*1-1 Mentorship Information: Price & Structure (Maximum Capacity = 20 Clients Per Year)* It's an absolute pleasure to film these RUclips videos, and I feel fortunate to receive an abundance of meaningful messages every week, but I am unfortunately faced with the disappointing reality of turning away the vast majority of people who want to work together. I have significantly limited availability and can only support twenty people per year because I do not offer one-off calls or drop-in consulting sessions. Twenty individuals might not sound like maximum capacity, but the last few years of teaching have taught me the importance of maintaining tight energetic boundaries if I want to keep uploading these free videos in addition to serving my current clients to the best of my ability in 2024. To minimise confusion and enhance transparency, I've spent several hours writing this ridiculously long comment to help you decide if my Inner Work Mentorship is the right choice for your development & what you could reasonably expect from working closely together. Please take the time to read this service description before contacting me on Instagram… or feel free to stop reading right now if you’re not interested in my fees, session structure, client expectations, etc. ... *READ BEFORE SCROLLING FURTHER:* I'm interested in long-term change and structural transformation, which is why I've never offered one-off sessions. Complex issues cannot be resolved in a few hours, but we likewise need to define an upper limit for containment and collaboration. I've learned that deep and enduring self-integration requires at least four months of immersive effort. Why four months? It's enough weekly contact for us to work through multiple complex issues and developmental possibilities, but short enough to mitigate against unconscious co-dependency and motivational stagnation. I'm currently accepting a maximum of two new clients per month - message me after reading the following section to check my availability. ... *HOW I WORK & WHO I WORK WITH* Unlike other coaches and teachers who take an understandably more relaxed approach to healing and integration, my mentorships are characteristically intense. This is a highly-demanding, high-investment process which requires our consistent combined effort over a period of four months. If we were to start working together, I would reasonably expect you to be excited to show up for a minimum of 10+ hours of self-motivated transformative practice per week (daily reading, fitness routine, creative exercises, spiritual reflection, etc.) while also maintaining full-sobriety (no drink, no drugs, no cigarettes, no vapes). These strict standards of discipline and sobriety are plainly unsuitable for most people in most situations - even genuinely motivated individuals who resonate with my RUclips videos may not be the right match for four months of structured mentorship. If you want to get deeper, I've noticed that there's a certain type of ‘temperament' & 'timing’ to get the most out of me. I'm interested in alert, creative and purpose-driven individuals who aspire to exceptional standards of self-maturation and would enjoy the feeling of going through week-on-week of progressively stacked transformative experiences for a third of a year: my ideal client is somebody who is willing to bring forward their internal complexity with a sense of courage and transparency with the intention of nothing less than full-spectrum transformation & rapid acceleration on their personal path. I am yet to discover another supportive figure who offers something comparable to this mentorship: a four-month, structured yet flexible 1-1 container which is simultaneously therapeutic, academic and action-oriented; with primary focus placed on tangible improvements in your felt sense of self-knowledge and self-integration; in addition to making consistent and meaningful progress towards your unique goals and mentorship aspirations. I prioritise contact, compassion and accountability, which means that your work never really 'ends' at the end of your session. You can reasonably expect to be fed dozens of customised reading suggestions and follow-on perspectives outside of the formal sessions via friendly and informal messenger contact, where I am active and available four days per week to cultivate an intimate personal connection while likewise enhancing your positive momentum via accountability check-ins and additional support as required. By way of conclusion for what feels like an extraordinarily long comment and service description, I feel compelled to once more emphasise that working directly with me is unrealistic for most people in most situations. I often support people who are accustomed to wrestling with the emotional challenges associated with working through complex wounds in previous therapeutic relationships before we begin our coaching work together. Even individuals without 'hard trauma' can expect moments of pressurised darkness and heaviness during periods of shadow contact as you begin to restructure your personal unconscious. We will be exploring your psyche and soma at scale and depth, and it will be your responsibility to keep me informed about the emotional texture of your internal reality, especially if you encounter negatively charged experiences, and I will of course do everything in my power to support you through the hard times as we integrate the darkness and move forwards together. RUclips is a wonderful place for me to share free research resources and offer accessible inner work invitations; my private mentorships, however, are the place for collaborative partnership and emotional security as we identify, navigate and restructure oftentimes confronting and challenging conscious and unconscious physical, emotional and mental material. Ultimately, this is a highly-demanding but highly-rewarding process which requires the best of our shared intentions. ... *SESSION STRUCTURE & FEES:* The total fee for an Inner Work Mentorship (including 12 x 2 hr sessions) is £7,400 GBP or approximately $9,400 USD. This is my only coaching programme, and my mentorship pricing is liable to adjustment over time.
Each private session lasts two hours, and is facilitated via Telegram video call at an ideal time for both of us. Your mentorship extends over a linear four-month period, with a total of twenty-four hours of structured session time, in addition to four days per week of unlimited messenger availability for accountability updates, voice note exchanges and informal calls upon occasion. I do not work on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, but I am fully-available across all timezones for regular calls and messenger contact on Thursday - Sunday. If you’ve scrolled this far, and resonate with what I’m offering, I invite you to message me on Instagram. It would be my pleasure to start exploring your goals and intentions in real-time. IMPORTANT: I am an intentionally independent coach, and not a licensed therapist or associated with any professional bodies or coaching institutions, and therefore enjoy the freedom to collaborate with my clients across all areas of life in an intimate, direct and highly involved coaching style. I work with no more than twenty people per year, and am currently accepting a maximum of two new clients per month. I also manage my own inbox and do not use automated systems or employ people to pretend to be me on Instagram, which means that it usually takes four to six weeks for me to respond to new messages and begin the interview process. Although my approach takes time, I hope you ultimately appreciate my personal emphasis on authentic and confidential communication from the very beginning of our relationship. I once again encourage you to message me immediately if you want to start working together within the next two months - bump yourself to the top of my inbox, and I’ll send you some voice notes to get our conversation started.
