“Courage is risking the known for the unknown, the familiar for the unfamiliar, the comfortable for the uncomfortable, arduous pilgrimage to some unknown destination. One never knows whether one will be able to make it...
People raised on love see things differently than those raised on survival. ~ Joy Marino
I often find myself staring into nothingness, distracted when I ought to be busy completing my work assignments. I somehow cannot...
“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
“Trust your gut,” said a friend before you took up a new project, and your gut feeling...
Our survival instincts have gone through a major change over the years. The basic needs like food, clothing and shelter are more or less taken care of for many. So our protective energies are focused...
We live under this notion that we are free, either because we have the monetary power, freedom of choice, freedom to choose a job, freedom to travel wherever you wish etc. we tend to choose...
"The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself." ~ Mark Twain
Toxic, haven’t we all heard that word before. For anything to turn toxic requires negligence, ignoring repeated patterns or denying them altogether. Toxicity...
"We accept the love we think we deserve." ~ Stephen Chbosky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I have yet to come across someone who hasn't witnessed some sort of trauma in their childhood, but I have...
“To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.” ~ The Buddha
Buddhism has been humbling individuals for thousands of years. In Buddhism it’s understood that conquering attachment begins with conquering the self. In this...
The first seven years of our childhood are the foundational years where the child’s so-called BIOS or the subconscious mind or the habitual mind takes shape. The events and occurrences - be it traumatic or...
As you may know over the last few years I have written a few articles based on Childhood Trauma. What brought my childhood trauma to the forefront is the role reversal in the same kind...
Gratitude is an essential practice in our daily life to keep us grounded, humble, and focused on life. We're all aware of its numerous health benefits from reducing stress, anxiety, worry, to reduced inflammation and...
Ethnobotanicals have always been of interest to me, from my Ayahuasca experiences and even other plant medicines have had a major role to play in my own inner work and path corrections. Then when you...