Movement
- The Five Inner Senses of Embodiment - BO FORBES
Interoception:
What is Interoception? - Science, Simplified
- Keys to Cultivating Self-Awareness: Research on the Benefits of Embodiment and Interoceptive Awareness | YogaUOnline
- Interoception: the hidden sense that shapes wellbeing | Science | The Guardian
- What is Interoceptive Awareness?
Meditation
Benefits:
10 Mind-Blowing Benefits of Meditation
11 Benefits of daily meditation
What Is Meditation - Why There's So Many Benefits
Benefits Of Meditation - TOP 6 BENEFITS
Why Mindfulness Is a Superpower: An Animation
- 12 Science-Based Benefits of Meditation
- The Many Benefits of Meditation - Headspace
- 16 Health Benefits of Daily Meditation According to Science
- These 100 Benefits of Meditation Will Convince You Once and for All to Try It
- Meditation and Mindfulness: What You Need To Know
- 7 Benefits of Meditation, and How It Can Affect Your Brain
- Why Meditate?
How meditation changes the brain:
The Scientific Power of Meditation
How Does Meditation Change the Brain? - Instant Egghead #54
Meditation's Impact on the Brain | Documentary Clip
The Neuroscience of Meditation, Mindfulness, and Compassion
The Science Behind Mindfulness Meditation
- 7 Ways Meditation Can Actually Change The Brain
- Meditation Can Change the Brain I Psych Central
- How Meditation Changes the Brain | Mindworks - Mindfully Rewire
- What Long-Term Effects of Meditation Has on Our Brain | Reflect
- 10 Things We Know About the Science of Meditation - Mindful
Best of the rest:
How Mindfulness Empowers Us: An Animation Narrated by Sharon Salzberg
I Meditated Every Day & This Is What Happened To Me... | Russell Brand
TED(x):
Meditation - The Single Most Important Skill Needed Today | Dr. Shyam Bhat | TEDxLavelleRoad
How mindfulness changes the emotional life of our brains | Richard J. Davidson | TEDxSanFrancisco
How mindfulness meditation redefines pain, happiness & satisfaction | Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat | TEDxSFU
How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar at TEDxCambridge 2011
The Power of Mindfulness: What You Practice Grows Stronger | Shauna Shapiro | TEDxWashingtonSquare
All it takes is 10 mindful minutes | Andy Puddicombe
How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar at TEDxCambridge 2011
Big Think:
Superhumans: The remarkable brain waves of high-level meditators | Daniel Goleman | Big Think
How meditation can change your life and mind | Sam Harris, Jon Kabat-Zinn & more | Big Think
How Meditation Can Manage Chronic Pain and Stress | Daniel Goleman | Big Think
The extraordinary effect of mindfulness on depression and anxiety | Daniel Goleman | Big Think
Train Your Brain: Mindfulness Meditation for Anxiety, Depression, ADD and PTSD | Daniel Goleman
Mind Fitness: How Meditation Boosts Your Focus, Resilience, and Brain | Daniel Goleman | Big Think
Books:
Films:
Films tagged 'meditation' and 'mindfulness' on IMDB
Buddhist teachings
The Three Marks of Existence & the Self
"Through meditation, we gain a greater ability to view what we experience as “impersonal,” part of the interconnected flow of causes of causes and conditions."
Buddhism's Three Marks of Existence: Deepest Part of the Dharma
WHAT ARE THE 3 MARKS OF EXISTENCE ? | BUDDHISM
- What are the three marks of existence?
- The Three Marks of Existence
- What Are the Three Marks of Existence? - Lions Roar
- Three marks of existence, or three factors of human experience? - Secular Buddhist Network
Dan Harris & Sam Harris - The Self is an Illusion
Sam Harris: The Self is an Illusion | Big Think
Why Your Self-Image Might Be Wrong: Ego, Buddhism, and Freud | Mark Epstein | Big Think
What is the self? - Peter Russell
The Secret To True Happiness = Seeing That The Self Is An Illusion (Here's Why)
- Our Brains Make Up Our Minds Before We Know It | Psychology Today
- Who's The Decision-Maker: Your Brain Or You?
- Neuroscientists can read brain activity to predict decisions 11 seconds before people act
- Here’s Why You Are Not Your Thoughts | by Tony Fahkry | Mission.org | Medium
- You Are Not Your Thoughts | Psychology Today United Kingdom
- If You Are Not Your Thoughts, Then Who Are You?
