Escape the Life of Quiet Desperation Resource Links Visit Substack Thanks for reading. Here’s every meditation, video, article and download mentioned in the book, organized by chapter. Chapter 1The Life Audit workbookArticle: How fasting affects the brainContact JosephMichael Holland’s movement video (Instagram)4-7-8 breathing timerMeditative drawing (Calm)Seated meditation (audio)Sarah BlondinPriming ritual (video)Diaphragmatic breathing (Cleveland Clinic)Study: Humming and the vagus nerveChapter 2Article: What we fear more than deathStudy: The brain’s default mode networkStudy: Self-compassion vs. self-criticismGabe Martinelli’s meditation (Instagram)Self-compassion exercise: Changing your critical self-talkChapter 3Vanilla Sky (film)Way of the Peaceful WarriorThe long journey to the middle (video)Alan Howard (YouTube)Self RelianceThe AlchemistLoving What IsMan’s Search for MeaningThe Body Keeps the ScoreThe Surrender ExperimentWhen Breath Becomes AirHealing meditation, Dr. Joe Dispenza (video)Chapter 4Guided meditations by Tony Litster and Sarah BlondinAnchored appChapter 5David Goggins: The 40% ruleRelay for LifeChapter 6Holotropic breathworkStudy: Psychedelic therapy (The Lancet)Study: MDMAStudy: AyahuascaArticle: Low-dose ketamine for depression (Cleveland Clinic)The traditional vision questTony Litster’s 60-minute Intensive Breathwork SessionChapter 7Study: We were designed to soothe othersArticle: The 90-second lifespan of an emotionArticle: Polyvagal theory and the neuroscience of safetyShift Any EmotionAnchored appChapter 8Dante, Inferno, translated by Robert Pinsky