This is so insanely comprehensive I’m not sure most people will realise. Can’t actually believe there’s someone who’s done all the reading and research and just providing this for free. So much insight. Thank you so much. All the best to you.
I watch every episode of yours carefully, but this one fell out of the blue for me. You structured it all nicely. I just ordered Trauma and the Soul. Thanks for these recommendations! By the way, I consider your channel to be much more valuable and substantive than some "self-development" channels with multi-million followers
I appreciate your long-term attention here, thank you. In terms of self-development, I am personally aiming towards a more mature / advanced audience which means I purposefully avoid flashy editing and 'feel-good content' as best as I can. I think people deserve the opportunity to go much deeper than we're used to on the internet.
@@jordanthornton it's obvious that this is your passion and you touch the subject more deeply. In my opinion, the titles of each vlog are very informative and match the image on the thumbnail, the length of each episode is appropriate, and the table of contents is very useful. You have a pleasant voice, presence and charisma, and that bookshelf in the background makes you feel at home haha
I am so happy I found your channel and I'm the nerd that's excited about the books. This video and channel is exactly what I need at this time. There is so much out there I get overwhelmed with the options and your recommendations are on point, especially since most are written before the internet. Thank you!!
Welcome aboard! This video is the perfect place to join me, as well as the now completed shadow work series - plenty to dive into, and I hope it helps you.
Ooh thank you so much for this - I’m adding every book you’ve mentioned to my own personal books wishlist and purchasing / reading each one as I go - thanks for being generous in sharing your knowledge
Thanks Jordan. As always, I thoroughly appreciate the amount of work you do to help us all live better, happier lives. I just received Alice Bailey's "Glamour" and "From Intellect to Intuition" today, on my return from an AA meeting. My Amazon "Wish List" used to be full of music and guitar lesson books, now it is pretty much all the books you've referenced in this and previous videos. I've bought a few so far, I finished "Spiritual Emergency" last night too after a wonderful meditation, music and poetry evening which I attended as a recently single person and left at the end when the mulled wine was being poured. My life is changing, it's been difficult since the breakup I had recently but the books and methods you recommend (and other resources such as AA with it's spiritual and cognitive therapy based program) have been invaluable to help me not just experience life but to actually make sense of it.
Reading your comment gives me an excellent feeling, thank you for sharing and likewise taking your own process seriously. It's people like yourself who I build this channel for - I'm wishing you the best for 2024.
There is an internet trend of talking heads holding up a stack of books to the camera and I came to this channel with healthy skepticism. But so far I've found knowledge and solace from Trauma and the Soul, the Primal Wound, and Rowan's Healing the Male Psyche (recommended in another video). Thank you for your hard work. I'm still waiting for more business book recommendations to help pay for my library.
The platform and format of these videos is always restricting, and I likewise feel that. I personally enjoy real 1-1 work and building relationships as my primary goal, but I'm glad to also make the time for sharing these resources and giving people the tools they need to work on themselves. Great book choices you've made so far also, cheers for getting involved!
I am following you from IRAN and you are amazing . I have working on shadows and especially animus and feminine energy besides the trauma healing and vibration . Because of sanctions I cannot buy your courses but your teaching is wonderful . Thank you for the books , contents . I wish you tge best year ahead ❤🙏🏻
Incredible, thank you for showing up. Check out my full shadow work playlist for some of my best free content to help you out until the books can find their way into your home. Keep at it.
Thank you so much for this! ❤ Reading the Pete Walker book now- it’s so nice to have some direction of where to go next. I appreciate your work Jordan!
@@jordanthornton I am the guy from whom you recommend this video, you have no idea this is exactly what I am looking for towards my healing journey, i think i have a similar story as you, recently passed out from college and now dedicating some amount of time totally focusing in my trauma healing, and your videos helped me a lot for understanding all the tools which i needed. Thankyou very much.
Thank you! You made my life so much easier with this! A plan is exactly what I was missing. Hmm 🧐 looks like I have to work more on my masculine energy haha. I made a calendar and ordered the first 2 books for January. I'm happy, thank you, I appreciate your generosity.
Excellent plan - I hadn’t considered that the 24 books fit nicely into 2 books per month for 2024, but it’s possible! Make sure to not forget to get more, they’re gold 🌲
I love your content! Thank you for being you! I’m a psychic and shadow worker on IG and I’m sending you healing vibes for your beautiful eye! It’s your masculine energy upgrading and ascending! 💙😊🙌
Two books per month for 2024 will get you to that 24 total, it's an excellent path. Feel free to check out the new shadow work playlist series if you want some more exercises too - good luck!
Thanks Jordan! I have my buying playlist right here, in one place. I am getting some. Just that you know - your right eye was red Jordan. Make sure you sleep enough! Though not sure if that’s sleep.
Buying playlist is excellent! And yes, my contact lens was giving me some grief, didn’t feel it but certainly saw this when rewatching the footage. Too good of a video to reshoot 😅
What do think of these books? 1. The body keeps the score by Bessel van der Kolk 2. It didn’t start with you: how inherited family trauma shapes who we are .. by Mark wolynn 3. Reichian therapy for home use by jack willis Thanks for the books recommendation
Jordan! I'm so glad your channel is exploding! I'm hyperfocused for the next 5 months still on school pursuits but I want to promise myself right here right now (Ireally want to NOW but I can't) to come back here next summer and start at book 1 of IWE and work through that in a year, afterwards will go through other videos like this one! Much love! see you in 5 months.
