CREATIVE HUMAN INTENTION
PART ONE: SELF CONNECTION
On my life’s journey so far, I’ve come to believe that as human beings, we are a process, not fixed entities, and that our sense of identity changes based on our experiences, viewpoints, and perceived (or inherited) wants and needs.
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But what if we achieve a socially validated place in life that meets our set goals and desires and yet we feel more empty than ever… where approval from others seems hollow and we ourselves feel devoid of meaning? That is, if we stop distracting ourselves enough to actually feel.
If we take the path of denial of our inner reality, our outer one may become increasingly filled with conflict, pain, and mishaps until we can no longer ignore the Call from within ~ the call for self-connection.
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It's my view that we all need love, connection and belonging. And most of us (in order to survive in a maladapted
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world) have disowned, lost, or been forced to let go of parts of ourselves in order to gain conditional approval from the social sphere (family, peers, public), unconsciously betraying ourselves.
As children, being caught in the inherited cycle of such seeking wasn't our fault. But over time, being out of self-alignment can cause our sense of the world to get smaller, tighter, drier, where we’re more likely to perpetuate the very thing we need to release.
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Competing for power and control as we frantically try to alter our outer circumstances (or giving up our power completely to allow others to lead our lives for us) can cause us to relive our pain through different settings, players, and costumes.
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I propose that in order to change our lives and recover our lost parts, we try turning in and healing the connection with ourselves as the first step toward the love and belonging we seek.
When We Center, the World Aligns ~
What do you want to experience, want to feel or embody, and why?
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RESOURCES:
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VIDEO (YouTube):
Curt Cobain on Identity (Blank on Blank)
Against Personal Identity (Crash Course)
Measuring Personality (Crash Course)
If You’re an Introvert (Jay Shetty)
Thrive as an Introvert (Mossy Bottom)
Introverts and Extroverts (Teal Swan)
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Myers-Briggs Explained (Frank James)
Don’t Let Your Children… (Frank James)
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The Power of Introverts – S. Cain (TED)
Psychology of Your Future Self (TED)
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WEBSITE: 16 Personalities
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DOCUMENTARY (YouTube) – Trailer
Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wardle)
Far From The Tree (Dretzin & Ephron)
1. IDENTITY, PURPOSE & SELF CONNECTION
by Katarzyna Vedah. March 3, 2018
RIPPLE EFFECT
PASSION PROJECTS FROM THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY
IDENTITY CRISIS
FILM (YouTube): Trailer
TV SERIES (YouTube): Netflix
MUSIC / VIDEO (YouTube):
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MUSIC / INTERVIEW (YouTube):
Tegan & Sara on Coming Out (q on CBC)
VIDEO (Vimeo): KIN FABLES Trilogy
Part I - Kin
Part II - Salvage
Part III - Requiem
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WEBSITE: Kin Fables
MUSIC / SOUND (Bandcamp):
VIDEO (YouTube): Frank James
HEALTHY M.O.
PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL BALANCE
SOCIALIZATION &
SELF REGARD
VIDEO (YouTube): School of Life
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How to Learn to Love Oneself More
How to be a Friend to Yourself
Our Past Influences our Present
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VIDEO (YouTube): Teal Swan
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VIDEO (YouTube): Crash Course
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VIDEO (YouTube):
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Psychology of Narcissism (TED-Ed)

Personality Disorders Mental Illness?
(Tracey Marks)
The Childhood Origins of Narcissism
(Vital Mind Psychology)

Misunderstood Personality Disorders
(MedCircle)
PROCESS
PRACTICAL REINFORCEMENT FOR DAY-TO-DAY LIVING

THE
ENNEAGRAM
TYPES
VIDEO (YouTube): Abbey Howe
VIDEO (YouTube): Frank James
VIDEO (YouTube): Ian Morgan Cron
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WEBSITE / ARTICLE: The Good Trade
Self-Care Practices You Can Do at Home, Based on Your Enneagram Type
WEBSITE: The Enneagram Institute
WEBSITE: The Narrative Enneagram
WEBSITE: The Living Enneagram
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VIDEO (YouTube): Carolyn Zaikowski
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VIDEO (YouTube):
Enneatype, Not the Real You (Conscious Life)
Nature & Nurture (Nahid Coaching)
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BOOK: Personality Types. By Riso & Hudson
BOOK: The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram. By Sandra Maitri

SELF-PURPOSE
WEB / ARTICLE: By Thomas Oppong
Start Doing These Things for Yourself to Transform Your Life in Less Than a Year.
WEB / ARTICLE: By Thomas Oppong
The Dangerous Approach of Living Without Purpose.
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VIDEO (YouTube):
Re-Discover Your Passion (Brendon.com)
Recreate Your Identity (Valuetainment)
Starting Over, ReBuild (The Futur)
WEB / ARTICLE: By Arthur C. Brooks
How to Build a Life: The Clockwork Regularity of Major Life Changes
VIDEO (YouTube): Teal Swan
Things that Call your Life into Question
Find Your Imprint, Find Your Life Purpose
VIDEO (YouTube): Dr. Allan Hunter
Archetypes: Pilgrim & Warrior-Lover
Archetypes: Monarch & Magician
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VIDEO (YouTube): Inspire Nation
The Life You Were Born to Live!
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BOOK: The Hero Within. Carol S. Pearson
The Life You Were Born to Live. Dan Millman
Numerology Has Your Number. Ellin Dodge