Habits: Building Blocks of Positive Change

Thoughts to Emotions to Attitudes to... Habits start off innocently enough. Maybe a drink to calm rattled nerves or forgetting in order to blur...

Rebellion and Defiance

Philosophy & Psychology

A Powerful Tool for Change Rebellion and Defiance are ideas that are very near and dear to many, but not all. Are you a...

Empowerment Vs. Victimhood

Relationships, Family & Love

The Choice Is Ours As children, we learn to obey and behave simply because we are told to do so. This can leave us...

Inspiration: Finding Our Reason Why

OCD & ADHD

A Welcomed Old Friend Ask yourself, "What is my Why?" Inspiration comes in many forms. Getting inspired by something or someone gets our hearts...

Koans: Keys to a Greater Truth

Philosophy & Psychology

The Sound of One Hand Clapping Ask a person "What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word, 'Zen?'" Most...

Mikka Bouzu: the Three-Day Monk

Philosophy & Psychology

"The Mind Is the Most Capricious of Insects..." Hopefully after reading last week's blog about hard work and making your way in the world,...

The Choice to Make Your Way

Philosophy & Psychology

A Common Mistake Gong Fu or Kung Fu (功夫) literally means "energy/hard work, time/patience." It is commonly misunderstood to mean a particular style of...

Crisis Is Choice: New Understanding and Possibilities

Philosophy & Psychology

The Brink of Upheaval Have you ever been in a situation faced with an important challenge that felt insurmountable by your usual methods of...

Inner Truth: Unconcealing Ourselves

Holistic Mental Health

Hiding Nothing There are too many good quotes about truth to share in a timely fashion. However, two of my favorites are: "There are...

Future Self: Sow Seeds, Not Garbage

Mental Health

Don't Let Your Farmer Become a Garbage Collector There is a person you will never meet in this very present moment. Though you feel...

Limerence: Love and the Brain

Relationships, Family & Love

Limerence No doubt you’ve seen, or experienced for yourself, the state of limerence. The chaotic, sometimes even terrifying thoughts and feelings. The often irrational,...

Projection: Know Your Inner Experience

Depression

Primitive Emotional Defenses One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the...

The Pitfalls of Forgiveness

Relationships, Family & Love

Forgiving Too Easily Forgiveness is a tricky business. An interesting essay by Annette Roberts from Tiny Buddha leads us through the problem...

Judgment: The Consequences of Knowing

Relationships, Family & Love

From Unknowing to Knowing If "unknowing" leads us to non-judgment, then "knowing" leads us to judgment. If we think we know something, we start...

The Cloud of Unknowing

Philosophy & Psychology

"Not-Knowing" Vs. Certainty The concept or idea of "not-knowing" has a long history in spiritual teaching, going back thousands of years. In fact, Buddhism,...

Acceptance

Holistic Mental Health, Philosophy & Psychology

Training Ourselves to Accept What Is Acceptance is a simple enough idea but can be a challenge to master in practice. This week, we...

Art Therapy

Holistic Mental Health

Breaking the Cycle The time we spend in active addiction is all about destruction. Burning it all down. We burn through our stash and...

Kit Harington Checks Into Mental Wellness Center

Mental Health

What Next? As fans won't let us forget, the wildly successful Game of Thrones recently came to its conclusion. And as the media won't...

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Habits: Building Blocks of Positive Change

Rebellion and Defiance

Empowerment Vs. Victimhood

Inspiration: Finding Our Reason Why

Koans: Keys to a Greater Truth

Mikka Bouzu: the Three-Day Monk

The Choice to Make Your Way

Crisis Is Choice: New Understanding and Possibilities

Inner Truth: Unconcealing Ourselves

Future Self: Sow Seeds, Not Garbage

Limerence: Love and the Brain

Projection: Know Your Inner Experience

The Pitfalls of Forgiveness

Judgment: The Consequences of Knowing

The Cloud of Unknowing

Acceptance

Art Therapy

Kit Harington Checks Into Mental Wellness Center

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