Seems to be growing suddenly, for sure - we'll see how it balances out as it certainly will. Thanks for putting in your work at school, and making the commitment. I'll see you in 5 months and feel free to buy 2-4 books for your bookshelf to keep them in sight for the summer. Who knows what could happen.
I have a running list of different categories of books you’ve recommended from this video and others. I’ve included categories for ‘Spirituality’ ‘Service’ and ‘Parenting/Re-parenting’. I’m currently reading “Homecoming” by John Bradshaw. As I’m reading him discuss the reclamation and healing at different ages of development, he says on page 59 “In old age we need to enter into a second childhood. We need a childlike hope that there is something more, a faith in something greater than ourselves that will help us to see a larger picture. We will need all our accrued ego strengths to see the whole against its parts. When we achieve that vision, we have wisdom.” It has me thinking of an ‘Aging’ category. I wonder if this is a topic you’ve covered or read any books on and would feel comfortable to make a video about. Within the idea of “parenting” it’s this thought of preparation and curiosity for that life stage, along with having greater compassion and understanding for people in our lives going through it. I think about my parents, various mentors & clients. Curious on your thoughts. Thank you!
I got close to this topic but not exactly in my recent video of ‘feel like times running out?’ - but the issue of against is absolute worth exploring more in the future!
Hi Jordan, I adore your channel. Thank you for everything you do and the work you put in ❤ One question: Where do you stand on the book Psycho Cibernetics?
The book videos are my favourite videos. I'm waiting for the day when you start doing book reviews or maybe summaries of different author's contributions to their fields. I don't know if that would be a big hit on RUclips though
I have Homecoming and doing the inner child work myself is hard to do. My therapist was straight up yelling at me because it was hard to grasp. I don’t know what to think of that.
@@jordanthornton Yes, it is!! For the past few days I've been hunting for the books you've mentioned in the earlier videos in the libraries here in my state. Visited two main libraries and second-hand-bookstores in vain. I was thrilled to find a copy of The Golden Bough. No other books you recommended were there. There are two more libraries and an entire street of second-hand-bookstore to explore.
I just found your channel yesterday and its great. I love to read and you suggest lots of books which is great...i dont know where to start...my main question is why i dont have a sad or mad reaction to my childhood of sexual abuse? It doesnt bother me but i think it should...shouldnt it be a wound? Along with the 1st 2 books you mention in this video, which other books in particular would be beneficial for my situation?
Welcome, and thank you for sharing some of your story. The best place that I could suggest to start would be with my new shadow work playlist, which has a variety of exercises and practices - although it seems like inner child work would be particularly important for you, as well as somatic therapy. So consider getting the books in those sections from this video too, Diana.
@jordanthornton wow...I'm impressed you replied as I know you have alot of people looking to you for advice. Thanks so much. I really appreciate your time. I will definitely delve deeper into your suggestions.
@@Diana-sr8th I try my best to respond to everybody who finds me or chooses to engage with these types of conversations - fills me up, and wouldn't want anything less! Enjoy the process.
I am suggesting that perhaps that is nothing to fix, no flaws to fix. We are perfect as we are. To spend the rest of one’s life reading books to fix something that isn’t broken is, as some would say, insane 🙏🏽❤️
Hello brother, I recently got to know about your channel. I really loved it. I have a question. I fear if I start reading the books related to dealing with past traumas or mental health struggles, I might again dive deep into the painful memories and experiences. I have an inner fear of emotional burnout and mental health struggles. But I want to read these books, as you are certainly more experienced in the subject, what do u say! WillI be able to protect the mental strength I have developed in past years!
The good thing about books is that you can take it slowly and only go as far as you feel safe in one week. You can control the pace, and you will be in control, but do seek out professional support if you need someone. You got this.
I have recently discovered your channel. Just wanted to know if any of these recommendations are to understand why people behave the way they do.. the psychology towards their behavior, tackling their behavior while keeping our own sanity in check.
I'm a bit confused Jordan Thornton why you recommend complex ptsd and trauma and the soul at the same time. Even though I like almost all the contents of complex ptsd, pete walker (author of complex ptsd) recommends to silence the inner critic under no circumstances to listen to it, while in trauma and the soul I think you should go back to the pain, you should understand that this inner critic is there to protect us, so you have to work together with the inner critic, you can use active imagination against it or as you know from other books you can also use parts work and shadow work. Why do you recommend two books that contain opposites?
Great observation, thank you for pointing this out. In short, I do my best to recommend a variety of approaches because I believe that intelligent adults can discern their own styles and preferences based on their own research and they'll find the path that works for them. Any given author or teacher, myself included, will be fundamentally biased and flawed in some lopsided ways - sharing opposites is one of the ways I try to attempt teaching in a balanced way. Hope this explains things.
The transpersonal books are the ones i'm going to buy today. I trust your judgement and ill let you know what i think after i read it. thanks for your suggestion.....got any recommendations for fasia? the stuff under the skin thing??? just wondering
This video is anything but ridiculous.. So grateful for all of these book recommendations and for you to have taken the time to present a taste of what each is about. So much more reading to do..
Great video, I'm keeping a google doc of all your book recomendations and have a good reading list so far, reading primal wound atm. I wonder what you think of this. The spiral dynamics model seems to have the authors political beliefs influencing it, e.g stage green is more left leaning values and orange is conservative. They rank stage green as a higher evolved state than orange. Makes me wonder how accurate it is if their personal views influenced it. There is really no moral authority to say one is better than the other it depends on context. E.g do gooderism or environmentalism causing more harm by trying to help in some situations, or the shadow side of the left tending to be the dominant obstacle in our time.