- You Are Not Your Thoughts and Feelings, and They Don't Have to Bring You Down
- You Are Not Your Thoughts: What That Means and Why It's True
- You Are Not Your Thoughts: 9 Ways To Stop Identifying With Them
Paṭiccasamuppāda (‘arising together dependently’, ‘dependent co-origination’):
- Wholeness and the Implicate Order by David Bohm | Goodreads
- The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan W. Watts | Goodreads
- Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu | Goodreads
The Brahmaviharas
- What Are the Four Brahmaviharas? - Lions Roar
- The Brahma-viharas: Head & Heart Together
- The Four Brahma-viharas (Heart Practices)
- 4 Brahma Viharas - Dhamma Wiki
- (Mis-)Understanding the Brahmaviharas
Cultivating Healthy Emotions: Intro to Brahmavihara Meditation
Lovingkindness Meditation: First of the Brahmaviharas
Compassion Meditation: Second of the Brahmaviharas
Sympathetic Joy Meditation: Third of the Brahmaviharas
Equanimity Meditation: Last of the Brahmaviharas
Session 2 homework
- Review content from session 2
- Add/modify your bio based on the insights on identity from Atomic Habits
- Book your 30m one-one-one session
Session 3 prep
As usual, please watch/read three articles/videos from the Session 3 notes below and leave a comment on the link in the Google Doc with a short summary and any key takeaways. (If three is too many, please try to do at least one.)
Session 3: Soul, Expression and Connection
Wild Mind & Soulcraft
- Animas Valley Institute
- Latvia: soulcraft.eu
- UK: bell selkie & Nature Wisdom
- Two Streams at Animas
- Bill Plotkin’s Soulcraft Musings | Animas Valley Institute
Book pages on the Animas site:
- Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche | Animas Valley Institute
- Soulcraft | Animas Valley Institute
- The Journey of Soul Initiation | Animas Valley Institute
- Nature and the Human Soul | Animas Valley Institute
Goodreads:
- Books by Bill Plotkin (Author of Soulcraft)
- Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche by Bill Plotkin | Goodreads
- Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche by Bill Plotkin
- The Journey of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries, and Revolutionaries by Bill Plotkin | Goodreads
- Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World by Bill Plotkin | Goodreads
Podcasts and videos:
Ten Laws Podcast | Bill Plotkin: How to Become an Adult (#148)
Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. talks about his book WILD MIND
Bill Plotkin ~ Journey of Soul Initiation
- Podcasts | Animas Valley Institute
- 059 Bill Plotkin – The Descent to Soul and the Journey of Initiation - State of Emergence | Podcast on Spotify
Wild Mind
From A Talk with Bill Plotkin about Wild Mind:
"To have a wild mind is to have a whole mind. People with wild minds are those who have cultivated and embodied their innate human wholeness — the full rainbow spectrum of capacities, talents, and sensibilities that constellate our evolutionary birthright."
- To embody our wild mind in our everyday life is to become fully human.
- Becoming fully human requires the cultivation of our innate wholeness, the four facets of the Self.
- Growing whole — cultivating the Self — is the foundation for the descent to soul.
- The process of soul initiation — the discovery and claiming of our mythopoetic identity — is the gateway to authentic adulthood.
- True adults — people who are embodying their mythopoetic identity as a gift to others — are the visionary artisans of cultural renaissance.
- Deep and radical cultural renewal arises from true adults embodying their wild minds.
Wild Mind (Nature-Based Map of the Human Psyche): A map of psychological wholeness… It serves as a guide to becoming fully human by cultivating the four facets of the Self and discovering both the limitations and the gifts of the four groups of our wounded, fragmented, and shadowed subpersonalities. It maps all of these elements of the psyche onto the qualities of the natural world that we observe in the cardinal directions as well as the characteristics of the four seasons and the four times of day: dawn, noon, dusk, and midnight.
(Definitions from A Glossary to the Language of Soul Canyon | Animas Valley Institute)
Soulcraft
Soul: A person or thing’s unique, innate niche in the Earth community. To discover our unique eco-niche, we must go through an initiatory process if and when we are developmentally prepared to do so. We become conscious of our Soul — if we ever do — through metaphor, through poetic or mythic images or patterns that I call mythopoetic identity. For me, Soul is an ecological concept, not a psychological one, and not a spiritual or religious one.
mythopoetic identity: The way we consciously identify and experience the nature of Soul — namely, through metaphor in the form of poetic or mythic images or patterns. Since it’s not possible to directly describe our eco-niche in everyday descriptive language, we comprehend and appreciate it mythopoetically. Essentially what Carl Jung meant by “personal myth.”
