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Idea ideas from books that have shaped my view:

Book

Core Theme

When Things Fall Apart Pema Chödrön

Learning to stay open and present during pain, uncertainty, and life’s most difficult seasons.

The Places That Scare You Pema Chödrön

Finding courage by turning toward fear rather than avoiding it.

Start Where You Are  Pema Chödrön

Using everyday challenges as opportunities to cultivate compassion, mindfulness, and resilience.

Loving What Is Byron Katie

Reducing suffering by questioning the stressful thoughts we believe about ourselves and others.

Existential Kink  Carolyn Elliott

Exploring how unconscious patterns and hidden emotional rewards can keep us stuck and how to transform them.

Man and His Symbols Carl Jung

An introduction to dreams, symbols, and the unconscious mind as pathways to deeper self-understanding.

Memories, Dreams, Reflections  Carl Jung

Jungs personal journey through psychology, spirituality, dreams, and the development of his ideas.

Owning Your Own Shadow  Robert Johnson

Integrating the hidden parts of ourselves instead of denying or suppressing them.

Women Who Run with the Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Rediscovering intuition, creativity, and the authentic feminine spirit through myths and stories.

The Hero with a Thousand Faces  Joseph Campbell

Understanding the universal journey of transformation that appears across cultures and throughout our lives.

Care of the Soul Thomas Moore

Nurturing the inner life by honoring meaning, relationships, spirituality, and everyday experience.

Mans Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl

Discovering that purpose and meaning can sustain us even through profound suffering.

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself Joe Dispenza

Exploring how changing thoughts and habits may help create lasting personal transformation.

Becoming Supernatural  Joe Dispenza

Integrating meditation, neuroscience, and mind-body practices to cultivate greater awareness and well-being.

Anatomy of the Spirit Caroline Myss

Examining the relationship between emotional, spiritual, and physical health through multiple wisdom traditions.

A Return to Love Marianne Williamson

Applying principles of love, forgiveness, and compassion to personal healing and relationships.

The Artist’s Way  Julia Cameron

Reconnecting with creativity through reflective practices, curiosity, and consistent creative habits.

 

 

 

 

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Brain Scan Images Before & After EMDR:

https://virtualemdr.com/blog/before-and-after-brain-scan-images-show-the-transformative-power-of-emdr-therapy

Questions on EMDR?

https://www.emdria.org/page/120

http://brainworldmagazine.com/how-emdr-therapy-opens-a-window-to-the-brain/

Which Theoretical Approaches Supports EMDR?

https://emdr-europe.org/about/the-aip-model

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Family_Systems_Model

Exploring-Your-Own-System

Spiritual Questions on EMDR ?

Trauma/PTSD?

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/ptsd-overview/complex-ptsd.asp

https://psychcentral.com/lib/complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/

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Complex Trauma/Dissociative Issues?

https://www.healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.com/dissociation

http://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/complex-trauma/effects-of-complex-trauma

http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/2008/Coming_Apart__Trauma_and_the_Fragmentation_of_the_Self/

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Structual Dissociation Model: 

http://www.trauma-pages.com/a/nijenhuis-2004.php

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Functions of Alters:

http://did-research.org/did/alters/functions.html

Victim Of Sociopath/Narcissist?

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Narcissists (Typical Overt Style)

https://traumatherapynorthdallas.com/cruel-intentions-about-narcissists-and-their-victims/

Covert/Vulnerable Narcissists

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/communication-success/201601/7-signs-covert-introvert-narcissist

http://spartanlifecoach.com/covert-narcissistic-abuse-unmasked/

Victims of Con Artists, Love Fraud, and Sociopaths

Adult Children of Borderlines And Narcissists

http://www.bpdcentral.com/blog/?Healing-for-Daughters-of-Narcissistic-Mothers-62

https://www.sonsofnarcissisticmothers.org/sonms.html

http://gettinbetter.com/BPDparent.html

Violence in Your Relationship?

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A diagram of the cycle of abuse in relationships.
A circle of violence is shown with the words " the " and " tension " in it.

http://www.domesticviolenceroundtable.org/domestic-violence-cycle.html

CoDependency?

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Watch!

Neuroscience:

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Codependency:

Dr. Ross Rosenburg

Cluster B:

Dr. Ramani


https://youtu.be/63SF_gD5mgQ?si=0LmamUWtMkiv5a4O