Jokes aside, there are major shadow issues with both the left and right side of politics. It's something which I've discussed many times with clients (in relation to things like spiral dynamics) but try to avoid on RUclips because I know that political content can get very very heated and probably attract the wrong kind of crowd. Part of me feels tempted to make a video on this, but I'm almost certain to be misunderstood and start some flame wars.
@@jordanthorntonyes I think that’s a smart idea taking any position will just divide viewers no matter what side it is and distract from the point of the videos which is to heal 🙏
Hi, I can't find trauma and the Soul in my library. Is The inner world of trauma : archetypal defenses of the personal spirit Donald Kalsched, the same?
Greatly appreciated Jordan. I have a question please, can a shadow take on a human form and talk to a person? . Reason for my question is there's a voice of a man that talks to me,it usually compares me to other people around me, could this be my own shadow speaking.
@@jordanthornton thank you so much brother, your channel & knowledge have opened up new avenues of exploration and hopefully avenues of helping others heal!
Hello everyone, I am new here and I am really Interested in psychology. I am still beginner, so what are the books for beginners like me. should I start with these in the video?
The first two categories for sure - but also check out my newly updated shadow work playlist in the description, great resource there for you. Keep at it.
That's curious, although I can confirm that the $48 is exceptionally well spent. People will spend $150-$250 per hour on a high level jungian therapist, and TAS is a 20hr journey with Kalsched. Worth it.
Hey Jordan random question but what do you think about building the light body /rainbow body through certain practices escaping samsara Is it a path you would consider ?
No. There's value in spiritual practice, but I believe that the appropriate time for being concerned with 'escaping samsara' should be in the final decades of life - not while we are young and have much energy to impact the outer world in a positive way. Something I'll certainly care more about between 70-90 hahah!
@amontana. I know your question was directed to Jordan but how would Jordan know how to “escape” samsara? You cannot escape it. We’re all human. Every human is on the cycle of birth and death. You can meditate and possibly transcend but you cannot escape it.
@@cleopatrajones7096 hey there there’s many beliefs out there and your free to choose but If you research into the gnostics and read about the demiurge they believe that the false god of this reality trapped our souls here and we have the spark of divinity within us through breathe work visualisation vibration and certain mantras we can build our energetic body on the astral and other planes of reality so that our will our consciousness survives after the physical death with our memories intact.
Bibliography bouncing - all it takes is finding one good book and then tracing the references. It’s my entire method, and it seems to work very well. You’ll keep encountering the ‘best minds’ over and over this way.
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*1-1 Mentorship Information: Price & Structure (Maximum Capacity = 20 Clients Per Year)*
It's an absolute pleasure to film these RUclips videos, and I feel fortunate to receive an abundance of meaningful messages every week, but I am unfortunately faced with the disappointing reality of turning away the vast majority of people who want to work together.
I have significantly limited availability and can only support twenty people per year because I do not offer one-off calls or drop-in consulting sessions.
Twenty individuals might not sound like maximum capacity, but the last few years of teaching have taught me the importance of maintaining tight energetic boundaries if I want to keep uploading these free videos in addition to serving my current clients to the best of my ability in 2024.
To minimise confusion and enhance transparency, I've spent several hours writing this ridiculously long comment to help you decide if my Inner Work Mentorship is the right choice for your development & what you could reasonably expect from working closely together.
Please take the time to read this service description before contacting me on Instagram… or feel free to stop reading right now if you’re not interested in my fees, session structure, client expectations, etc.
...
*READ BEFORE SCROLLING FURTHER:*
I'm interested in long-term change and structural transformation, which is why I've never offered one-off sessions.
Complex issues cannot be resolved in a few hours, but we likewise need to define an upper limit for containment and collaboration.
I've learned that deep and enduring self-integration requires at least four months of immersive effort. Why four months? It's enough weekly contact for us to work through multiple complex issues and developmental possibilities, but short enough to mitigate against unconscious co-dependency and motivational stagnation.
I'm currently accepting a maximum of two new clients per month - message me after reading the following section to check my availability.
...
*HOW I WORK & WHO I WORK WITH*
Unlike other coaches and teachers who take an understandably more relaxed approach to healing and integration, my mentorships are characteristically intense.
This is a highly-demanding, high-investment process which requires our consistent combined effort over a period of four months.
If we were to start working together, I would reasonably expect you to be excited to show up for a minimum of 10+ hours of self-motivated transformative practice per week (daily reading, fitness routine, creative exercises, spiritual reflection, etc.) while also maintaining full-sobriety (no drink, no drugs, no cigarettes, no vapes).
These strict standards of discipline and sobriety are plainly unsuitable for most people in most situations - even genuinely motivated individuals who resonate with my RUclips videos may not be the right match for four months of structured mentorship.
If you want to get deeper, I've noticed that there's a certain type of ‘temperament' & 'timing’ to get the most out of me.
I'm interested in alert, creative and purpose-driven individuals who aspire to exceptional standards of self-maturation and would enjoy the feeling of going through week-on-week of progressively stacked transformative experiences for a third of a year: my ideal client is somebody who is willing to bring forward their internal complexity with a sense of courage and transparency with the intention of nothing less than full-spectrum transformation & rapid acceleration on their personal path.
I am yet to discover another supportive figure who offers something comparable to this mentorship: a four-month, structured yet flexible 1-1 container which is simultaneously therapeutic, academic and action-oriented; with primary focus placed on tangible improvements in your felt sense of self-knowledge and self-integration; in addition to making consistent and meaningful progress towards your unique goals and mentorship aspirations.