Soulcraft: A contemporary, Western, and nature-rooted path to the terra mysterium [mysterious territory] of Soul Initiation… Soulcraft practices include dreamwork and deep-imagery journeys, solo ceremonies and exercises while wandering on the land, trance dancing and drumming, council work, storytelling, vision fasts, symbolic artwork, soul-oriented poetry, Shadow work, and communicating with birds, trees, the winds, and the land and waters.
Eco-Soulcentric Developmental Wheel: A model of human development rooted in the cycles and qualities of the natural world. It describes what the stages of human development look like when we grow with nature and Soul as our primary guides: We take root in a childhood of innocence and wonder; sprout into an Adolescence of creative fire and mystery-probing adventures; blossom into an authentic Adulthood of cultural artistry and visionary leadership; and finally ripen into a seed-scattering Elderhood of wisdom, grace, and the holistic tending of the more-than-human world.
Soul initiation: The life passage from the Cocoon (ecocentric late Adolescence) to the Wellspring (early Adulthood), the passage that consummates the journey of soul initiation. This is the moment when our life becomes firmly rooted in the desires of our Soul, when the embodiment of Soul becomes our highest priority.
Descent to Soul: A psychospiritual expedition into one particular precinct of the underworld — the precinct I call Soul Canyon — and, if fortunate, the eventual emergence from those depths having been radically transformed by an encounter with Soul. The Descent is the most significant element of the journey of soul initiation. A Descent can, however, also occur one or more times after the journey of soul initiation. The Descent to Soul has five phases: Preparation, Dissolution, Soul Encounter, Metamorphosis, and Enactment.
Self-expression
From the arts | Britannica:
- The visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.), including:
- the graphic arts (painting, drawing, design, and other forms expressed on flat surfaces)
- the plastic arts (sculpture, modeling)
- the decorative arts (enamelwork, furniture design, mosaic, etc.)
- architecture (often including interior design)
- Literature (including poetry, drama, story, and so on)
- The performing arts (theatre, dance, music), including music (as composition)
From The arts - Wikipedia:
- visual arts (including architecture, ceramics, drawing, filmmaking, painting, photography, and sculpting),
- literary arts (including fiction, drama, poetry, and prose),
- performing arts (including dance, music, and theatre) and
- culinary arts (including cooking, chocolate making and winemaking)
+ Comics
+ Printmaking
+ Cinema/Film
+ Clowning/Fooling/Bouffon
- What are the 7 Forms of Art? A Complete Overview – CAI
- 7 different forms of art: An easy guide - Eden Gallery
- Quick Guide to the 7 Different Forms of Art - Adventures with Art
- The Nine Arts – Cinema and Comics are from 20th Century
- Types of Visual Art - A Look at Different Examples of Visual Arts
- Outline of the visual arts - Wikipedia
Why art is important | Katerina Gregos | TEDxGhent
The healing powers of art | Domingo Zapata | TEDxSyracuseUniversity
Creativity
- Creativity faucet: How to be more creative
- Steal Ed Sheeran’s Creative Routine to Write Better Articles | by Nick Nolan
- 25 Ways to Be More Creative | Inc.com
- 19 Amazing Ways to Be Creative (That You're Not Doing)
- How to be more creative: 6 proven ways to bring more spark to your work and life - 99designs
- 22 Practices to Cultivate & Nurture Creativity
- How To Practice Creativity (Even If You Think You’re Bad At It)
TED(x):
3 tools to become more creative | Balder Onarheim | TEDxCopenhagenSalon
Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke
The Art of Creativity | Taika Waititi | TEDxDoha
How to build your creative confidence | David Kelley
A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford
The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant
Cosmic creativity -- how art evolves consciousness: Alex Grey at TEDxMaui 2013
Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert
The 6 Habits of Exceptionally Creative People
How To Be Creative: How an Artist Turns Pro
What Do You Do to Feel More Creative?
