Have you ever heard the Buddhist story of The Second Arrow? It’s a powerful metaphor. It teaches us a lot about how to deal with pain and suffering in our lives.
The story goes like this: Imagine you’re out walking in the forest, and suddenly, you get struck by an arrow. Ouch! That hurts.
That first arrow represents the inevitable pain and difficulties we all face in life: physical pain, emotional heartbreak, loss, struggle and so on. […]
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Why Vegetable Oils are Toxic for You
Resiliency and quick recovery from challenges is certainly possible. However, human beings are not a set of organs and systems working separately. Like an orchestra, if one instrument is out of tune, the harmony of the whole piece will suffer.
Similarly, if we are trying to transform our emotional lives and manage stressful situations, we need the support of a healthy body. Many factors, including epigenetic alterations, can disrupt our overall wellbeing, and a crucial one is inflammation. […]
The Farmer & His Horse
An Old Taoist Parable
There is an old Taoist parable, sometimes called “Sai Weng Loses His Horse” or simply “The Farmer and His Horse,” that beautifully illustrates how fortune and misfortune are intertwined, and how quickly we label events as purely “good” or “bad.” It is a story about impermanence.
A farmer lived with his son and a fine horse that helped sustain the family. One day the horse ran away. The neighbors came to offer sympathy:
“Such terrible luck — your only horse is gone!” The farmer replied calmly,“Maybe. […]
How do you Forgive someone who Hurt you?
How do you forgive someone who hurt you?
Something a lot of people get wrong is that forgiveness is about the other person and not about you. If the other person actually isn’t willing to meet you, there are ways that you can forgive that don’t require the other person showing up.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean what most people think it means. It doesn’t mean pretend it didn’t happen. It doesn’t mean being the bigger person, […]
Instructions Before Visiting Earth
This poem by poet James McCrea may help you remember why we came to Earth.
These are wise words to embrace the human experience.
A reminder of our higher purpose in this crazy world.
This could be the manual we were all supposed to come with to this planet.
If we all understood these deep guidelines, the world would be a different place.
Instructions before visiting Earth
In the event that you wake up
and find your soul separated from Source
and manifest into material form, […]
How to Process Anxiety & Grief
If fear and anxiety are flowing through your system now. If your heart feels tender and raw for the challenges you are going through. If you are tired of so much suffering. If you find yourself irritated longing for the uncertainty to finally come to an end, know that there are ways to come back to balance.
Do not judge yourself. There is a healthy place for those emotions. […]
Understanding our Inner Child – An Introduction
This is an introduction to understanding our Inner Child. Many adult behaviors and emotional reactions are rooted in childhood wounds or trauma.
Reconnecting to your inner child allows you to address, understand, and heal these old wounds, reducing the impact of past experiences on your current life. It provides an opportunity to give yourself the love, validation, and safety you might have missed in childhood, which can foster a more secure and compassionate relationship with yourself. […]
Meditation on Connecting to your Inner Child
This meditation is part of the “Connecting to your Inner Child” introduction.
Connecting with your inner child is important because it allows you to heal unresolved emotional wounds from childhood, leading to greater self-awareness, self-compassion, and emotional balance. This part of you holds both the joy and innocence of childhood, as well as unmet needs, fears, and traumas that can influence adult behavior, such as anxiety, low self-esteem, anger or difficulty setting boundaries.
By acknowledging and nurturing your inner child, […]
How to Maintain Focus with this Easy Tool
Chin-tucks for focus & concentration? Right!
Many Air Traffic Controllers push their chins straight back ten times every hour to maintain focus during 8-hour shifts.
This is not posture correction, it is neural activation.
Pushing your chin back activates deep neck flexors that communicate with your reticular activating system, the brain’s attention center.
This movement, called cervical retraction, increases blood flow to your prefrontal cortex by 25%.
Focus researchers tested this: 10 chin retractions improved sustained attention by 83% over 2 hours. […]
6 Simple Ways to Bring Yourself Back to Calm
Have you been worrying or thinking too much to the point of creating anxiety, feeling an intermittent anxiety background hum that puts you at the verge of reactivity at the slight trigger?
If you do not interrupt that pattern, your nervous system may get stuck in overdrive.
It is then that you need tools that work quickly and quietly – like turning down the volume without anyone knowing.
Six science-backed ways to bring yourself back to calm
Here are 6 science-backed ways to bring yourself back to calm, […]