I know that not everybody can afford an online course, but I hope that the fifteen videos in the Shadow Work Playlist will support the next steps of your shadow integration journey. I created this free playlist to function like a crash-course on shadow psychology with the intention of being as accessible and actionable as possible. I didn't want to stash the basics behind a paywall or email signup - I would rather you keep learning right here on CZcams. You can instantly access over five hours of beginner-to-advanced shadow work exercises and lectures with the free playlist linked in the description. Make sure to take your time with the guided exercises, and don't forget to buy the golden books. Jordan P. S. I want to say a heartfelt thank you to this comments section community. My channel is niche, and you've seen the Inner Work Library slowly expand over the last two years. I feel fortunate to receive such deep and genuine connections online, and CZcams recently told me that there have been more than 4000 unique commentors across my entire channel. Thank you for showing up, I appreciate you. If you want more depth, we can meet inside the library: courses.jordanthornton.com/shadow-work-library/
I'm happy to say I found all the books you recommended besides a couple. Thank you for the recommendations. Let us know if anyone struggles to afford them, I'll be happy to help. Digital goldmine indeed.
My thoughts was a long the lines of, I can lend them to you if you want or you can download if you need and don't have the monetary resources. I do NOT wish to give away someone elses work, always research the authors to see if they are still alive and what their situation is. If the knowledge falls into the universal domain, as in, it is needed, I do not believe in keeping it locked away. Two people who can fish is better than one dead fisherman.
I just ordered today "Healing The Child Within", "Meeting The Shadow" (and just for something else you'd piqued my interest in previously, James Hollis' ""The Eden Project"). I would've easily spent that same amount of money in a week making myself miserable with Gin and wine, the books you recommend are a far better way to spend my time and money. Thanks Jordan
That's smart, in my opinion at the current moment...small and personal, like the choice you made to invest in yourself....like a tiny seed...that shall grow as big as you tend to it's truthful potential...I'm inspired by your bold bravery to share a spotlight into your existence that highlights your ability to switch investments...and when the season was due to change you prevailed to win. By shifting the $ you were already allotting to one choice that was good then...to a choice that is very good for you now...in the present, just as a gift, I know that's how all of this is going to go for true truthers 😂
@@batistuta002 Likewise, I found reading The Eden Project to quickly change my perspectives. Such a clearly written book too. I just ordered James Hollis' "Swamplands of the Soul" along with three other books a few minutes ago.
Jordan bro healing the child within is the most informative book I've read so far, really helped me tie things together. Still got a couple chapters left, don't wanna get too far ahead without actually applying it. 3/6 complete!
Thank you, Jordan. I bought Meeting the Shadow due to your reccomendation 6-8 months ago. I’ve not read all but it has lead me to other books. I’ve learned I have to go slow and take breaks. I always have 5-10 books going! Not just psychology. Philosophy, classics,literary fiction, memoirs and non fiction. They are all helpful!😊 I appreciate all your videos and the help you have been to me along my journey. I’m 64 and wished I had started this long ago. Better late than never! I have a very helpful trusted therapist that is helping as well!
Im taking my second plunge into shadow and inner child work. What you speak of as honoring all parts of the inner realm and archetypes makes total sense. In fact I cant think in what world view the child should rule. 🤷♂️
Off topic - i love your voice, its like a calming cold weather while sipping on hot tea😅 P.s - i occasionally do comment in yt but never on their voice or how they sound 😅
@@jordanthornton thanks, it does.. I have started reading the book you listed up in one of your shadow work video, thank you for the recomm, keep up the good work, ur changing minds💜
Jordan, I want to thank you for your work. I just ran across a post from a prominent figure in the grief world promoting a relatively young author and his book that is supposedly the next best healing from grief and trauma. I hope you don't mind that I shared your name and this video as a reminder that healing from anything is a journey, and that there are a wealth of books to read and not all things work at all times. I teuly appreciate that you recognize that different authors resonate with different people for different reasons, and there is no one book or method that will get us all where we want to go on this journey called life. We all have our own path, and those paths may converge at different points and places to help each other along, but at the same time this journey begins and ends with each of us finding and creating meaning in our own way.
Great list and thankyou. After many years I now question the terminology of the "inner child" - thinking it should be the Historical Child - every cell in the body has been replaced and there is an aggregate adult eventually which carried the memory - all memory at cellular level, of water - (Alice Bailey and Theosophy refers to the Three Permanent Atoms..) including the chiral water present around DNA - so connecting with nature e.g walking barefoot is not a connection with the inner child but a connection to the actual flow of Qi or prana or ELECTRICTY which runs through life and remembering how wonderful this feels. It feels rejuvenating and essential! It is essential and purifying, energising and enervating all in a positive way - it's a positive charge literally rising through the body from the K1 point in the sole of the foot! No need to identify it as a child thing at all! It's an electromagnetic thing. Native American Indians didn't go barefoot or wear moccasins to be child like - they undertook to maintain the vital connection with Earth - which has a vital connection electromagnetically to the cosmos via our solar system.Masters in Rishikesh dont wear hiking boots! Is it any surprise that in the age of Airmax trainers etc people are so disconnected? They are literally disconnected from the heavenly circuit wearing rubberised insulated air pockets while living in high rises! Literally airheads 😳 Oh - and one more thing! Children before WW1 on the whole didn't have the luxury of remaining children for very long due to the high mortality rates of their mothers and industrial circumstances and poverty. The Inner Child IMO is something of a luxury invented in the modern western world. Having lived in Africa for 15 years I see a very different picture of children and the inner landscape against poverty. Yes explore it but accept you might have to redress it through some one a lot less fortunate.
