You're not alone — many of us are feeling the weight of the world right now. Everywhere you turn, the news is filled with conflict: war, violence, political chaos, financial uncertainty, health scares, and more. It’s relentless, and no matter how hard you try, it can feel impossible to shut it all out. You start to feel like a sponge, soaking up all the negativity. Your anxiety rises. Your mind won’t rest. Maybe you feel like you’re about to burst if you hear one more negative … [Read more...] about Are You Stressed Out?
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Cultivating Joy and Gratitude
Here we are again at that wonderful time of year when we are reminded to be in a state of happiness, joy and gratitude. And yet, this is the time of year when we often feel more stress and anxiety than we seem able to handle. In addition, we have the constant news cycle that may be negatively affecting our general feeling of how the future is going to look. So with all this, how can we find an attitude of gratitude? What if I told you that you CAN, and that It’s easier than you … [Read more...] about Cultivating Joy and Gratitude
Heal Your Own Body Pain
Have you ever tried to heal yourself from body pain? If so, you know how difficult it is. I suffer from chronic sacral pain, and I can tell you it isn’t easy. Research suggests that mindfulness meditation can help reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness by actually changing the structure of our brain. And it doesn’t have to be complicated. We concentrate on our breath and every time our thoughts drift away (commonly called Monkey Mind) we gently thank our brain for that thought and then … [Read more...] about Heal Your Own Body Pain
Tools To Help You Sleep Better
Sleep -- how did something so natural become so 'unnatural'? (Be sure to check out the sleep hypnosis audio below that I created just for you to get a good night's sleep) “Innocent sleep. Sleep that soothes away all our worries. Sleep that puts each day to rest. Sleep that relieves the weary laborer and heals hurt minds. Sleep, the main course in life's feast, and the most nourishing.” ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth Sometimes I am envious of my friend who says that she has never had … [Read more...] about Tools To Help You Sleep Better
Maybe We Need More Lazy
In one of the many letters he wrote to his son in the 1740s, Lord Chesterfield offered the following advice: There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time. Multitasking - That's how we get things done, right? We are prolific multitaskers. That’s right, Multitasking is what most humans believe is absolutely necessary in order to maintain our homes, work, and … [Read more...] about Maybe We Need More Lazy
Fear and Inherited Family Trauma
The Science of Epigenetics I have been going through some 'stuff' recently. This has caused some old wounds to resurface. Wounds that I carry as part of me through generations of persecuted ancestors. These wounds manifest in my life as FEAR. In my family's case, it is the fear of 'not enough.' Not enough food, money, goods, etc. And, because I have been doing great personally, I thought I had eliminated these old fears. Alas, as soon as things began to turn south, I went back north to the … [Read more...] about Fear and Inherited Family Trauma
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