New research shows that meditation not only helps children feel calmer, but can also benefit executive functions such as memory, cognitive control, and flexibility. Additional research has also found that meditation can have its greatest impact on cognitive development in the first five years of life. This is because the brain develops connections in prefrontal…
When we are young, our minds are predominantly in a theta brain state—copy and paste. This allows us to learn an immense amount of information quickly as we adapt to new environments. Unfortunately, we don’t have the capacity to question the appropriateness of what we are learning during these early and formative years. This means…
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D. If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves. If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.…
Dr. Bruce Lipton’s research has shown us that our beliefs and perceptions, not our genes, control our biology. Additional research has shown us that only 5% of our day comes from our creative wishes, desires, and aspirations, while the other 95% of the time we operate on autopilot with the default program that resides in…
It’s official! After a year of preparation, we are launching our crowd funding campaign to raise $22,500.00 so we can offer the I Create What I Believe! (ICWIB) training to a 150 preschool and elementary school teachers for FREE. If we can reach this goal, then within two years we will have provided this life-changing program to over 4500 children.…
I invite you to view this wonderful video where Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D talks about how the beliefs we acquire in the first seven years of our life impacts not only our ability to succeed, but also our health. He goes on to say, “…the I Create What I Believe! (ICWIB) program is a gateway…
It may look like you are merely moving your crayon around the paper aimlessly but doodling can help you shift effortlessly from the reactive (subconscious) mind to the problem-solving mind (where learning takes place). Harvard research has also shown that there can be a significant increase in comprehension and recall when an individual is allowed…
Randy Pausch, in his last lecture, said, “…Brick walls are there for a reason: they are there to prove how badly we want something…” “…A wall is not necessarily created to stop you, but rather to stop the people who don’t want something as much as you do.” Growing up with multiple learning disabilities, I…
Are you so focused on becoming successful that you have lost track of your own value? Are you spending so much time trying to get things done and check them off your list that you are no longer present in the moment or listening to your inner voice? Are you under the illusion that when…
Historically I have turned to nature for my answers. When I was a teenager, I found that going to the woods and listening would help me reconnect with myself and what was important to me. I also found that working outside with nature had a similar affect. One day when I was doing some landscape…