Sources & influences
The 2,500 practices in the Embodied Growth Studio are original writing by Authentic Living, organised through Shilpa Manari's Embodied Growth Framework. They draw on decades of research in psychology and neuroscience, and on contemplative and creative traditions. We name the people whose ideas a practice builds on wherever we can, and we're grateful to all of them.
Mindfulness, compassion and contemplative traditions
Thich Nhat Hanh, Tara Brach and Michele McDonald, Jack Kornfield, Pema Chödrön, Shunryu Suzuki, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Rumi, Epictetus and the Stoic tradition, Paul Gilbert.
The body, the nervous system and emotion
Peter Levine, Stephen Porges, Deb Dana, Daniel Siegel, Eugene Gendlin, Bessel van der Kolk, Emily and Amelia Nagoski, Paul Ekman, Susan David, Jill Bolte Taylor, Antonio Damasio, Kelly McGonigal.
Self-acceptance, identity and the inner script
Brené Brown, Kristin Neff, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Steven Hayes, Dan McAdams, Erik Erikson, Carl Jung, Donald Winnicott, Abraham Maslow.
Relationships, listening and communication
John Gottman, Marshall Rosenberg, Ed Tronick, Arthur Aron, Everett Worthington, Fred Luskin, Amy Edmondson, Kim Scott, Roger Fisher and William Ury, Stephen Covey, Dacher Keltner.
Meaning, purpose and vision
Viktor Frankl, Martin Seligman, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, Robert Emmons, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Barbara Fredrickson, Irvin Yalom, Jonathan Haidt.
Decisions, transitions and change
Daniel Kahneman, Gary Klein, Chip and Dan Heath, Annie Duke, Barry Schwartz, William Bridges, Ann Masten, Robert Kegan, Pauline Boss, Kurt Lewin.
Habits, motivation, energy and rest
James Clear, BJ Fogg, Charles Duhigg, Peter Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen, Carol Dweck, Angela Duckworth, Albert Bandura, Edward Deci and Richard Ryan, Daniel Pink, Cal Newport, Greg McKeown, Jim Loehr, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Matthew Walker, Tricia Hersey, Saundra Dalton-Smith.
Creativity and expression
Julia Cameron, Anne Lamott, Austin Kleon, Elizabeth Gilbert, Mary Oliver, Rainer Maria Rilke, James Pennebaker, Stuart Brown, Peter Elbow.
This list is a selection. Individual practices credit other researchers and writers where their work is mentioned.
Independence and trademarks
Embodied Growth Studio is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a certified programme of any person or organisation named here or in the practices. Names such as Nonviolent Communication, the Gottman Method, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Tiny Habits, CliftonStrengths, Radical Candor and Dare to Lead may be trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to credit their work. Our practices are introductions inspired by these ideas. They are not a substitute for training, certification or therapy in any named method.
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