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Resources

This is a fun place for inspiration! 

Spirituality
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 
The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle 
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche 
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle 
Becoming Nobody by Ram Dass 
Waking Up By: Sam Harris
Shift Into Freedom by Loch Kelly
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
​After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön 
Falling Into Grace by Adyashanti

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Psychology
You Are The One You've Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz 
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel J. Siegel 
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi and Abraham Verghese
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
Going to Pieces without Falling Apart by Mark Epstein MD
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

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Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk

Waking The Tiger by Peter Levine

The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe by Stephen W. Porges

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For Fun 

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

You Are a Badass(r): How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Lifeby Jen Sincero
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Knight In Rusty Armor by Robert Fisher
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 
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Authors: Deepak Chopra, MD,  Andrew Weil, MD, Gabor Maté, MD, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sadhguru

Poems For You: 

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

 

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

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Our Deepest Fear By Marianne Williamson

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.

We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small
Does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine,
As children do.
We were born to make manifest
The glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us;
It's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

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“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be safe.
May all beings awaken to
the light of their true nature.
May all beings be free.

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©2024 by Vanessa Velez MD, Soul Psychiatry

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