This is one of the most sophisticated inner child reflections I've seen recently, thank you. I agree that the 'inner child' concept might be useful as a broad term, but your concept there of 'Historical Child' and the nuances is valuable. Cheers.
Your enthusiasm means the world to me, thank you - all these years of research finally coming together! I hope you find value here, got some great conversations coming up 🌲
This is my favorite video so far. I have found myself needing a break from the deep psychology and your timing and explanation of getting on that "trampoline" of shadow work books is exactly what I needed to refresh myself. Thank you Jordan 😊
Cheers my man - I'm going to be releasing about 2 hours of course content for free on CZcams over the next seven days, some of my favourite exercises and lectures to give you more insight. Would love to see you in the library, have appreciated your support in these comments this year.
Your analogy of the river and the true self is brilliant! I have always felt the same way about the true self and the inner-child --- it doesn't make sense to say the inner-child is the true self.
I had an epiphany about my childhood trauma and my relationship with my work, while I was playing this in the background while working. Thanks for the reading list which I will follow but the distillation of the list in the chronology made me look into my personal experience and it was right there. I'd say your voice is really clear and feels as if things are uncomplicating. Thanks for your work!
It's truly my pleasure to be helping out, and I hope you've been enjoying the playlist this week. Some of my best work online and designed to help at depth.
Thank You Jordan for this excellent video and resource. Ordered all the books I didn't have and am looking forward to this journey with you and the online course.👏🙏🏼🌲
You’re gonna love this brother - these books are a great foundation, and the course is ready for you if you want to join me inside. Happy to be of service, and I’ll see you there 💪🏻
Love that you present books as dear friends in a way. Would like to order, unfortunetly no shipping to israel. Wanted to do readings. Its a time when support is needed here
I look forward to pick up the books recommended in the video. I have followed your channel for about a year now, and I must say, you have become one of my go-to-channels for personal development. Thank you for your huge work and passion for the deeper layer of the human psyche ♡
Gabrielle, this is heart warming and inspiring. I'll keep doing my best in 2024 to give you all I can, and I hope that this playlist (or even the course) prove valuable for your own next steps to depth.
Hi Jordan, Congrats for the Launch ! I was very excited when you announced that you were working on a curriculum. I take a look and that’s seem very very good. I am broke right now but I find that the price of the course is VERY AFFORDABLE. You gave so much good insight over the years that i am sure that the quality of your teachings will be top notch 🤗 In the meantime, I will take a look at the 6 books you very generously presented. Thank you 😘
It's been an incredible journey this year, that's for sure! Thanks for your enthusiasm, and no worries at all about needing some time to get ready to get involved financially. I'll be sharing more lessons and exercises from the course in the next few days, and they'll give you a nice head-start! Oh, and in terms of finances, I also decided to add a 'split-pay' option to make it even more accessible if this might work for you better? Works out at £100 per week for two months, about as much as a good therapy session. Hope this helps, but otherwise look forward to welcoming you in when you're ready.
@@jordanthornton yes I just saw the « split-pay » option thank you. Even if I am not financially ready yet, it encourages me a lot ! The other day I did the maths, 1 therapy session is about 80-10euro for 1hour for 2 sessions a month so you are absolutely correct. See you soon 🙂
You’ll love the shadow work library course, message me at any time on Instagram if you’ve got questions or need anything from me… otherwise I’ll see you inside ✌🏻
Hi! I was wondering what thoughts you have on mortality, the meaning of life and what are your personal opinions with regards to what may or may not happen after our passing, based on your readings. I think it would be an interesting video to watch.
For a 5 hour course it's taken me like 3 weeks to get to almost finishing one book out of the five, it's insane that you can do so in one sitting. Although I guess I'm building up the skill of what to read thoroughly and what to skim through, increasing reading speed and such.
Thank you for putting in the work! This video series might be about five hours to watch and engage with the exercises, but I’m glad that you’ve been making the extra effort to follow through on the recommended reading. Not all books will be read in single sittings, however, sometimes I find a flow and read 250-300 pages in four to six hour stretch, but it’s not the standard - depends on the complexity and familiarity of the material, keep at it.
Another great video Jordan, I love love love your enthusiasm and passion about books! I can so relate to this! In fact books have always been my safe space in what I perceive as an unsafe world, which for me is huge, and a place to feel connection amidst isolation, and a space in which to kindle a spark of aliveness in the midst of depression. 🙏I have ordered more of the books I do not have from this list. Today I have been reading "Healing the child within" and "Waking the tiger" from Levine, which were already in my library (next I will buy his "In an unspoken voice"as you suggested)...just trying to not go all over the place...is this the place where you suggest to start in your video series? thank you so much for all this wonderful material. (p.s. may I very lovingly suggest, that Assagioli is pronounced with a soft "g" when there is "gi" it's like the g of general 🙏🌷) I was lucky enough a few decades ago to follow a workshop with John Firman and Ann Gila, when he was still alive, I agree with your appreciation of their work. ✨
Yes, this is the starting point - you can click the playlist link in the description and it will play them in order! Fascinating that you attended a workshop back then with John and Ann. Incredible, thanks for staying on the path, and I hope this series continues to help.