Artist's Way Guru On Creativity & Play! | Russell Brand Podcast
Elizabeth Gilbert and Julia Cameron On Creative Motivation, Personal Success and the Artist’s Way
- Creativity on Goodreads
- Arts on Goodreads
- The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron | Goodreads
The Artist's Way In Three Minutes
The Artist's Way | 5 Key Points | Julia Cameron | Animated Book summary
Journaling
Good for:
- Journal (prose, poetry)
- Songbook
Also consider:
- Art sketchbook (painting, drawing)
- Stream-of-consciousness notepad (dreams, morning pages)
- Ideas book
Benefits of journaling:
- How writing 750 words a day could change your life
- Benefits of Journaling for Mental Health (5 Science-Based Benefits of Journaling for Anxiety and Depression)) | Holstee
- What’s All This About Journaling? - The New York Times
- 18 Incredible Journaling Benefits (And How To Start) - Vanilla Papers
- Mental Health Benefits of Journaling
- 15 Benefits of Journaling and Tips for Getting Started
- Benefits of Journaling for Depression, Anxiety & Stress
How to journal:
- How to Journal – A Complete Guide to Journal Writing
- A Beginner’s Guide to Keeping a Journal -- Science of Us
- Learn How to Start Journaling. It’s a Ritual Worth the Time
- How to Journal in 2022: Helpful Journaling Tips for Beginners
- How to Start a Journal (with Sample Entries) - wikiHow
- 17 Journaling Tips For Beginners (And How To Start) - Vanilla Papers
I Journaled Everyday for 90 Days. Here’s What I Learned.
5 Life Changing Journaling Habits from the Stoics
What I Learned by Journaling for 30 Days
How I Journal and Take Notes | Brainstorming + Focusing + Reducing Anxiety | Tim Ferriss
- The Best Self-Journals for Reflection
- 11 Best Journals For Writing, According To Professional Authors | mindbodygreen
Morning pages
- Morning Pages | Julia Cameron Live
- Morning Pages And The Benefits | Journey.Cloud
- Why you should try writing morning pages to boost your wellbeing
- What are Morning Pages? How One New Habit Changed My Life - LittleCoffeeFox
- What are 'Morning Pages' and How They Could Change Your Life in 2022 - Zoella
- 5 Profound Benefits of Morning Pages | by Sidra Ansari
- Journaling Techniques: 12 Tips for Writing Morning Pages - 2022 - MasterClass
Morning Pages - Write Daily For Clarity, Creativity, Productivity
Morning Pages | 15 Tips to Get the MOST Out of this Exercise (TODAY)
MORNING PAGES 🌞 My Life-Changing Daily Journal Habit
Dream journaling
- How Keeping a Dream Journal Benefits Your Waking Life | Allswell Home
- How to Keep a Dream Journal: 3 Benefits of Dream Journaling - 2022 - MasterClass
- Why Keep a Dream Journal
- 5 Reasons Why You Should Keep a Dream Journal
- Dream Journals: How To Start One + Why You Should | mindbodygreen
- Benefits Of Keeping A Dream Journal
- How to start (and keep) a dream journal – The Creative Independent
- Dream Journal: Tips for Beginners and How to Start | Sleep.com
- Dream Journal Benefits and Best Practices, According to Pros | Well+Good
Dream Journal - Essential Tips to Start
Lucid dreaming
- How to Lucid Dream: 6 Techniques to Try, What It Is
- 3 Ways to Lucid Dream - wikiHow
- How to Lucid Dream | Sleep Foundation
- Lucid Dreams: Definition, Benefits, Dangers, How to Do It
- Lucid Dreaming: Techniques, Benefits, and Cautions
- Lucid dreaming: How-to, benefits, and risks
- Lucid Dreaming: How to Lucid Dream in 5 Steps - 2022 - MasterClass
- Want To Lucid Dream Tonight? 9 Tips & Techniques To Get You Started
- Charlie Morley
How To Lucid Dream (Dream Journal Tutorial) Increase Your Dream Recall!