I prioritise contact, compassion and accountability, which means that your work never really 'ends' at the end of your session. You can reasonably expect to be fed dozens of customised reading suggestions and follow-on perspectives outside of the formal sessions via friendly and informal messenger contact, where I am active and available four days per week to cultivate an intimate personal connection while likewise enhancing your positive momentum via accountability check-ins and additional support as required.
By way of conclusion for what feels like an extraordinarily long comment and service description, I feel compelled to once more emphasise that working directly with me is unrealistic for most people in most situations.
I often support people who are accustomed to wrestling with the emotional challenges associated with working through complex wounds in previous therapeutic relationships before we begin our coaching work together. Even individuals without 'hard trauma' can expect moments of pressurised darkness and heaviness during periods of shadow contact as you begin to restructure your personal unconscious. We will be exploring your psyche and soma at scale and depth, and it will be your responsibility to keep me informed about the emotional texture of your internal reality, especially if you encounter negatively charged experiences, and I will of course do everything in my power to support you through the hard times as we integrate the darkness and move forwards together.
RUclips is a wonderful place for me to share free research resources and offer accessible inner work invitations; my private mentorships, however, are the place for collaborative partnership and emotional security as we identify, navigate and restructure oftentimes confronting and challenging conscious and unconscious physical, emotional and mental material.
Ultimately, this is a highly-demanding but highly-rewarding process which requires the best of our shared intentions.
...
*SESSION STRUCTURE & FEES:*
The total fee for an Inner Work Mentorship (including 12 x 2 hr sessions) is £7,400 GBP or approximately $9,400 USD. This is my only coaching programme, and my mentorship pricing is liable to adjustment over time.
Each private session lasts two hours, and is facilitated via Telegram video call at an ideal time for both of us. Your mentorship extends over a linear four-month period, with a total of twenty-four hours of structured session time, in addition to four days per week of unlimited messenger availability for accountability updates, voice note exchanges and informal calls upon occasion. I do not work on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, but I am fully-available across all timezones for regular calls and messenger contact on Thursday - Sunday.
If you’ve scrolled this far, and resonate with what I’m offering, I invite you to message me on Instagram. It would be my pleasure to start exploring your goals and intentions in real-time.
IMPORTANT: I am an intentionally independent coach, and not a licensed therapist or associated with any professional bodies or coaching institutions, and therefore enjoy the freedom to collaborate with my clients across all areas of life in an intimate, direct and highly involved coaching style. I work with no more than twenty people per year, and am currently accepting a maximum of two new clients per month. I also manage my own inbox and do not use automated systems or employ people to pretend to be me on Instagram, which means that it usually takes four to six weeks for me to respond to new messages and begin the interview process. Although my approach takes time, I hope you ultimately appreciate my personal emphasis on authentic and confidential communication from the very beginning of our relationship. I once again encourage you to message me immediately if you want to start working together within the next two months - bump yourself to the top of my inbox, and I’ll send you some voice notes to get our conversation started.
This is so insanely comprehensive I’m not sure most people will realise. Can’t actually believe there’s someone who’s done all the reading and research and just providing this for free. So much insight. Thank you so much. All the best to you.
Holly, I try my best. Keeping it comprehensive but also hopefully fun and engaging. Looking forwards to you filling up your own bookshelves in 2024!
I watch every episode of yours carefully, but this one fell out of the blue for me. You structured it all nicely. I just ordered Trauma and the Soul. Thanks for these recommendations! By the way, I consider your channel to be much more valuable and substantive than some "self-development" channels with multi-million followers
I appreciate your long-term attention here, thank you. In terms of self-development, I am personally aiming towards a more mature / advanced audience which means I purposefully avoid flashy editing and 'feel-good content' as best as I can. I think people deserve the opportunity to go much deeper than we're used to on the internet.
@@jordanthornton it's obvious that this is your passion and you touch the subject more deeply. In my opinion, the titles of each vlog are very informative and match the image on the thumbnail, the length of each episode is appropriate, and the table of contents is very useful. You have a pleasant voice, presence and charisma, and that bookshelf in the background makes you feel at home haha
You'll definitely not regret buying a Donald Kalsched book. He's also got a couple excellent talks that have been uploaded onto RUclips
You are single-handedly making this world a hell of a better place. Thank you a thousand times for these videos jordan.
Meaningful comment for me to read as I end the week, thank you for being here.
I am so happy I found your channel and I'm the nerd that's excited about the books. This video and channel is exactly what I need at this time. There is so much out there I get overwhelmed with the options and your recommendations are on point, especially since most are written before the internet. Thank you!!
Welcome aboard! This video is the perfect place to join me, as well as the now completed shadow work series - plenty to dive into, and I hope it helps you.
Trauma and the soul is epic!!! I had the strongest dreams I've ever had during the time I read that book
It’s a game changer, thanks for dropping this here to motivate others to get it too ✌🏻
Staggeringly comprehensive list and excellently structured video - thank you!
Should I do baking books next?
Ooh thank you so much for this - I’m adding every book you’ve mentioned to my own personal books wishlist and purchasing / reading each one as I go - thanks for being generous in sharing your knowledge
Why not give yourself the gift from wish list to bookshelf? 😉
Thanks Jordan. As always, I thoroughly appreciate the amount of work you do to help us all live better, happier lives. I just received Alice Bailey's "Glamour" and "From Intellect to Intuition" today, on my return from an AA meeting. My Amazon "Wish List" used to be full of music and guitar lesson books, now it is pretty much all the books you've referenced in this and previous videos. I've bought a few so far, I finished "Spiritual Emergency" last night too after a wonderful meditation, music and poetry evening which I attended as a recently single person and left at the end when the mulled wine was being poured. My life is changing, it's been difficult since the breakup I had recently but the books and methods you recommend (and other resources such as AA with it's spiritual and cognitive therapy based program) have been invaluable to help me not just experience life but to actually make sense of it.
