Apologies – I haven’t been able to edit this page yet. There are simply too many resources that have helped me on the way but I intend to make this page easier to navigate (with more direct links) and add more content over time. For now, I can only offer a list of names and titles that have been helpful on my journey. Some of the mentioned works have been crucial in the creation of the connection & experience wheels, a tool I am using in my work as a transformation coach. In any case, if you are collapse aware I HIGHLY recommend getting informed about trauma and stress dynamics. The disruptions and chaos of current times are likely to be perceived as an existential threat and may trigger the survival response (fight/flight/freeze). Being able to regulate your body, your nervous system is a crucial tool right now. It not only helps you but also those around. If you want to know more, please get in touch.
Some favorite resources first – a MUST SEE – to better understand my perspective:
By Michael Shaw – Living in the Time of Dying – :
https://www.livinginthetimeofdying.com/watch if the link doesn’t connect then please go to the site with the same name, it’s there!
By Catherine Ingram: FACING EXTINCTION
or her podcast:
By Peter Russell:
Blindspot: https://www.peterrussell.com/blindspot/blindspot2.php
What if there were no future? : https://www.peterrussell.com/winf/index.php
and another lecture by Sheldon Solomon – Humanity at the Crossroads Talk at TEDxSkidmoreCollege – :
Authors / Researchers – online resources :
STRESS: Greenberg and SO many others, there is a ton of info on stress, please find your own
TRAUMA: Gabor Maté ; Bessel van der Kolk; Peter Levine; Dan Siegel; Elizabeth Stanley; Irene Lyon and many more
RESILIENCE: Lucy Hone
VULNERABILITY / SHAME / CONFIDENCE : Brene Brown
SELF COMPASSION: Kristin Neff
BEING HIGHLY SENSITIVE / EMPATHS / SENSORY PROCESSING SENSITIVITY: Elaine Aron
DEEP ADAPTATION: Jem Bendell
DEEP ECOLOGY / THE WORK THAT RECONNECTS: Joanna Macy
BOOKS ON DEATH and GRIEF: Frank Ostasewski, Stephen Levine, Ram Dass, Francis Weller, Stephen Jenkinson, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
SPIRITUAL AUTHORS that I recommend: Ram Dass, Pema Chodrön, Sadhguru, Lee Harris
ENERGYMEDICINE: Donna Eden
Mindfulness Techniques to calm body / mind:
Soft belly; Body scan; mindfulness meditation on an object
Breathing techniques to stimulate or calm body / mind:
Lengthening the outbreath, nostril breathing, fire breath; box breathing; ‘breathwork’ in general
Trauma-therapy based programs or books:
Smart Mind Smart Body (I. Lyon); Somatic Experiencing (P. Levine); Trauma Treatment Tool Box (J. Sweeton)
There are too many sources for collapse awareness and / or Climate Chaos etc., however, I found these two especially useful:
LIVING IN THE TIME OF DYING (Link may not work, then please search the website by the same name)
FACING EXTINCTION und Courage and Acceptance – Catherine Ingram
(R)evolutionary Transformation 