Learning is a vital step on the path of healing.
Acknowledging there’s something you’d like to improve comes first.
Starting to make changes, no matter how small, is next.
Finally, if you don’t get it right the first, second or fiftieth time forgive yourself and keep practicing.
You can do it!
Books (Click on link to Amazon to purchase)
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
- The first book I read about mindfulness and living in the moment.
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond by Patricia Evans
- I never understood what verbal abuse was because I grew up surrounded by it. This book explains the types of abuse receive when in the proximity of abusive people and methods abusers use to avoid accountablity.
- While reading this book I noticed the similarities between verbally abusive people and narcissists cannot be understated.
- I never understood what verbal abuse was because I grew up surrounded by it. This book explains the types of abuse receive when in the proximity of abusive people and methods abusers use to avoid accountablity.
- Boundaries After a Pathological Relationship by Adelyn Birch
- Why and how to set boundaries. I have a long way to go learning to set boundaries because, sadly, boundary breakers never announce they are about to try and break your boundary.
- The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People’s Gestures and Expressions by Allan & Barbara Pease
- An eye opener for understanding people!
YouTube Channels (Click on Channel name to visit YouTube)
- Mindset Therapy PLLC
- Dr. Emily Mayfield creates short videos, usually under five minutes, that explain what is and how to respond to narcissistic abuse.
- Surviving Narcissism
- Dr. Les Carter creates videos about narcissism and how to interact with people high on the scale of narcissism. His videos discuss not only what narcissism is but how to respond, or not, when dealing with someone who is narcissistic.
- I enjoy Midweek with Dr. C where Dr. Carter takes questions from viewers. It feels like a one on one conversation with an expert in narcissism.
- Dr. Carter stopped making Midweek with Dr. C and created The Unbound Series where he answers questions from viewers.
- Dr. Carters videos focus on not only recognizing abuse but also how to respond in a healthy way.
- Plum Village
- Thich Nhat Hanh and the other monks at Plum Village make sense out of life.
- I have watched this video on how to let our anger out several times: How to let anger out | Thich Nhat Hanh answers questions . It’s worth a watch!
- Eckhart Tolle
- Eckhart Tolle does a great job of explaining mindfullness and living ‘in the moment’.