A Fear-Orientation is Killing You!
In our modern world of green-house fears, war atrocities, environmental pillaging, and global threats the social media is rife with stories of conspiracy, fear, and apocalyptic preparedness. What is this focus doing to us? While it’s not advisable to put our heads in the sand and ignore the direction of current events, we can effect […]
Seeing in Black and White…Not Just a Metaphor
We sometimes refer to perspectives as “black and white” where there’s little room for moral negotiation. This is actually more than just a metaphor. Recent studies show that when one reads information on a black and white background, such as a newspaper, the information is perceived to have less moral wiggle room as information read […]
Wait Until Your Father Gets Home!
Remember that statement when you were a kid, and how it filled you with a sense of dread when you were in trouble? The insula is important in our social brains. It’s involved with processing events in the future based on our current body states, and it deals specifically with pride and disgust. Studies published […]
There is Power in the Pause
When we are moving too fast, speeding ahead without pause or breath, we can not integrate the lessons and experiences we’ve had. Without the pause, perhaps we do not assimilate to give our spirits time to expand with seniority. Our neurology tells us about the importance of this pause. Neurons fire or don’t fire actions […]
Anti-depressants vs. Meditation
IF you are on antidepressants…PLEASE understand this post is not meant as a critique of your healing process. Based on many studies, including one published in JAMA in 2010 by Fournier, antidepressants were no more effective in changing serotonin levels than the placebo in mild to moderate depression. HOWEVER, both the placebo and drugs had […]
Raising Your Sword to Battle an Illusion
Our nervous system is a miraculous and complex network of information and control mechanisms. Our SNS (sympathetic nervous system) readies us for action, to mobilize, to activate, charge, fight or flea..among many other things. Our PNS (parasympathetic nervous system) calms us down, soothes, relaxes, and regulates…also among many other things. So when we get stressed, […]
Thoughts influence Matter
Dr. David Perlmutter and Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. note in Power Up Your Brain that Neural networks are created by focused, engaged stimulation. . .the choices you make actually do influence the physical structures, the neural networks, in your brain. ‘Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes in the structure and functioning of the nervous […]
The Domino Stress Effect & the 5 Quickest Ways to Beat it.
How would you approach life differently if you were the first domino in an infinitely long chain of life events? What if each and every action, each and ever thought, rippled out in powerful waves from your being to touch the world around you? Would you consider your words and thoughts more carefully? What if […]
Rewire Your Body’s Hard Drive
Science knows now that we can rewire the brain and grow new neuronal maps. Neural maps are the active circuits through which all thought-forms flow. They are the pathways of mental engagement and creation. They’ve found that this happens through our focused attention and experiences HOWEVER it’s been proven that those experiences don’t have to […]
