I grew-up in an environment that lead me to believe that who I was and most of what I did was wrong. My mind took on this belief and stored it in my subconscious mind. As I got older that belief played out repeatedly––I was a perpetual magnet for people and situations that reinforced the…
Our body is designed to always reestablish balance, however the method of accomplishing this is learned in the first six years of life merely by observing the behavior of our parents, siblings and peers. So if we observed others trying to reclaim or maintain balance by criticizing, blaming or making others wrong then that will…
This wonderful video is a superb reminder of what many of our leading scientists and spiritual leaders have been telling us for decades and even centuries–our thoughts and emotions affect our biology! When we are living a life that makes us happy we feel better and quite often our health is greatly improved. On the…
When I was growing up my mother often tried to end battles between siblings by saying, “Peace begins at home.” In those situations she was referring to peace in the house. I think the statement is accurate, but I actually think “home” refers to our body. When there is peace and harmony within us we…
Are you bored? Do you believe that boredom is part of life and you need to endure it? Or are you aware that boredom, like confusion, discontentment and frustration are signals from your body saying the current situation, your approach to the situation, or your belief about the situation is not good for your biology.…
We all know that feeling of contentment that can wash over us when we are at peace with life and ourselves. Many of us are also familiar with that feeling of wanting to jump out of our skin or react with behavior that is neither constructive nor conscious. Where could this disparity of such opposite…
We all want our children to have happy, healthy and successful lives, but I think it is obvious that more testing and more pressure is not the answer. What could be a solution in this fast paced ever-changing world we now live in? In our complex world, it is easy to get caught up in…
What can we do when we find ourselves getting overly stressed? The simple answer is simple– stop, look and listen. It doesn’t matter it you are a student struggling to understand a problem, a parent trying to make ends meet or a senior citizen trying to remember where they left their car keys. The answer…
After many years of observing children struggling with school, losing their sense of self and being turned off to learning, I wondered why the educational system couldn’t see the viable and long-standing importance of nurturing the whole child. Indeed, Daniel Pink, in his book A Whole New Brain, sites that our new global economy has…
In the spring of 2009, I began teaching the I Create What I Believe! (ICWIB) program to a small select group of gifted teachers who had agreed to actively use the program in the classroom in the 2009-2010 school year and track the results. Our intent was to demonstrate that when a student understands of…