@@jordanthorntonthanks for the reply! This is the first time anyone whose made a video that I’ve commented on has replied! I actually already owned ‘Healing the child within’ for about 2 months now, and seeing you recommend it made me extra excited to pick it back up. It’s so awesome! Thank you for your brilliant knowledge, dedication, and hard work. If it hadn’t been for you, I wouldn’t have a huge list of books I’m excited to read!
Just discovered your channel and these videos filtering out a handful of truly great books are very useful. Just started reading Trauma and the Soul (recommended in one of your other videos) and only a couple of chapters you can tell it is a special book. Think I might go to archetype next as I've always been interested in how evo connects to our imagination+psyche. On another note I haven't seen you mention any of James Hillman's works in the videos I've watched so far, for me he is a truly fantastic post-Jungian thinker. What are your thoughts on Hillman?
Welcome, and enjoy this playlist - it's an excellent place to go for depth, and I likewise agree that Hillman has some valuable ideas. I've got 3/4 of his books in my library, although I find he tends to be less 'publicly useful' than some of the other jungians like James Hollis or John Sanford. Just realised that so many Jungian writers names start with J hahah
HI Jordan . What books of Lowen would you recommend if you cant buy them all? You mentioned Voice of the body is the best in other videos. In this one it is Betrayal of the body?.. cheers!
im a hypnosis subject i saw my inner child visually while doing shadow work around some of my first trance experiences, before i even knew anything around inner child healing in psychology, i saw her feeling betrayed by me after a specific session and in another one, sitting in a dark room alone and… not going into detail, id love to talk about this with you or share my experience i wonder if that’s possible
I read codependence and from the definitions it really seems I might have it, and that it's the cause of my social anxiety, the fear that being real isn't good enough and will cause rejection. I'm not sure how noone else has figured this out? Am I missing some nuance here? I can't find anyone making this connection on the internet. Charles Whitfield says that anxiety is a stage zero disorder, but he doesn't mention social anxiety by name.
You may find Pete Walkers book on CPTSD and particularly the “Fawn” response interesting. He believes fawning aka people pleasing and codependance is a threat response much like fight/flight. Reasons people can make us feel unsafe and fall into fawn may stem from childhood traumas. If we had no choice but to attune to others emotions and prioritize their feelings in order to placate them and feel safe, then we dissociate from own internal emotional landscape. Reasons we may do this include an unstable or inconsistent caregiver or survive a harsh social environment like schoolyard bullying or shame based religious indoctrination. In adulthood, the nervous system still reacts as though displeasing another person in a high threat situation. Even though in practical terms, adults can fully take care of themselves, inside you are still reacting like that scared child.
@@jordanthornton I wanted to say something on a more personal level... The so called forbidden and maybe even unnatural. I'm saying this because I believe I'm going through some sort of revealing of my own subconscious and not all is nice and understandable...
@@jordanthornton I had the same issue with Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette, Robert Bly - seems like they have deleted from the planet the best books speaking about the archetypes! If a publishing house brought them back to the market today they would sell a lot! Is there a will behind this of how can this happen? Thanks a lot for your time, no need to reply if you are too busy.
I am new to your incredibly helpful and interesting channel and want to say THANK YOU ❤for dedicating yourself to this work! As a newbie I have not quite understood the the inner logic in terms of where to start: Inner work or inner work essentials or the new shadow work playlist? And it would feel very appropriate to pay you. Is this only possible with the new shadow work playlist by signing up for the course? And what is the difference between the course and what you will put online on CZcams?
Hey, welcome to this space. I’ll be filling out this new shadow work playlist over the next few weeks to about five hours of teaching - and that’s a great place to start. In terms of my course, it’s very different to CZcams because it’s a fully structured curriculum (feels kind of like a masters degree rather than entertainment) - it’s based off my private work with clients, and is intended as a fully structured progression with guided exercises and lectures. I love CZcams, but it’s more random because I’m responding to audience questions, but start with this new shadow work playlist as it updates, and I’ll see you in the course if you want to go deeper? 🌲
First off I would like to say thank you so much for your videos and all the content you have put out. I just found you recently and really love your energy and your videos have been very helpful for me. I am almost done (only 30 more pages) with the voice of the body by Lowen. For my next book I was thinking of picking up the book you recommended meeting the shadow, the power of attachment or internal family systems. But before I move on I was wondering if you think I should read Lowens betrayal of the body to get a better idea of bioenergetics? Or do you think the voice of the body is a good enough step into that realm for now? Also bonus question haha.. I’ve had some pretty interesting things appear to me in what I now believe has to do with the Anima. Feeling a presence or images in my head of a dark succubus/goddess, that is seductive, motherly, manipulative, and overall seems quite sexual. I have a lot to say on this.. but I was wondering if you could point me in a direction to help get more insight on this whether it be a book or something else? Sorry for the long message! Thank you so much for your work
Great questions, and all themes which I address in detail in my course if you want a structured approach to learning and integrating these different complimentary interests! In the meantime, you'll be well served by picking up both Meeting The Shadow and Internal Family Systems Therapy (get the 2nd edition by Schwarz) - in terms of anima issues, find a copy of Invisible Partners by John Sanford - all three of these together with Lowen should be a really nice stack for you. Enjoy the self-integration journey, and feel free to reach out again if I can be helpful here or inside the Shadow Work Library. I think you'll enjoy the multiple psychologies approach.