Reading your comment gives me an excellent feeling, thank you for sharing and likewise taking your own process seriously. It's people like yourself who I build this channel for - I'm wishing you the best for 2024.
There is an internet trend of talking heads holding up a stack of books to the camera and I came to this channel with healthy skepticism. But so far I've found knowledge and solace from Trauma and the Soul, the Primal Wound, and Rowan's Healing the Male Psyche (recommended in another video). Thank you for your hard work. I'm still waiting for more business book recommendations to help pay for my library.
The platform and format of these videos is always restricting, and I likewise feel that. I personally enjoy real 1-1 work and building relationships as my primary goal, but I'm glad to also make the time for sharing these resources and giving people the tools they need to work on themselves. Great book choices you've made so far also, cheers for getting involved!
@@Pavlovs_Frogs glad you stuck around for the last six months ✌🏻
I am following you from IRAN and you are amazing . I have working on shadows and especially animus and feminine energy besides the trauma healing and vibration . Because of sanctions I cannot buy your courses but your teaching is wonderful . Thank you for the books , contents . I wish you tge best year ahead ❤🙏🏻
Incredible, thank you for showing up. Check out my full shadow work playlist for some of my best free content to help you out until the books can find their way into your home. Keep at it.
Thank you so much for all of the work put into this Jordan Thornton. I appreciate the shear amount of energy!~
Thank you - enjoy stacking up your bookshelf in 2024!
Bro, you literally are the best! Wishing you an amazing year!
Make sure to pickup AT LEAST five of these books... ten ideally! Any of them catch your attention in particular?
I think I'm going to start with the books on trauma and inner child work and continue from there. Thanks again
Thank you so much for this! ❤ Reading the Pete Walker book now- it’s so nice to have some direction of where to go next. I appreciate your work Jordan!
Some excellent material here for you, you’ll love the somatic therapy & bioenergetic books too!
This video is a gem❤
Picked up any new books personally from this one?
@@jordanthornton I am the guy from whom you recommend this video, you have no idea this is exactly what I am looking for towards my healing journey, i think i have a similar story as you, recently passed out from college and now dedicating some amount of time totally focusing in my trauma healing, and your videos helped me a lot for understanding all the tools which i needed. Thankyou very much.
@@user-je1hi6jy1i You got this, bro. Stay steady in your study discipline - rewards really start stacking after two years of daily reading.
Thank you! You made my life so much easier with this! A plan is exactly what I was missing. Hmm 🧐 looks like I have to work more on my masculine energy haha.
I made a calendar and ordered the first 2 books for January. I'm happy, thank you, I appreciate your generosity.
Excellent plan - I hadn’t considered that the 24 books fit nicely into 2 books per month for 2024, but it’s possible! Make sure to not forget to get more, they’re gold 🌲
Very comprehensive and in detail video. Thanks for such meticulous preparation for us viewers. May God bless you in all your endeavours
Truly appreciate your comment here - thanks for making the time to say this 🌲
Thanks for superb knowledge. This will great if you list out book in message for users,
I love your content! Thank you for being you! I’m a psychic and shadow worker on IG and I’m sending you healing vibes for your beautiful eye! It’s your masculine energy upgrading and ascending! 💙😊🙌
Sure thing, we're all doing what we can to make this world a little brighter. Thanks for being here.
I’m going to commit to this. I’ve already bought one and will start tonight. I’ll commit to reading two books a month.
Two books per month for 2024 will get you to that 24 total, it's an excellent path. Feel free to check out the new shadow work playlist series if you want some more exercises too - good luck!
Thanks Jordan! I have my buying playlist right here, in one place. I am getting some. Just that you know - your right eye was red Jordan. Make sure you sleep enough! Though not sure if that’s sleep.
Buying playlist is excellent! And yes, my contact lens was giving me some grief, didn’t feel it but certainly saw this when rewatching the footage. Too good of a video to reshoot 😅
Lifts up other lives other selves ❤️🔥 I just start crying 😢 ❤️🔥
What do think of these books?
1. The body keeps the score by Bessel van der Kolk
2. It didn’t start with you: how inherited family trauma shapes who we are .. by Mark wolynn
3. Reichian therapy for home use by jack willis
Thanks for the books recommendation
First two are great beginner books, and popular too. I haven't heard of the third though - glad to know you're studying, keep going.
@@jordanthornton Yeah, I will do my best. Thank you for responding to my comment
This is excellent, thank you for having done such legwork and sharing
Cheers, I appreciate your work on your channel too. Thanks for likewise showing up as a teacher and an example, brother.
@@jordanthornton Much appreciated Jordan and FYI, I've ordered 10 from the list :0)
Thank you , thank you , thank you Jordan 💜🌸
2024 is looking healthy and inspired 🌲
Surprised to see Spiral Dynamics recommended by someone on YT. Great selection, Jordan! 🖤
Now need to check the other recommendations
It's going in the new course - gotta have our stages of consciousness accounted for.
@@jordanthornton absolutely mind-blowing book! Nothing unexpected but so true
First video of yours that I watch. Thank you ! I’ll need a bigger shelf !
You'll need a whole need bookcase if you stay around here for too long hahahah
Jordan! I'm so glad your channel is exploding! I'm hyperfocused for the next 5 months still on school pursuits but I want to promise myself right here right now (Ireally want to NOW but I can't) to come back here next summer and start at book 1 of IWE and work through that in a year, afterwards will go through other videos like this one! Much love! see you in 5 months.
