I teach people to work with their mind
so it serves them,
not the other way around.
Imagine your child knows to the minute when you'll get home. That they can hear, from a distance, the podcast playing in your ears while you push through the afternoon rush. That they know what you're thinking as you brush your teeth in the morning. That they pick up every thought you have. Phew… But that's not all. Let's keep going. They may well know when the next one is coming, too…
The attraction between them was palpable. And hard to handle. Except they both had families. Small children, a relatively happy partnership, and no wish to change any of it. Neither of them planned this. The relationship arrived like a tsunami and swept them into a heaven of feeling that slid straight into hell. Passion, reading each other's thoughts, souls in tune, and then guilt, shame, and the helpless question of how this would land at home. Both of them felt their meeting was fated. And neither of them knew…
I was writhing on the couch, longing for at least a moment of relief. Anyone who's had kidney pain knows. Anyone who hasn't is better off not imagining it. After a course of IV drips with vitamin C and other goodies, I completely wrecked mine. My liver along with them. They hurt constantly. Acupuncture helped a lot, but I was looking for another way to look after myself, something with a similar…
I surfed that wave myself. I thought that was how it was supposed to be, because what's expected of me is performance. Why else would I be here, if not to be good and to make other people happy with how capable, amazing, helpful, knowledgeable, willing and intelligent I am. I lifted weights and wore designer suits. Pantsuits. It took a spiritual awakening before I…
Archaeological finds tell us our ancestors were making music tens of thousands of years ago, and a bone flute our distant forebears played 43,000 years ago is only part of the evidence. Did you know that music is a phenomenal therapy for every layer of our being? It shapes how the brain develops, it moves our mood, and it reaches even our health. For a lot of what troubles us in this hurried age, it could…
At first, panic came for me. A claustrophobia I'd never felt before. I consciously calmed myself and lay down in bed. For a while I was getting used to the strange feeling, but my body adjusted fast and let me into the world of dreams. In the morning I wake up, to my surprise, an hour before my alarm, and I feel pleasantly rested. My twelve-year-old daughter reports an easy night too…
