Mindfulness for Trauma: How to Stay Present Through a Trauma Response
Mindfulness for Trauma: How to Stay Present Through a Trauma Response You’ve heard the masters say it, over, and over, and over again: “The path out of suffering is to stay present. Be here now. Now is the most powerful moment there is. Life is only ever now. The past...
Why Therapy Isn’t Enough to Heal Anxiety
Why Therapy Isn’t Enough to Heal Anxiety Therapy can be useful in helping you understand your anxiety, but very often isn’t enough to heal the roots of anxiety. And this is because in order to truly heal anxiety, mind, body, and spirit all have to be involved....
3 Ways to Feel Less Stressed and More Grounded When Things Change
3 Ways to Feel Less Stressed and More Grounded When Things Change Transitions, even the most welcomed ones, can be difficult. Death and illness are the most obvious examples of how change can affect your well-being. But even wanted transitions like the birth of a...
You Are Not Who You Think You Are
You are not who you think you are. This realization is your ticket to freedom. Because the person who you think you are is entirely limited by your imagination. You will never be free so long as you believe yourself to be what you call your identity. See, you live...
How to Optimize Your Lifestyle for a Healthy Menstrual Cycle
How to Optimize Your Lifestyle for a Healthy Menstrual Cycle Every person in a menstruating body knows what an impact their cycle can have on well-being. One week you feel like you’re on top of the world, full of energy, ideas, and enthusiasm for life. You make all...
5 Natural Ways to Calm Panic Attacks
5 Natural Ways to Calm Panic Attacks Do you wish there were a magic button you could press to quickly calm panic attacks? Well you might not have a magic button exactly. But you do have the vagus nerve and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). And when you learn...
How to Get Past Driving Anxiety
How to Get Past Driving Anxiety I was recently asked to talk about driving anxiety on Instagram. And it opened up a much bigger discussion about the roots of anxiety and our ultimate predicament in life, so I’ve turned it into a blog post that goes even further. This...
The Path to End Suffering
The Path to End Suffering This article attempts to answer 3 very important questions: 1. What does it mean to end suffering?2. What causes suffering?3. What are some practical steps you can take to end suffering? Just now, when you read those questions, your mind...
The Law of Attraction and Anxiety
The Law of Attraction and Anxiety Can the Law of Attraction be used to heal anxiety, or does it cause more anxiety than it’s worth? The answer is more complicated than a simple yes or no. In this article we’re going to dissect the relationship between the Law of...
Don’t Believe Everything You Think (and How to Discover the Truth)
Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are your body’s navigation system. They are maps that were written on your nervous system in the past — sometimes decades or even generations ago— to try to guide you toward a better future. They’re there to try to protect...