Seems to be growing suddenly, for sure - we'll see how it balances out as it certainly will. Thanks for putting in your work at school, and making the commitment. I'll see you in 5 months and feel free to buy 2-4 books for your bookshelf to keep them in sight for the summer. Who knows what could happen.
I have a running list of different categories of books you’ve recommended from this video and others. I’ve included categories for ‘Spirituality’ ‘Service’ and ‘Parenting/Re-parenting’.
I’m currently reading “Homecoming” by John Bradshaw. As I’m reading him discuss the reclamation and healing at different ages of development, he says on page 59 “In old age we need to enter into a second childhood. We need a childlike hope that there is something more, a faith in something greater than ourselves that will help us to see a larger picture. We will need all our accrued ego strengths to see the whole against its parts. When we achieve that vision, we have wisdom.”
It has me thinking of an ‘Aging’ category. I wonder if this is a topic you’ve covered or read any books on and would feel comfortable to make a video about. Within the idea of “parenting” it’s this thought of preparation and curiosity for that life stage, along with having greater compassion and understanding for people in our lives going through it. I think about my parents, various mentors & clients.
Curious on your thoughts. Thank you!
I got close to this topic but not exactly in my recent video of ‘feel like times running out?’ - but the issue of against is absolute worth exploring more in the future!
Hi Jordan, I adore your channel. Thank you for everything you do and the work you put in ❤
One question: Where do you stand on the book Psycho Cibernetics?
Never read it!
@@jordanthorntonhave you heard of it? If not, please do have a look. Is it the kind of book you would read?
@@jordanthornton and Happy New Year! 🎊🧞♀️
The book videos are my favourite videos. I'm waiting for the day when you start doing book reviews or maybe summaries of different author's contributions to their fields. I don't know if that would be a big hit on RUclips though
Yes, it might not be so good on RUclips but I do have 36 video book reviews in the course for the curriculum!
@@jordanthornton yes, and I have bought a bunch of excellent books because of those videos! 😃
Wow! Thank you, Jordan! Happy New Year!
Want everybody to have the best 2024 they can - these books will help for sure!
@@jordanthornton You're helping a lot of people, Jordan.
I have Homecoming and doing the inner child work myself is hard to do. My therapist was straight up yelling at me because it was hard to grasp. I don’t know what to think of that.
I hope that these books serve you well in 2024 🕊️
Thank you for Sharing!
Any of the 24 book stand out for you in particular?
Thank you, Jordan! 🎉
2024 is looking good 🥳
@@jordanthornton Yes, it is!!
For the past few days I've been hunting for the books you've mentioned in the earlier videos in the libraries here in my state. Visited two main libraries and second-hand-bookstores in vain.
I was thrilled to find a copy of The Golden Bough. No other books you recommended were there.
There are two more libraries and an entire street of second-hand-bookstore to explore.
I highly recommend Decoding Jung's Metaphysics by Bernardo Kastrup.
Great suggestion! 🌲
I just found your channel yesterday and its great. I love to read and you suggest lots of books which is great...i dont know where to start...my main question is why i dont have a sad or mad reaction to my childhood of sexual abuse? It doesnt bother me but i think it should...shouldnt it be a wound? Along with the 1st 2 books you mention in this video, which other books in particular would be beneficial for my situation?
Welcome, and thank you for sharing some of your story. The best place that I could suggest to start would be with my new shadow work playlist, which has a variety of exercises and practices - although it seems like inner child work would be particularly important for you, as well as somatic therapy. So consider getting the books in those sections from this video too, Diana.
@jordanthornton wow...I'm impressed you replied as I know you have alot of people looking to you for advice. Thanks so much. I really appreciate your time. I will definitely delve deeper into your suggestions.
@@Diana-sr8th I try my best to respond to everybody who finds me or chooses to engage with these types of conversations - fills me up, and wouldn't want anything less! Enjoy the process.
Love this!! Thankyou
Truly my pleasure - get that bookshelf stocked!
I don’t think we’re fundamentally flawed. I think I’m fundamentally perfect like we all are. All this work is to realize that we are perfect as we are
Appreciate you sharing your perspective, although perhaps we don't need to choose between either extreme. Hope these books help.
I am suggesting that perhaps that is nothing to fix, no flaws to fix. We are perfect as we are. To spend the rest of one’s life reading books to fix something that isn’t broken is, as some would say, insane 🙏🏽❤️
Hello brother, I recently got to know about your channel. I really loved it. I have a question. I fear if I start reading the books related to dealing with past traumas or mental health struggles, I might again dive deep into the painful memories and experiences. I have an inner fear of emotional burnout and mental health struggles. But I want to read these books, as you are certainly more experienced in the subject, what do u say! WillI be able to protect the mental strength I have developed in past years!
The good thing about books is that you can take it slowly and only go as far as you feel safe in one week. You can control the pace, and you will be in control, but do seek out professional support if you need someone. You got this.
I have recently discovered your channel. Just wanted to know if any of these recommendations are to understand why people behave the way they do.. the psychology towards their behavior, tackling their behavior while keeping our own sanity in check.
Sure, they'll all help in different ways. Self knowledge and knowledge of the other are overlapped. Good luck, keep reading.
I'm a bit confused Jordan Thornton why you recommend complex ptsd and trauma and the soul at the same time. Even though I like almost all the contents of complex ptsd, pete walker (author of complex ptsd) recommends to silence the inner critic under no circumstances to listen to it, while in trauma and the soul I think you should go back to the pain, you should understand that this inner critic is there to protect us, so you have to work together with the inner critic, you can use active imagination against it or as you know from other books you can also use parts work and shadow work. Why do you recommend two books that contain opposites?
