Minimize Painful Experiences
Painful experiences range from subtle discomfort to extreme anguish - and there is a place for them. Sorrow can open the heart....
22 March, 2022
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Lighten Up
You can open to a sense of freedom and autonomy where you get to decide what you could stop doing and lighten up....
15 March, 2022
Let Things Change
We have a choice: we can let things change and do what we can, or we can fight it and likely end up feeling even worse....
08 March, 2022
One Breath at a Time
To know yourself more deeply, track the breath inside yourself. Inhale, oxygen surges into your brain and activates and accelerates the heartbeat. Exhale, you activate the soothing peaceful nervous system. In the breath you are home in this moment, this Now. ...
01 March, 2022
Give No One Cause to Fear You
Much of the time the fear we trigger in others is mild but people can feel threatened by stimuli they're not actually aware of....
15 February, 2022
Feed the Wolf of Love
There are two wolves in ones heart, a wolf of hate and a wolf of love. The wolf of hate breeds alienation and conflict with others. The wolf of love is fed with our hearts, hope and by our sense of what's good....
08 February, 2022
Don’t Be Intimidated
Humans are vulnerable to being alarmed, manipulated, and even intimidated by threats, both real ones and “paper tigers.” Understanding how your brain became so vigilant and wary, and so easily hijacked by alarm, is the first step toward gaining more control over that ancient circuitry...
01 February, 2022
Cling Less, Love More
Clinging is never relaxed and has a sense of strain. As you cling less, it becomes natural for one to lighten up, have more compassion and forgive....
25 January, 2022