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Alex Olshonsky Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Creator of Deep Fix (https://t.co/vrLIV2STBD), somatic coach, co-founder of Natura Care, a non-profit addiction program harnessing psychedelics

9 books
Book Cover for: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

There’s a backlash happening around productivity and around WORK in general - especially around what David Graeber called 'bullshit jobs' https://t.co/UmzNtJiO1a

Paperback, 2019

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being, Philip Shepherd

Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being

Philip Shepherd
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

@palashdave I first read about this concept in Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd, it's a wonderful book that talks a lot about interconnectivity

Paperback, 2017

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, Richard Schwartz

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

Richard Schwartz
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

If you've been curious about Internal Family Systems (IFS), the Deep Fix community is about to start reading "No Bad Parts," which is an excellent entry point into the method, def Dick Schwartz's most accessible book @IFS_Model https://t.co/cCCvrLYg9H

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, Sam Harris

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Sam Harris
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

Since reading the END OF FAITH when I was 17, Sam Harris has been one of the most impt intellectual thinkers on my development. His leaving Twitter is a reminder of the growing chasms in the sensemaking community, and further cements the closure of the Intellectual Dark Web era

Paperback, 2005

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Book Cover for: Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems, Thich Nhat Hanh

Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems

Thich Nhat Hanh
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

In honor of Thich Nhat Hanh leaving the body this weekend, I'd like to share my favorite poem of his. It changes me each time I read it. Call Me By My True Names 🖤 https://t.co/6OAOp4LTwf

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Book Cover for: Walking Words: With Woodcuts by Jose Francisco Borges, Eduardo Galeano

Walking Words: With Woodcuts by Jose Francisco Borges

Eduardo Galeano
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

The Church says: The body is a sin. Science says: The body is a machine. Advertising says: The body is a business. The body says: I am a fiesta. —Eduardo Galeano, Walking Words (1993)

Paperback, 1997

$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation, Bruce Tift

Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

Bruce Tift
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

I've heard from several ppl just how psychoactive and transformative this book has been for them - if you're interested in either Buddhism or psychotherapy today's convo will likely be worthwhile Already Free by Bruce Tift (this is free to join) https://t.co/JhYPCBMhGk

Paperback, 2015

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Book Cover for: Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

The Shantaram s1 finale aired this weekend - my convo with the author of the beloved novel, Gregory David Roberts, is here. He's a true polymath https://t.co/UE2K7mbPTL

Paperback, 2005

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method, Ron Kurtz

Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method

Ron Kurtz
Alex OlshonskyAlex Olshonsky

Transformational stories like this are why I decided to study somatic psychotherapy (the Hakomi method) + Internal Family Systems. And I think most people don’t know this, but Hakomi and IFS were developed together, Dick Schwartz (IFS) and Ron Kurtz (Hakomi) dear friends

Paperback, 2015

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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