Discovering the mysteries of the mind and understanding how we perceive and interact with the world around us has been a lifelong quest for many philosophers, scientists, and psychologists. One of the significant contributors in this arena was Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, whose work...
Toxic People are our Shadows reflected back at us. . .
Shame is a consequence of the negation of the realities of both self and self. - David Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.
Imagine if you walked into my therapy office full of pain and shame. You finally worked up the courage to reach out to...
We all have mental schemas.
These represent the filter through which we interpret the world around us, which we call the "situation". But in truth, schemas thrive in our interpretations of situations. It is our schemas that create and confirm our worldviews.
Schemas are mental...
I wept today . . .
Some teach positivity as a form of spiritual escapism. I seek no false comforts. I am that I am.
I didn’t expect to be so overcome with emotion. The topic of institutional racism has been my greatest stumbling block, from an emotional standpoint. I...
Our brains are incredible. We are born with the ability to take in information from our environment, and organize it into a framework of understanding with the main objective of keeping us safe. We can think of this as our Life Story, or our “Algorithm”.
The Algorithm develops from...
There is another factor that usually blinds us from realizing the needed changes we must make to alchemize. There is typically a conflict between our need to change/alchemize and our ego’s need to be always in control. The fear of uncertainty, or the fear of the unknown, is usually just...
The personal transformational process of Alchemy asks us to surrender what no longer serves us as we move towards what does.
Calcination represents the burning off of the mental algorithms that keeps us in painful repeat patterns influenced by past conclusions on ways to...
A study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience used MRI to reveal that practicing self-affirmation activates the reward centers in your brain.
Saying an affirmation to yourself such as, “I am worthy of love,” lights up the same reward centers as...
The ability to adapt to change is fundamental to our survival, as well as our personal evolution. It helps us to cope with tough situations, learn, solve problems, develop confidence and become more resilient.
Adaptability is also our key to mental health, especially during times of uncertainty.
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Various studies in recent years have charted the growing number of young people who are not in a committed relationship.
While some of those people are happily single and not interested in dating, others are actively dating, and searching for their forever partner or soulmate.
You may...
Have you heard of Universal Laws? These powerful truths can help us understand the world around us, and most importantly, ourselves.
The teachings originate from Hermes, an philosopher whose wisdom has permeated throughout civilization. His "Hermetic Principles" were compiled into an an ancient...
Many of us are searching for the answer to the same questions, “Who am I?” or “What do I want out of life?”
There is research showing approximately 70% of people may suffer from what has been conceptualized as “Imposter Syndrome”.
Regardless of the titles...
