Are you withholding positive emotions from yourself?
Are you withholding positive emotions from yourself? I found that if I resist feeling the bad emotions, it’s all too easy to ignore the good feelings, too. The real trick to life, as I see…
Deep Breathing for Depression, Anxiety, and the Vim Hof method
I always had an outside awareness of the importance of breath and knew that breathing exercises existed but it wasn’t until this week that I started to look into breathing techniques as a way to…
Bringing a ‘Yes’ into the ‘No’
In a world that can seem oppressed by all that is going on around us – climate volatility, political chaos, increasing inequality, gender dynamics, and a pandemic – it can be easy to let our…
Don’t Be Afraid to Feel
Don’t be afraid to feel. Don’t be ashamed. Don’t grasp at anything at all. Just let yourself feel. Allow the feeling to take you down its vortex. Stay present to the feeling; don’t get lost…
Walking the Path
Just keep walking the path. There will be days full of doubt. Nonetheless, keep walking your path. The other option is to get moved along someone else’s path. This option will also get you where…
Comparing Yourself to Others
I spent the first part of my adult life in constant comparison to others. I was full of judgment. I criticized constantly, yet I didn’t realize it at the time. This was my reality. But…
The Lens of Observation, Judgment
The opportunity given to those second to act, (in my case, being the youngest of two brothers) is the ability to observe others before you. All my life, I’ve used the lens of observation. As…
“You have to bet your life on something. You’re always betting your life on something. You’re always making a commitment to something. You make a commitment to truth and everything straightens out.” Jordan Peterson, Jordan…
The Real Cause of Depression
Depression is a symptom of an out-of-control mind and not enough awareness of our deeper selves. Read more.