@@jordanthornton Thank you so much for the quick reply! I am definitely going to look into your course. Ive realized lately I do need more structure in things.. although sometimes I think I am too structured and intellectual, anyway haha! I have another question.. let’s say I picked up those books, do you think it’s best to stick to one and finish it before I move onto the next? Thanks Thornton!
I do have a split pay option, and I hope that might work for you with some savings. I unfortunately can't have that many payment options for a course at this price, but I genuinely look forwards to welcoming you inside later this year if saving for the split pay might work better?
All you have to do is remove what is on you that is not yours, that allows for feelings of being traumatized, then u will realise nothing negative has ever happened to the real YOU.
Value in this perspective, but decades of research into trauma would suggest we need other things also. No exclusive answer, but thanks for contributing - I see your point.
Meeting the shadow was pretty good, although surface level, but still insightful nonetheless. Betrayal of the body, on the other hand, was underwhelming to be very kind. It started great till it started relating everything to Freudian ideas of sexuality as if there is literally no problem that is non sexual. Quickly turned me off 36:53
Have you checked out psychosynthesis by john firman yet? More advanced and you'll probably appreciate it, could likewise look into a book like the science of the art of psychotherapy by allan schore for more advanced takes on the same themes - be well.
@jordanthornton Well, Jordan, I'm certainly enjoying your playlist on Shadow Work. I've been down this rabbit hole of healing for years on end. Like you said yourself, it's a shallow pool out there. You've given me the tools on how to dive deep and get to the root. It's certainly helped me, and I'm grateful 🙏 I also appreciate that you interact with your followers and comments! Keep up the good work. Your content is on point. 💯
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I know that not everybody can afford an online course, but I hope that the fifteen videos in the Shadow Work Playlist will support the next steps of your shadow integration journey.
I created this free playlist to function like a crash-course on shadow psychology with the intention of being as accessible and actionable as possible. I didn't want to stash the basics behind a paywall or email signup - I would rather you keep learning right here on CZcams.
You can instantly access over five hours of beginner-to-advanced shadow work exercises and lectures with the free playlist linked in the description.
Make sure to take your time with the guided exercises, and don't forget to buy the golden books.
Jordan
P. S. I want to say a heartfelt thank you to this comments section community. My channel is niche, and you've seen the Inner Work Library slowly expand over the last two years. I feel fortunate to receive such deep and genuine connections online, and CZcams recently told me that there have been more than 4000 unique commentors across my entire channel.
Thank you for showing up, I appreciate you.
If you want more depth, we can meet inside the library:
courses.jordanthornton.com/shadow-work-library/
I'm happy to say I found all the books you recommended besides a couple. Thank you for the recommendations. Let us know if anyone struggles to afford them, I'll be happy to help. Digital goldmine indeed.
@@askthearcane I have been buying them off Amazon. Do you know of a legitimate and cheaper way to source them? Thanks :)
My thoughts was a long the lines of, I can lend them to you if you want or you can download if you need and don't have the monetary resources. I do NOT wish to give away someone elses work, always research the authors to see if they are still alive and what their situation is. If the knowledge falls into the universal domain, as in, it is needed, I do not believe in keeping it locked away. Two people who can fish is better than one dead fisherman.
Please tell me you do audiobooks or hypnotherapy, or both. With that voice you could be talking about cheese and I’d buy whatever you said. 😅 😂
I just ordered today "Healing The Child Within", "Meeting The Shadow" (and just for something else you'd piqued my interest in previously, James Hollis' ""The Eden Project"). I would've easily spent that same amount of money in a week making myself miserable with Gin and wine, the books you recommend are a far better way to spend my time and money. Thanks Jordan
Fucking love this, keep at it Christopher. Sobriety for 2024 will change your world, you got this.
That's smart, in my opinion at the current moment...small and personal, like the choice you made to invest in yourself....like a tiny seed...that shall grow as big as you tend to it's truthful potential...I'm inspired by your bold bravery to share a spotlight into your existence that highlights your ability to switch investments...and when the season was due to change you prevailed to win. By shifting the $ you were already allotting to one choice that was good then...to a choice that is very good for you now...in the present, just as a gift, I know that's how all of this is going to go for true truthers 😂
I finished The Eden Project not long ago, also out of Jordan's suggestion. And I found the book life changing. Good luck!
@@batistuta002 Likewise, I found reading The Eden Project to quickly change my perspectives. Such a clearly written book too. I just ordered James Hollis' "Swamplands of the Soul" along with three other books a few minutes ago.
