"The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives"
Emotional Blackmail, by Susan Forward
When the people in your life use fear, obligation, and guilt to manipulate you. The author provides a practical guide to better communication that will break the blackmail cycle for good. --Amazon
having a beard vs. being clean shaven
Calibrated: the level at which this is a question of significance. Levels lower or higher likely don't care much one way or the other.
Codependent No More, by Melody Beattie
How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself. A self-help book that has helped millions of readers understand codependency, the concept of losing oneself in the name of helping another -- biblio.com
T/F: All depression is a consequence of negative beliefs
Request: Is the idea of ‘clinical depression’ a seductive rejection of responsibility or a well-founded diagnosis?
Not Nice, by Aziz Gazipura
stop people pleasing, staying silent, & feeling guilty... and start speaking up, saying no, asking boldly and unapologetically being yourself.
Marijuana Anonymous (MA)
Priority request: Curious if all self help groups calibrate at 540 or if the 12 step movement itself does. This question can benefit those who feel they are powerless over marijuana but are unsure about joining a program specifically for it.
Disconnected Kids, by Robert Melillo
The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders
"Cry it out" / Ferber method
It involves "sleep-training" children to self-soothe by allowing the child to cry for a predetermined amount of time at intervals before receiving external comfort -- wikipedia
Coherence Healing
Be selective in what you watch, read, hear and listen to when it comes to taking in external information; eventually, this information will become ‘your truth’.
sense of accomplishment
Request: A sense of pride that you accomplished or finished something you set out to do. A pleasant feeling that you conquered an obstacle or reached a goal.
being discouraged over lack of likes on comments
Request: When my comments get less likes than other people's comments, I get a feeling that I must have said something wrong or stupid and feel awkward. Perhaps it is indeed so and means that a comment is outside of the normative range of the community?
binaural beats
Binaural beat therapy can’t be used in place of conventional therapy, but it could be used as a complementary strategy if discussed with a doctor. Research shows that binary beats are good for mental health as it’s linked to encouraging positive feelings -- webmd.com
Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction
Social worker Jack Trimpey’s major breakthrough in recovering from substance addiction -- amazon
feeling over-responsible to love / love as an obligation
An exploitative field that seeks to control us in name of love