How To Lucid Dream Tonight In 3 Steps
How To Lucid Dream Tonight For Beginners (Complete Guide)
How to Lucid Dream in Just 5 Minutes
How to Lucid Dream for Beginners
I Learned to Lucid Dream with No Experience
Music and singing
- Benefits of Music on Body, Mind, Relationships & More
- The Surprising Psychological Benefits of Music
- The Benefits of Music: How the Science of Music Can Help You
- Keep Your Brain Young with Music | Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Scientists Find 15 Amazing Benefits Of Listening To Music - Lifehack
- 10 Reasons why Singing is Good for You
- Benefits of Singing: 10 Ways Singing Boosts Your Health
- The benefits of singing
- 21 Incredible Benefits of Singing That Will Impress You - Lifehack
- Sing Up Foundation | Singing & Health
How Does Music Affect Your Brain? | Tech Effects | WIRED
How Music Can Heal Our Brain and Heart | Kathleen M. Howland | TEDxBerkleeValencia
How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins
Your brain on music | Alan Harvey | TEDxPerth
25 Remarkable Health Benefits of Singing | #DrDan 🎤
Why singing is good for you | Alexandra Anderson | TEDxLFHS
This Is Your Brain On Music - How Music Benefits The Brain (animated)
Art
Benefits of making art:
- 5 Benefits of Creating Art – ARTLOFT
- Feeling Artsy? Here's How Making Art Helps Your Brain
- Make More Art: The Health Benefits of Creativity
- Positive Benefits of Creating Art
AI
Computer art & AI art:
- Replicate (Stable Diffusion, Deforum)
- Stable Diffusion - a Hugging Face Space by stabilityai
- Midjourney
- DALL·E 2
"Biomorphic" Ai Animation - Stable Diffusion - 4K
AI-assisted writing:
Connecting with others
The Wheel of Consent
- The Wheel of Consent – Betty Martin
- The Art of Receiving and Giving: The Wheel of Consent by Betty Martin | Goodreads
- Wheel of Consent Book
- Wheel of Consent workshops
The Wheel of Consent - Animation
The Light/Dark Masculine/Feminine
Healthy expressions
Unhealthy expressions
Courses
Sexual wellness apps
- Best Intimacy App for Better Sex: Lover vs Coral vs Dipsea vs Ferly - Fin vs Fin
- The 7 Best Sexual Wellness Apps and Websites | flossy.
- More People Are Using Apps to Strengthen Their Relationships — These Are the 6 Best to Try
Conscious and sacred sexuality
- The Art of Conscious Sex. How to use sex as a spiritual practice | by Lisa Marie Rankin | Human Parts
- Conscious Love: Improve Your Sex Life
- 5 Easy Ways To Incorporate Conscious Sexuality Into Your Life
- What Is Tantric Sex? How To Practice Tantra's Intimate Form Of Sex
- How to be More Present During Sex with Conscious Sexuality
- Sacred Sexuality 101: How To Invoke God Into Your Lovemaking
- Sacred Sexuality: How To Have Sacred, Spiritual Sex
- Sacred Sexuality-What is it? | Pathway To Pleasure | Austin, TX
- Sacred Sex: Ancient Tantric Practices for Modern Lovers
- Exploring Sexuality as a Spiritual Practice - Tasshin
- What Is Tantric Sex? How To Practice Tantra's Intimate Form Of Sex
- Tantric Sex Techniques to Enhance Your Connection
- What is Tantric sex? How to enjoy Tantric sex with your partner | GoodTo
- What is tantric sex? Definition and how to practice
The Power of Mindful Sex | Diana Richardson | TEDxLinz
3 Conscious Men Talk About Sex
Podcasts:
- Talk Tantra to Me with Leola | Podcast on Spotify
- Mind, Sex & Spirit Podcast - Caitlyn Cook
- Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Podcast
Kink and BDSM
- How BDSM Might Benefit Your Health and Improve Your Relationship
- Beginner's Guide to Kinky Sex: What Is It, Health Benefits, Rules
- What Is BDSM? Definition, Benefits, and How to Get Started
- BDSM therapy: Are there therapeutic and relational benefits to being submissive? - Big Think
- Bondage Benefits: BDSM Practitioners Healthier Than 'Vanilla' People | Live Science
- “Kink Helped My Mental Health”. The Healing Benefits Of BDSM
- There's a Big Benefit to BDSM That Nobody's Talking About
- 6 Little-Known (And Totally Awesome!) Benefits of Kinky Sex
- You Can Get Some Awesome Health Benefits From Kinky Sex, Says a New Study
- How Kink Made These People’s Sex Lives Healthier
- The Benefits of Kinky Sex
6 Benefits of BDSM Backed by Science
Reimagining BDSM | Tshegofatso Senne | TEDxCapeTownWomen
Books
- Sex on Goodreads
- Sexuality on Goodreads
- Modern Sex Magick: Secrets of Erotic Spirituality
- Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century by Barbara Carrellas | Goodreads
- Margot Anand on Goodreads
- The Art of Sexual Ecstasy by Margot Anand
- The Art of Everyday Ecstasy: the Seven Tantric Keys for Bringing Passion, Spirit and Joy Into Every Part of Your Life by Margot Anand | Goodreads
- The Art of Sexual Magic by Margot Anand | Goodreads
- Love, Sex, and Awakening: An Erotic Journey from Tantra to Spiritual Ecstasy
- The Daring World Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
- Books by Mantak Chia (Author of The Multi-Orgasmic Man)
- The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire
Session 4: Evolution
Integral & Metamodernism
Integral
Introduction to Integral Theory
A Basic Introduction to Integral Philosophy of Ken Wilber + the Four Quadrants
(Teal ~ Integral ~ Metamodern)
- Ken Wilber Fundamentals: The Four Quadrants For Newbies
- The Four Quadrants – Integral Health Resources
- What Are the Four Quadrants? – Integral Life
Metamodernism
- Hanzi Freinacht on Goodreads
- EP82 Hanzi Freinacht on Building a Metamodern Future - The Jim Rutt Show | Podcast on Spotify
- Memetic Mediation: Hanzi's Metamodernism vs Wilber's Integral
- Integral Theory, MHC, and Metamodernism ...how they all fit together
- The Rise and Fall of Ken Wilber
Nordic Metamodernism, Daniel Gortz (Hanzi Freinacht)
- 1# Metamodernism: The Conquest of a Term
- 2# Metamodern View of Science
- 3# Metamodern View of Reality
- 4# Metamodern Spirituality, Existence and Aesthetics
- 5# Metamodern View of Society
- 6# Metamodern View of the Human Being
- The Difference Between Post- and Meta-modernism - Metamoderna
- From Premodern to Metamodern Mind: a Brief History of Human Evolution - Metamoderna
- The Reign of Hackers, Hipsters & Hippies - Metamoderna
- 5 things that make you metamodern - Metamoderna
- You’re not metamodern before you understand this. Part 1: Game Change - Metamoderna
- You’re not metamodern before you understand this. Part 2: Proto-Synthesis - Metamoderna
out-depth and out-state your own complexity and code: magical thinking
out-complex and out-code your own depth and state: reductionism
Reinventing Organisations
Reinventing Organizations Summary
Lean and Agile Adoption with the Laloux Culture Model, copyright Agile for all
Frederic Laloux on Soulful Organisations
Power
Unbound
- Unbound: A Woman’s Guide To Power
- KASIA URBANIAK
- Kasia Urbaniak - YouTube
- Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power | Next Big Idea Club
- Dao of the Dominatrix | Rubin Museum of Art
Russell Brand Questions Dominatrix About Power
One simple trick to reclaim your power | Kasia Urbaniak | TEDxRosario
Existential Kink
- Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power by Carolyn Elliott
- Existential Kink Philosophy — Carolyn Elliott
- Getting Your ‘Existential Kink’ On
- Find Pleasure in Life's Painful Moments: It's Time to Embrace 'Existential Kink'
Existential Kink w/ Carolyn Elliott
Existential Kink, Shadow work, and connecting to the shame we love - with Dr Carolyn Elliot
The Empowerment Dynamic
- Center for The Empowerment Dynamic
- The Empowerment Dynamic | Shift from Victim to Creator
- The Power of TED (*The Empowerment Dynamic) by David Emerald | Goodreads
Understanding the Drama Triangle vs. Presence
The Drama Triangle & The Empowerment Dynamic
Calendaring
Hedonic calendaring
Wheel of the Year
- Wheel of the year | The Goddess and the Greenman
- The Wheel of the Year | HOUSE OF HACKNEY
- Wheel of the Year - World History Encyclopedia
- A Beginners Guide to the Wheel of the Year — The Self-Care Emporium
- The Earth's Cycle of Celebration by Glennie Kindred | Goodreads
- Books by Glennie Kindred
Reading, podcasts & music
What?
- Spotify’s Discover Weekly explained — Breaking from your music bubble or, maybe not? | by Valerio Velardo | The Sound of AI | Medium
- The magic that makes Spotify's Discover Weekly playlists so damn good — Quartz
How?
- Best ereader 2022: top ebook readers for reading and note taking
- Best eReader 2022: Top Kindles & Kobos | Tech Advisor
- 3 Best E-Readers (2022): Kindle, Nook, Kobo | WIRED
- "Wireless headphones for running" on Amazon
- Best Earbuds for Runners 2022 | Best Running Headphones
- Best running headphones 2022: top running earbuds and more | TechRadar
- Best running headphones and wireless earbuds 2022 | What Hi-Fi?
