When you feel angry or upset, do you allow those negative feelings to pull you down and drain your positive life-force energy? If things don’t work out the way you want them to, do you get angry or sore? Or do you know how to shake off unconstructive and negative feelings and re-embrace your positive…
Is fidgeting the body’s way of helping your mind stay present? Although fidgeting has long been associated with inattentiveness, research and controlled studies show that movement (like fidgeting and doodling) helps children to pay attention, think, speak, and retain information. In this article published in BBC News, psychologists found that primary school children learn better when…
Despite all our perceived shortcomings, negative self-talk and inaccurate beliefs, we are worthy of love and kindness—most importantly, our own. One way to offer loving kindness to ourselves is to listen to the signals our bodies are sending us. By paying attention to these signals, we can learn what is needed to restore balance to…
In this short TED Talk, Paula Byrne, worldwide teacher of transformational dance, shares how movement gets us under the radar of our minds and deep into ourselves. When we listen with deep curiosity to our bodies, we become grounded in the present moment. Through movement, we invite the wisdom of the body to speak up.…
What is reality? Is it the physical things that we see? Is it our perception? Or is perception reality? In this short video, Dr. Bruce Lipton addresses these questions with a biological description of reality: electromagnetic activity that affect our neurons. Using the metaphor of the Matrix, Dr. Lipton explains how our perceptions are influenced…
Humor is a wonderful antidote for stress, a delightful way to release bottled-up emotions and ultimately change your perceptions. Some people are natural comedians, while others may find themselves stifled in this department. I grew-up in an environment where thinking differently was frowned on and poking fun at something was not tolerated, so my humorist…
What makes you laugh? What makes you feel wildly alive inside? What brings joy to the “kid” in you? It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day grind of handling adult responsibilities, but if you forget to feed the kid inside of you, you might find yourself feeling overwhelmed and unable to function…
When you hear the phrase “Super Hero,” what images does your mind produce? Batman? Superman? Wonder Woman? Do you have a favorite? If you do, what is their specialty? Do they fight for the underdog? Bring justice to the dark corners of life? Are they a spokesperson for the disenfranchised and disempowered? Or are they…
In this wonderful video interview, Dr. Bruce Lipton talks about how we have 50 trillion cells living inside our skin in peace and harmony. Each cell, which has a specific job and contributes to the whole, is like an individual being and even though they are different and have diverse jobs, they are able to work…
In this short video by New York Timesbestselling author and research professor Dr. Brene Brown brings our attention to how blame sabotages relationships—with others and ourselves. She goes on to share that blaming has an inverse relationship with accountability. Accountability requires vulnerability, whereas blaming is a way that we discharge anger, discomfort, and pain, and…