The Eden Project is so good.. helped me a lot ❤
Jordan bro healing the child within is the most informative book I've read so far, really helped me tie things together. Still got a couple chapters left, don't wanna get too far ahead without actually applying it. 3/6 complete!
You’re crushing it, and I’m glad the golden books are helping you out. Thanks for making the time for this important work ✌🏻
Thank you, Jordan. I bought Meeting the Shadow due to your reccomendation 6-8 months ago. I’ve not read all but it has lead me to other books. I’ve learned I have to go slow and take breaks. I always have 5-10 books going! Not just psychology. Philosophy, classics,literary fiction, memoirs and non fiction. They are all helpful!😊 I appreciate all your videos and the help you have been to me along my journey. I’m 64 and wished I had started this long ago. Better late than never! I have a very helpful trusted therapist that is helping as well!
Thanks for taking these steps - and being here all these months too. Happy to have been helping along the way, and keep going - not too old!
Im taking my second plunge into shadow and inner child work. What you speak of as honoring all parts of the inner realm and archetypes makes total sense. In fact I cant think in what world view the child should rule. 🤷♂️
Off topic - i love your voice, its like a calming cold weather while sipping on hot tea😅
P.s - i occasionally do comment in yt but never on their voice or how they sound 😅
Hope that the videos in this playlist support your personal growth and healing even more in the days ahead, thank you.
💯 agree. He could be an audiobook narrator for sure.
@@jordanthornton thanks, it does.. I have started reading the book you listed up in one of your shadow work video, thank you for the recomm, keep up the good work, ur changing minds💜
@@AJ-iq9ng 💯, id defo buy the audiobook 😂, #not trying to sound like a perv
Meeting the Shadow is awesome. I’ve owned 2 copies. I think I’ve lent them out and never got them back. Time to buy another.
I just ordered it. Thank you! Can't wait to read it.
Ordered how many? Have they arrived yet? ✌🏻
Jordan, I want to thank you for your work. I just ran across a post from a prominent figure in the grief world promoting a relatively young author and his book that is supposedly the next best healing from grief and trauma. I hope you don't mind that I shared your name and this video as a reminder that healing from anything is a journey, and that there are a wealth of books to read and not all things work at all times. I teuly appreciate that you recognize that different authors resonate with different people for different reasons, and there is no one book or method that will get us all where we want to go on this journey called life. We all have our own path, and those paths may converge at different points and places to help each other along, but at the same time this journey begins and ends with each of us finding and creating meaning in our own way.
Thank you for taking the time to write this message, I know what you mean.
Congratulations on launching your new shadow work course! 🎉 🙂
It's finally here! Thank you for all of your support and intelligent contributions over the months. I appreciate you, Jennifer.
thx i just ordered this
Great list and thankyou. After many years I now question the terminology of the "inner child" - thinking it should be the Historical Child - every cell in the body has been replaced and there is an aggregate adult eventually which carried the memory - all memory at cellular level, of water - (Alice Bailey and Theosophy refers to the Three Permanent Atoms..) including the chiral water present around DNA - so connecting with nature e.g walking barefoot is not a connection with the inner child but a connection to the actual flow of Qi or prana or ELECTRICTY which runs through life and remembering how wonderful this feels. It feels rejuvenating and essential! It is essential and purifying, energising and enervating all in a positive way - it's a positive charge literally rising through the body from the K1 point in the sole of the foot! No need to identify it as a child thing at all! It's an electromagnetic thing. Native American Indians didn't go barefoot or wear moccasins to be child like - they undertook to maintain the vital connection with Earth - which has a vital connection electromagnetically to the cosmos via our solar system.Masters in Rishikesh dont wear hiking boots! Is it any surprise that in the age of Airmax trainers etc people are so disconnected? They are literally disconnected from the heavenly circuit wearing rubberised insulated air pockets while living in high rises! Literally airheads 😳 Oh - and one more thing! Children before WW1 on the whole didn't have the luxury of remaining children for very long due to the high mortality rates of their mothers and industrial circumstances and poverty. The Inner Child IMO is something of a luxury invented in the modern western world. Having lived in Africa for 15 years I see a very different picture of children and the inner landscape against poverty. Yes explore it but accept you might have to redress it through some one a lot less fortunate.
This is one of the most sophisticated inner child reflections I've seen recently, thank you. I agree that the 'inner child' concept might be useful as a broad term, but your concept there of 'Historical Child' and the nuances is valuable. Cheers.
I appreciate making this for us for free, thanks
First four videos are now out, enjoy! More to come everyday this week - thanks for taking part 🌲
This is so exciting ✨🙌✨ Very happy about this!! 😊🌈❤️
Your enthusiasm means the world to me, thank you - all these years of research finally coming together! I hope you find value here, got some great conversations coming up 🌲
This is my favorite video so far. I have found myself needing a break from the deep psychology and your timing and explanation of getting on that "trampoline" of shadow work books is exactly what I needed to refresh myself. Thank you Jordan 😊
You’re gonna love this series, and the course has some real depth too if you’re looking to go further together 🌲
This course looks like great value. Looking forward to looking into it in the future.
Cheers my man - I'm going to be releasing about 2 hours of course content for free on CZcams over the next seven days, some of my favourite exercises and lectures to give you more insight. Would love to see you in the library, have appreciated your support in these comments this year.
