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...
"What fascinates me is that hardly anyone is wondering what we're actually doing on this planet. Most accepted the work-eat-entertainment -sleep cycle as life and have no desire for a deeper understanding of our purpose...
We are conditioned to believe that only hard work and determination is the way to achieve our life goals and dreams. We follow the rat race, work on tight schedules, being busy becomes the norm...
Often times, we use spiritual discipline to avoid actually getting in touch with our feelings. We overemphasize the positive and avoid the negative, and do not find our balance with shadow work. We believe everything...
“I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious.” ~ Albert Einstein
Einstein’s words are ingrained with a powerful truth. Everybody is born curious, but along the way we lose that ability to stay curious...