Where do you Meditate by: Cynthia Beard
Do you sit on a cushion at home, or at a meditation center? Do you touch the earth, or reach for the sky? Are you outside in nature, or in an enclosed room? Can you hear the roaring sound of…
Do you sit on a cushion at home, or at a meditation center? Do you touch the earth, or reach for the sky? Are you outside in nature, or in an enclosed room? Can you hear the roaring sound of…
Research shows that multi-tasking impacts proficiency in the frontal lobes, limbic brain and mesolimbic system. Frontal lobes: reasoning, emotional regulation, appetite regulation, immune regulation. Limbic: emotions, fight/flight, sex, food. Mesolimbic: reward system and appetite. AND research also shows these areas…
Getting ready for the holidays can be overwhelming for people who lead busy lives, manage careers and have children to raise. Between all the shopping and planning family get-togethers, there’s a house to decorate and a Christmas tree to trim.…
Science has proven that our mitochondria--the organisms that control and direct our energy and life-force--are only inherited from the mother. Through ALL of time these batteries-of-life have migrated down the female lineage. What, then, is possible if we nurture the…
Our conscious minds, which use most of our brain's energy, only account for 5 percent of our brain's activity. 95 percent of what goes on is in the subconscious and zombie programs as David Eagleman calls them. So, when your…
Science now says we have 85 billion neurons in the brain. There are 5 times as many neuronal networks allocated for threat detection than there are for non-threat input. This is why negativity is so easy to default to AND…
You know how when you go back to the hometown you grew up in, how you almost feel like a child again? Sometimes you can feel it in your whole body, like you’re being transported back in time. For some,…
Your cortices, like muscles, grow with use. So if you use your limbic brain to function mostly--in fear and threat--you strengthen that part of the brain so it dominates. If you use your prefrontal cortex mostly--for higher level thought like…
This time of year, we love playing with fear. Some of us love terrifying ourselves at haunted houses, while others get a thrill out of curling up under the covers and watching a scary movie. During the rest of the…
Our culture teaches us that we should be strong and resilient. Weakness is frowned upon, and asking for help is seen as a weakness. Am I telling you anything new yet? I’m all for asking for help - but only…