Just reading Assagioli's own book on psychosynthesis. It feels like atomic habits but for introverts :)
Got a feeling you're gonna love the videos coming out over the next few days. Cheers!
I’m grateful for the time you’ve spent to help.
Thank you, it’s been a long process but it feels great to get this message out to more people 🌲
Your analogy of the river and the true self is brilliant! I have always felt the same way about the true self and the inner-child --- it doesn't make sense to say the inner-child is the true self.
I was just speaking to a friend about this topic again today. I believe it to be true! Always shifting 🌊
Love this❤❤❤❤❤
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I had an epiphany about my childhood trauma and my relationship with my work, while I was playing this in the background while working.
Thanks for the reading list which I will follow but the distillation of the list in the chronology made me look into my personal experience and it was right there. I'd say your voice is really clear and feels as if things are uncomplicating. Thanks for your work!
It's truly my pleasure to be helping out, and I hope you've been enjoying the playlist this week. Some of my best work online and designed to help at depth.
Oh, look Jordan extended version. Weekend watch.
You’re gonna love the next seven days of daily videos 😉
Thank You Jordan for this excellent video and resource. Ordered all the books I didn't have and am looking forward to this journey with you and the online course.👏🙏🏼🌲
You’re gonna love this brother - these books are a great foundation, and the course is ready for you if you want to join me inside. Happy to be of service, and I’ll see you there 💪🏻
Let's go king! So proud of you.
We got there 🌲
Just adding a comment to celebrate the course launch, and the following week of daily uploads!
Yes brother! Cheers for the support.
Love that you present books as dear friends in a way. Would like to order, unfortunetly no shipping to israel. Wanted to do readings. Its a time when support is needed here
I'm sorry to hear this, and likewise sending you the best.
Very informative..very unique collection of books and the simplicity with which u put up ur work is amazing..thank you so much..❤
Welcome, and it’s a pleasure to get connected. Hope you’re already stacking your shelves with some golden books - you picked up any new reads yet? 🌲
@@jordanthornton yes I did Jordan..thank you so much for replying..:)
I look forward to pick up the books recommended in the video.
I have followed your channel for about a year now, and I must say, you have become one of my go-to-channels for personal development.
Thank you for your huge work and passion for the deeper layer of the human psyche ♡
Gabrielle, this is heart warming and inspiring. I'll keep doing my best in 2024 to give you all I can, and I hope that this playlist (or even the course) prove valuable for your own next steps to depth.
Hi Jordan,
Congrats for the Launch ! I was very excited when you announced that you were working on a curriculum. I take a look and that’s seem very very good. I am broke right now but I find that the price of the course is VERY AFFORDABLE. You gave so much good insight over the years that i am sure that the quality of your teachings will be top notch 🤗
In the meantime, I will take a look at the 6 books you very generously presented. Thank you 😘
It's been an incredible journey this year, that's for sure! Thanks for your enthusiasm, and no worries at all about needing some time to get ready to get involved financially. I'll be sharing more lessons and exercises from the course in the next few days, and they'll give you a nice head-start!
Oh, and in terms of finances, I also decided to add a 'split-pay' option to make it even more accessible if this might work for you better? Works out at £100 per week for two months, about as much as a good therapy session. Hope this helps, but otherwise look forward to welcoming you in when you're ready.
@@jordanthornton yes I just saw the « split-pay » option thank you. Even if I am not financially ready yet, it encourages me a lot ! The other day I did the maths, 1 therapy session is about 80-10euro for 1hour for 2 sessions a month so you are absolutely correct. See you soon 🙂
@@IrisWORKS555 You're going to love it, and sure - enjoy this free shadow work playlist in the meantime!
I've been practicing Buddhism and a little bit of Catholicism I feel quite centered now to take the Shadow on
You’ll love the shadow work library course, message me at any time on Instagram if you’ve got questions or need anything from me… otherwise I’ll see you inside ✌🏻
I want to thank you so much for all you do.
Thank you for being here, enjoy the playlist - you’ll find some gold here hopefully 🌲
@@jordanthornton I did find one, and I feel I will find a lot more.
Just discover you. Such in depth video. I want to binge your Chanel playlist 😅 while trying not to get addicted 😅
Great time to get connected - this playlist is perfect for you. Enjoy the bookshelf building!
Hi! I was wondering what thoughts you have on mortality, the meaning of life and what are your personal opinions with regards to what may or may not happen after our passing, based on your readings. I think it would be an interesting video to watch.
Screenshotted, will see what I can do!
I second that request 😁
@@jordanthorntonafternoon. Has the video been done regarding his queries? Don
For a 5 hour course it's taken me like 3 weeks to get to almost finishing one book out of the five, it's insane that you can do so in one sitting. Although I guess I'm building up the skill of what to read thoroughly and what to skim through, increasing reading speed and such.
Thank you for putting in the work! This video series might be about five hours to watch and engage with the exercises, but I’m glad that you’ve been making the extra effort to follow through on the recommended reading. Not all books will be read in single sittings, however, sometimes I find a flow and read 250-300 pages in four to six hour stretch, but it’s not the standard - depends on the complexity and familiarity of the material, keep at it.