Great observation, thank you for pointing this out. In short, I do my best to recommend a variety of approaches because I believe that intelligent adults can discern their own styles and preferences based on their own research and they'll find the path that works for them. Any given author or teacher, myself included, will be fundamentally biased and flawed in some lopsided ways - sharing opposites is one of the ways I try to attempt teaching in a balanced way. Hope this explains things.
@@jordanthornton Thank you so much for your videos and clarification. Keep this work, you deserve your sucess you helped me alot with your work.
The transpersonal books are the ones i'm going to buy today. I trust your judgement and ill let you know what i think after i read it. thanks for your suggestion.....got any recommendations for fasia? the stuff under the skin thing??? just wondering
This video is anything but ridiculous.. So grateful for all of these book recommendations and for you to have taken the time to present a taste of what each is about.
So much more reading to do..
You've got a great stack here to work through over the next few months - I hope you enjoy them, and keep at it consistently this year.
This is a mind maze love it!!! Look forward for it this concept of being a book worm 📚🐛 myself 🤓
Some great reads here - any catch your attention?
@@jordanthornton company of one & key person of influence! 🤫 🦉📚
Good resources to gain upon
@@Aleksandria3 Time to level up your wealth in 2024 👏🏻
@@jordanthornton 💪
Would love to hear you rank those 40 biz books you mention
Screenshotted - maybe I'll do a top 10 in the future...
U ever read j krishnamurti books ??
Sure, great teacher!
Great video, I'm keeping a google doc of all your book recomendations and have a good reading list so far, reading primal wound atm.
I wonder what you think of this. The spiral dynamics model seems to have the authors political beliefs influencing it, e.g stage green is more left leaning values and orange is conservative. They rank stage green as a higher evolved state than orange. Makes me wonder how accurate it is if their personal views influenced it. There is really no moral authority to say one is better than the other it depends on context. E.g do gooderism or environmentalism causing more harm by trying to help in some situations, or the shadow side of the left tending to be the dominant obstacle in our time.
Yeah, I think lefties are dumb as well.
Jokes aside, there are major shadow issues with both the left and right side of politics. It's something which I've discussed many times with clients (in relation to things like spiral dynamics) but try to avoid on RUclips because I know that political content can get very very heated and probably attract the wrong kind of crowd. Part of me feels tempted to make a video on this, but I'm almost certain to be misunderstood and start some flame wars.
@@jordanthorntonyes I think that’s a smart idea taking any position will just divide viewers no matter what side it is and distract from the point of the videos which is to heal 🙏
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Have an excellent 2024 - it's going to be good.
Hi, I can't find trauma and the Soul in my library. Is The inner world of trauma : archetypal defenses of the personal spirit
Donald Kalsched, the same?
Not the same, but it’s the same essence - if you can get it for free on rent then go for it ✌🏻
@@jordanthornton Great 😀 looking forward to the read and new knowledge
Greatly appreciated Jordan. I have a question please, can a shadow take on a human form and talk to a person? . Reason for my question is there's a voice of a man that talks to me,it usually compares me to other people around me, could this be my own shadow speaking.
Sure, you’ll find answers to these questions in the shadow work series playlist - check out the videos on active imagination especially ✌🏻
Is the inner world of trauma just as good or enough instead of reading trauma and the soul?
Trauma And The Soul is my preference, but his first book is also great. You can always read both for a full picture.
@@jordanthornton thank you so much brother, your channel & knowledge have opened up new avenues of exploration and hopefully avenues of helping others heal!
@@jordanthornton and also, greetings from Morocco!
Hello everyone, I am new here and I am really Interested in psychology. I am still beginner, so what are the books for beginners like me. should I start with these in the video?
The first two categories for sure - but also check out my newly updated shadow work playlist in the description, great resource there for you. Keep at it.
Trauma and the Soul is hard to find, out of stock in many places
Looks like I’ve been recommending it too much 🥶
Have you read Fate & Destiny by Michael Meade?
Not yet, but I have read The Water Of Life.
Unsure why Trauma and the Soul isn't on Kindle. The paperback costs 48$
That's curious, although I can confirm that the $48 is exceptionally well spent. People will spend $150-$250 per hour on a high level jungian therapist, and TAS is a 20hr journey with Kalsched. Worth it.
Hey Jordan random question but what do you think about building the light body /rainbow body through certain practices escaping samsara Is it a path you would consider ?
No. There's value in spiritual practice, but I believe that the appropriate time for being concerned with 'escaping samsara' should be in the final decades of life - not while we are young and have much energy to impact the outer world in a positive way. Something I'll certainly care more about between 70-90 hahah!
@amontana. I know your question was directed to Jordan but how would Jordan know how to “escape” samsara? You cannot escape it. We’re all human. Every human is on the cycle of birth and death. You can meditate and possibly transcend but you cannot escape it.
@@jordanthornton yes I see :)
@@cleopatrajones7096 hey there there’s many beliefs out there and your free to choose but If you research into the gnostics and read about the demiurge they believe that the false god of this reality trapped our souls here and we have the spark of divinity within us through breathe work visualisation vibration and certain mantras we can build our energetic body on the astral and other planes of reality so that our will our consciousness survives after the physical death with our memories intact.
How do you find such books?
Bibliography bouncing - all it takes is finding one good book and then tracing the references. It’s my entire method, and it seems to work very well. You’ll keep encountering the ‘best minds’ over and over this way.
@@jordanthornton thank u my library doesn’t have a very big psychology section
@@jordanthornton thx for answering btw
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thanks for book recommendations
Truly my pleasure, happy to be here.