Meditation is the foundation of mental, emotional and ultimately physical health. This is why this post is going to be a long one and, even being as long as it is, it’s only dipping into the depths of this practice and of its importance on the path of becoming conscious and fulfilled. This post may […]
I talk with a lot of people who really want to make inner-work part of their day-to-day life, who want to figure themselves out and to start living a life that is more genuine, more authentic, more inspired and more joyous. Although well-intended and, at many levels sincere about their search, I have noticed, over
When we’re talking about mental health disorders, it’s not unusual that we run into Substance Use Disorders and, even if we don’t fully understand how these work, we generally understand their consequences. An “addict” is usually seen as someone who starts using substances and, at some point, because of some changes to brain chemistry and
Please take a moment (or more) to reflect upon the following affirmations you might hold as your core beliefs. Please consider them as a continuum over your entire life, not just in the moment. Look for ways in which holding these beliefs serve you. I know this might sound uncomfortable, but just do an exercise
Simply put, gaslighting is when another person fucks with your reality – I have chosen this very colourful language because it really captures best the way in which someone will deny that your experience of what you observe is not what you observe, that what you are feeling or believing according to your inner perception,
I have to say, rejection is, arguably, the most electrically charged core wound of the human psyche. Through reading this article, you might notice that I myself have been exposed to this quite dramatically and that there is a flavour of pain lingering in the lines that follow… Before I begin, I want to state
What does it mean to judge? To judge means to apply a personal meaning on a subject or a matter. Judging is embedded in humans as a species. The quality of our ability to judge, in many ways, determines the quality of our lives. Think about how handy it is to correctly judge the distance
Living in a state of mind that stems from emotional trauma is dysfunctional and unhealthy and it impacts our whole view of how we are orienting to relationship and how we’re showing up in relationship and that, most importantly, breeds suffering, pain, depression and constant unfulfillment. If we enter a relationship through attachment trauma, where
Normal human brain function is to grief and then let go of something that has ended. There is a normal, healthy grieving process that takes place subsequent to any type of death – whether it is a person that died or a relationship or circumstance that has ended. Jumping out the wagon of this normalcy,
How to Heal Co-dependency I wrote about two types of attachment style in my previous posts and that’s all nice and dandy. Now what? What do you do if you are one of the types in a relationship to the other? As with anything else, the key is awareness. Awareness of what? Each individual has to