Gosh! Your voice 😊
Hope you found value here - make sure to pickup the books!
Perfect timing appreciate you man.
Of course, happy to have this out there!
Thank you, Jordan!
Thanks for your consistent support - always appreciate your first comments, probably 50% of the time you're first haha!
@@jordanthornton That just shows I'm retired, Jordan.
Thank you Jordan , so grateful for your videos🌸🙏🏻💜
Thank you for all of your support this year, I've appreciated how you've showed up and hope you enjoy the lessons and exercises coming up!
Another great video Jordan, I love love love your enthusiasm and passion about books! I can so relate to this! In fact books have always been my safe space in what I perceive as an unsafe world, which for me is huge, and a place to feel connection amidst isolation, and a space in which to kindle a spark of aliveness in the midst of depression. 🙏I have ordered more of the books I do not have from this list. Today I have been reading "Healing the child within" and "Waking the tiger" from Levine, which were already in my library (next I will buy his "In an unspoken voice"as you suggested)...just trying to not go all over the place...is this the place where you suggest to start in your video series? thank you so much for all this wonderful material. (p.s. may I very lovingly suggest, that Assagioli is pronounced with a soft "g" when there is "gi" it's like the g of general 🙏🌷) I was lucky enough a few decades ago to follow a workshop with John Firman and Ann Gila, when he was still alive, I agree with your appreciation of their work. ✨
Yes, this is the starting point - you can click the playlist link in the description and it will play them in order! Fascinating that you attended a workshop back then with John and Ann. Incredible, thanks for staying on the path, and I hope this series continues to help.
@@jordanthornton 🙏🌷thank you
I just love your sense of humor, Jordan!
Happy to be here!
Gah! Course launch and a 52min Friday upload?! I feel spoilt
Be prepared for the next seven days 😉
This was amazing! Thank you
Enjoy the playlist - my best free work online in this series!
@@jordanthorntonthanks for the reply! This is the first time anyone whose made a video that I’ve commented on has replied! I actually already owned ‘Healing the child within’ for about 2 months now, and seeing you recommend it made me extra excited to pick it back up. It’s so awesome!
Thank you for your brilliant knowledge, dedication, and hard work. If it hadn’t been for you, I wouldn’t have a huge list of books I’m excited to read!
@@nollie9311 Always do my best to respond to anybody who takes the time to spend time with me here! Thank you for making the space.
Just discovered your channel and these videos filtering out a handful of truly great books are very useful. Just started reading Trauma and the Soul (recommended in one of your other videos) and only a couple of chapters you can tell it is a special book. Think I might go to archetype next as I've always been interested in how evo connects to our imagination+psyche.
On another note I haven't seen you mention any of James Hillman's works in the videos I've watched so far, for me he is a truly fantastic post-Jungian thinker. What are your thoughts on Hillman?
Welcome, and enjoy this playlist - it's an excellent place to go for depth, and I likewise agree that Hillman has some valuable ideas. I've got 3/4 of his books in my library, although I find he tends to be less 'publicly useful' than some of the other jungians like James Hollis or John Sanford. Just realised that so many Jungian writers names start with J hahah
HI Jordan . What books of Lowen would you recommend if you cant buy them all? You mentioned Voice of the body is the best in other videos. In this one it is Betrayal of the body?.. cheers!
Yes, these two are the ones you should get!
im a hypnosis subject i saw my inner child visually while doing shadow work around some of my first trance experiences, before i even knew anything around inner child healing in psychology, i saw her feeling betrayed by me after a specific session and in another one, sitting in a dark room alone and… not going into detail, id love to talk about this with you or share my experience i wonder if that’s possible
Wow! 🎉 😮
Thank you for being here every week, enjoy the series!
I read codependence and from the definitions it really seems I might have it, and that it's the cause of my social anxiety, the fear that being real isn't good enough and will cause rejection. I'm not sure how noone else has figured this out? Am I missing some nuance here? I can't find anyone making this connection on the internet. Charles Whitfield says that anxiety is a stage zero disorder, but he doesn't mention social anxiety by name.
Social anxiety was less of a term back when Whitfield was working, only really gained popular in the last 20 years!
You may find Pete Walkers book on CPTSD and particularly the “Fawn” response interesting. He believes fawning aka people pleasing and codependance is a threat response much like fight/flight. Reasons people can make us feel unsafe and fall into fawn may stem from childhood traumas. If we had no choice but to attune to others emotions and prioritize their feelings in order to placate them and feel safe, then we dissociate from own internal emotional landscape. Reasons we may do this include an unstable or inconsistent caregiver or survive a harsh social environment like schoolyard bullying or shame based religious indoctrination. In adulthood, the nervous system still reacts as though displeasing another person in a high threat situation. Even though in practical terms, adults can fully take care of themselves, inside you are still reacting like that scared child.
@@RCCurtrightfantastic reply ✌️
I like your approach and the insights you are sharing. Do you have any essays or books on your experience with the unconscious? Maybe conclusions?
That’s essentially this entire playlist 🤣 - enjoy!
@@jordanthornton I wanted to say something on a more personal level... The so called forbidden and maybe even unnatural. I'm saying this because I believe I'm going through some sort of revealing of my own subconscious and not all is nice and understandable...