Jumping paywalls:
Sharing online
- The Social Dilemma
- Social Media Giants Are Hacking Your Brain — This is How | by Orge Castellano | Medium
Why Attention is the Most Important Issue of Our Time
6 Ways Social Media Hacks Your Brain
5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing Your Brain Right Now
How Your Brain Is Getting Hacked: Facebook, Tinder, Slot Machines | Tristan Harris | Big Think
It’s not you. Phones are designed to be addicting.
Jaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your life
Neuroscientist - What Overusing Social Media Does To Your Brain
Tristan Harris:
Tristan Harris and Daniel Schmachtenberger deep-dive into social media's effects on civilization
How Technology is "Downgrading Humans" (Tristan Harris X Capgemini)
Tristan Harris explains how social media hijacks our brain
Tristan Harris - How Social Media and AI Hijack Your Brain
How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day | Tristan Harris
Joe Rogan Experience #1558 - Tristan Harris
The Effects of the YouTube Recommended Algorithm w/The Social Dilemma's Tristan Harris
Can Truth Survive Big Tech? Tristan Harris
What's Really Driving Global Problems in the World Today?
Big Think:
Social media addiction - how it changes your brain | Luke Burgis | Big Think
How social media changes identity, personality, memory | Parker Posey | Big Think
Social Media's Dark Side: How Facebook and Snapchat Try to Steal Our Self-Worth | Tristan Harris
If your attention span has been hijacked, here’s how to take it back. | Amishi Jha
TEDx:
Hooked, Hacked, Hijacked: Reclaim Your Brain from Addictive Living: Dr. Pam Peeke at TEDxWallStreet
Is Social Media Hurting Your Mental Health? | Bailey Parnell | TEDxRyersonU
- The Social Dilemma: You’re Not the Customer, You’re the Product | Mind Matters
- If You Are Not Paying for the Product, You Are the Product! | by Daniel Hövermann | Change Your Mind Change Your Life | Medium
- Wages For Facebook
Mental health impacts:
- Six ways social media negatively affects your mental health | The Independent
- Social media and mental health: Depression and psychological effects
- Anxiety, loneliness and Fear of Missing Out: The impact of social media on young people’s mental health
- Social Media and Mental Health - HelpGuide.org
- Your Guide to Creating a Healthier Relationship with Social Media
Substack and Ghost:
- Substack is Anti-Social Media, and the Next Social Media - hello stranger
- What is Substack and why is it proving so popular? | Publishing | The Guardian
- Newsletter start-up Substack hits 1m subscribers | Financial Times
Coleman Hughes on The Rise of Substack: Why & How with Matt Taibbi
Why Chris Best Created Substack
How Writing Online Made me a Millionaire
- Ghost.org
- Writers Turned to Substack for Newsletters. Why Are They Fleeing for Ghost? | WIRED
- Is Ghost a real competitor to Substack?
Ali Abdaal's YouTuber Academy:
Counselling/psychotherapy, coaching, consulting & mentoring
Counselling/psychotherapy v coaching:
- 5 Differences Between Coaching and Psychotherapy
- Life Coach vs. Therapist: 6 Differences & When To See Each | mindbodygreen
- Life Coach vs. Therapist: 8 Myths Debunked - OpenCounseling
- Coaching | BACP
- Life Coach vs. Therapist: What's The Difference?
- The Difference Between Coaching and Therapy | Co-Active Training
- What's The Difference Between Coaching and Therapy - BLOG POST
Including consulting and mentoring:
- How Do Coaching, Mentoring, and Counseling Differ?
- The Difference between Coaching vs Mentoring vs Counselling | Gemma Bullivant
- Coaching, Counseling, and Mentorship: What’s the Difference?
Teasing apart counselling and psychotherapy (for the BACP they are interchangeable, but not the UKCP):
- The Difference Between Counselling and Psychotherapy
- What is the Difference Between Psychotherapy and Counselling? - Harley Therapy
- Counsellor vs Therapist: What are the differences? - Priory
- What’s the difference between a counsellor, a therapist, a psychotherapist, a psychologist and a psychiatrist? — Explore Your Mind!
Coaching vs. Therapy vs. Mentoring vs. Counseling vs. Consulting | Coacharya
Coaching vs Therapy: Do I Need Therapy, or a Coach
What's the difference between coaching and mentoring?
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