Resources and References
When I was six years old, my mother gave me a box of stationery, each sheet of writing paper in the shape of a green cartoon frog sitting Buddha-like on a lily pad. After annual celebrations, I was expected to write thank-you letters to everyone who had given me a gift. Although there were only half a dozen lines on the frog’s belly, the thought of this task was so daunting it almost put me off Christmas and birthdays. The habit stuck, though, and followed me into adulthood.
The list of references below is less of a bibliography and more of a series of frog-shaped love letters. It didn’t matter that the support I received came from virtual sources, or that some of my helpers are no longer with us. The appreciation I felt for these gifted souls at each new discovery was, at times, overwhelming. Weeping with relief, I’d copy and paste the links here, listed in roughly the same order as I found them. Had it not been for the following people, I might never have found out what happened to me, and could very likely have ended up medicated, broken, and lost.
Choose Again Philosophy and Purpose - Choose Again Society (Choose-Again.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9S8JNo6JM4 Emotional and Spiritual Maturity: Gabor Mate and Adyashanti, Apr 11, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1gY7RWE48U A Monk's Guide to Happiness - with Gelong Thubten, Jul 19, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLK0ghcXYhU Happiness in Dark Times - with Dr. Maria Sirois, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnLoToJVQH4&t=662s Happiness is all in your mind - Gen Kelsang Nyema at TEDx Greenville Jun 15, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFtsHf1lVI4&t=3s Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening: Phil Borges at TEDx UMKC, Feb 23, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2LLVQeCg3E&t=3167s Amanda Ellis – Newly Awakening Souls – A Guide Part 1, Dec 11, 2019
https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/socrates/ Socrates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S79NXJKeHzU&t=25s Audiobook: Your Life Begins Now, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Apr 7, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Ly1D-b51Y&t=135s Wayne Dyer - What is the ego? Jul 1, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyUxYflkhzo Thich Nhat Hanh on Compassionate Listening | Super Soul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network May 6, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1th_cAuv6cg Thich Nhat Hanh - 4 Mantras of Love - Super Soul Sunday Oprah Winfrey Network Aug 28, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00VLswZdyc&t=524s Conversations on Compassion with Eckhart Tolle, Feb 21, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npp4ro2uh1A EP.#34: Eckhart Tolle: Free Yourself From Anxiety, Stress and Unhappiness Jan 5, 2018 Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sa-9e3Pp1Y Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth 01 of 10 - Webcast by Oprah Remastered 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcsgCytw1BAEckhart Tolle - Ego Identity & the Path to Inner Peace, Jun 23, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48UNfV6FlKIThe Four Remembrances with Tara Brach, Sep 17, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P9SauG4f70The Path to Awakening Yourself - Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Jul 23, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i3U10E0H4kThe awakening - Interview with Rahelio - spiritual teacher, and shamanic guide Jun 6, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFwWvr1YUjAFamed Relationship Therapist Esther Perel Gives Advice on Intimacy, Careers, and Self-Improvement, Feb 13, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemN8tJOx6A Byron Katie - Your Inner Awakening, Sep 21, 2016
https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/ Are You Highly Sensitive? Copyright, Elaine N. Aron, 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG9-QzBdmhQ&t=6s Amanda Ellis - 5D Consciousness what is it and how to operate with those at 3D June 13, 2015
https://foreverconscious.com/understanding-3-states-consciousness-3d-4d-5d Understanding the 3 States of Consciousness: 3D, 4D, and 5D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1575&v=oHk8Ck_JNvI&feature=emb_title How to Shift from 3D to 5D, Conscious Ascension with Vidya Frazier, Mar 14, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7oJ67l_N_Q Psychic Medium Laura Lynne Jackson + Dr. Mark Epstein, Feb 23, 2018
How the Wheel of Wellness Can Help Create a Balanced Life, May 15, 2020 by Tara Petite
MIR-Method Instruction Video by Mireille Mettes - YouTube
https://drjonicewebb.com/ Childhood Emotional Neglect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF3m5QfLZcA&list=PLyj8ELNoqXgwdMC614l0CgWwRLvSrjx8y Audiobook ‘The Road Less Traveled and Beyond” by Scott Peck, Aug 22, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBfRew3VteM Louise Hay, How Life Should Be Lived, Jan 7, 2017
The Simple Explanation for Self-Love Deficit Disorder. Codependency Reformulated. - YouTube Aug 26, 2018
The Egg - A Short Story - YouTube Video based on a short story by Andy Weir, Aug 26, 2018
Dr. Rangan Chatterjee: ON How To Reduce The Chemicals That Ruin Your Brain & Body - YouTube Oct 28, 2019
Social Anxiety & Panic Angelic Support - YouTube Amanda Ellis, Oct 21, 2020
Ryan Holiday and Robert Greene On "The Laws of Human Nature," Writing, and Memento Mori - YouTube Nov 5, 2018
Practical Hope - with Oren Jay Sofer - YouTube Mar 12, 2021
Grounding and Chakra Balancing Meditation - For Empaths - YouTube Diane Linsley, Life Coach, Nov 25, 2019
Inner Child Meditation for Codependency, Lack of Self Love and Negative Programming - YouTube Michelle Chalfant, Apr 11, 2017
Martha Beck: The Way of Integrity & Why You Should STOP Doing What You’re “Supposed to” - YouTube Apr 12, 2021
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness | Tal Ben-Shahar - YouTube May 9, 2018
Mindful Living - with Jon Kabat-Zinn - YouTube July 4, 2017
The 6 Life-Changing Stages Of Spiritual Awakening [Which One ARE YOU In?] - YouTube Christina Lopes, Nov 26, 2019
Are You Having A Spiritual Emergency? [Here’s WHAT TO DO] - YouTube Christina Lopes, Jan 21, 2020
Healing The Inner Child: Here’s What You MUST DO! [5 Tips] - YouTube Christina Lopes, Apr 7, 2020
Numerology Life Path unlocked | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 22, 33 - YouTube Modern Intuitionist Dec 15, 2020