How can we find the books that are no longer printed/published? I had the same issue in my researches and tips to my readers.Txs!
They’re lost forever, sadly. Many copies still linger around in second hand book shops though.
@@jordanthornton I had the same issue with Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette, Robert Bly - seems like they have deleted from the planet the best books speaking about the archetypes!
If a publishing house brought them back to the market today they would sell a lot! Is there a will behind this of how can this happen?
Thanks a lot for your time, no need to reply if you are too busy.
I am new to your incredibly helpful and interesting channel and want to say THANK YOU ❤for dedicating yourself to this work!
As a newbie I have not quite understood the the inner logic in terms of where to start: Inner work or inner work essentials or the new shadow work playlist?
And it would feel very appropriate to pay you. Is this only possible with the new shadow work playlist by signing up for the course? And what is the difference between the course and what you will put online on CZcams?
Hey, welcome to this space. I’ll be filling out this new shadow work playlist over the next few weeks to about five hours of teaching - and that’s a great place to start. In terms of my course, it’s very different to CZcams because it’s a fully structured curriculum (feels kind of like a masters degree rather than entertainment) - it’s based off my private work with clients, and is intended as a fully structured progression with guided exercises and lectures.
I love CZcams, but it’s more random because I’m responding to audience questions, but start with this new shadow work playlist as it updates, and I’ll see you in the course if you want to go deeper? 🌲
Sounds like a very good plan! Thank you for the immediate, helpful answer. 😊
First off I would like to say thank you so much for your videos and all the content you have put out. I just found you recently and really love your energy and your videos have been very helpful for me.
I am almost done (only 30 more pages) with the voice of the body by Lowen. For my next book I was thinking of picking up the book you recommended meeting the shadow, the power of attachment or internal family systems. But before I move on I was wondering if you think I should read Lowens betrayal of the body to get a better idea of bioenergetics? Or do you think the voice of the body is a good enough step into that realm for now?
Also bonus question haha.. I’ve had some pretty interesting things appear to me in what I now believe has to do with the Anima. Feeling a presence or images in my head of a dark succubus/goddess, that is seductive, motherly, manipulative, and overall seems quite sexual. I have a lot to say on this.. but I was wondering if you could point me in a direction to help get more insight on this whether it be a book or something else?
Sorry for the long message! Thank you so much for your work
Great questions, and all themes which I address in detail in my course if you want a structured approach to learning and integrating these different complimentary interests!
In the meantime, you'll be well served by picking up both Meeting The Shadow and Internal Family Systems Therapy (get the 2nd edition by Schwarz) - in terms of anima issues, find a copy of Invisible Partners by John Sanford - all three of these together with Lowen should be a really nice stack for you.
Enjoy the self-integration journey, and feel free to reach out again if I can be helpful here or inside the Shadow Work Library. I think you'll enjoy the multiple psychologies approach.
@@jordanthornton Thank you so much for the quick reply! I am definitely going to look into your course. Ive realized lately I do need more structure in things.. although sometimes I think I am too structured and intellectual, anyway haha!
I have another question.. let’s say I picked up those books, do you think it’s best to stick to one and finish it before I move onto the next?
Thanks Thornton!
@@shadowbarrel Depends on your learning style - I personally enjoy swapping between 2-4 books at once if they’re in different themes!
@@jordanthornton Okay good to know, thanks!
That wad a Shmukling introduction!😂🤣😭👌
Not sure what this means exactly... but I'll take it!
I feel like I'm in a nerd night club. A very very secret one.
We do things differently over here, welcome 📚
If you had a monthly payment plan, then I would sign up. Split it into 12 payments please.
I do have a split pay option, and I hope that might work for you with some savings. I unfortunately can't have that many payment options for a course at this price, but I genuinely look forwards to welcoming you inside later this year if saving for the split pay might work better?
Where is the shadow work playlist? Is this it? Just this one video?
I only released the course yesterday, so I'll be uploading the fifteen playlist videos over the next few weeks - keep an eye out, you'll love them.
All you have to do is remove what is on you that is not yours, that allows for feelings of being traumatized, then u will realise nothing negative has ever happened to the real YOU.
Value in this perspective, but decades of research into trauma would suggest we need other things also. No exclusive answer, but thanks for contributing - I see your point.
Meeting the shadow was pretty good, although surface level, but still insightful nonetheless.
Betrayal of the body, on the other hand, was underwhelming to be very kind. It started great till it started relating everything to Freudian ideas of sexuality as if there is literally no problem that is non sexual. Quickly turned me off 36:53
Have you checked out psychosynthesis by john firman yet? More advanced and you'll probably appreciate it, could likewise look into a book like the science of the art of psychotherapy by allan schore for more advanced takes on the same themes - be well.
Whoa
How're you finding the playlist? The exercises go even harder - wishing you well.
@jordanthornton Well, Jordan, I'm certainly enjoying your playlist on Shadow Work. I've been down this rabbit hole of healing for years on end. Like you said yourself, it's a shallow pool out there. You've given me the tools on how to dive deep and get to the root. It's certainly helped me, and I'm grateful 🙏 I also appreciate that you interact with your followers and comments! Keep up the good work. Your content is on point. 💯