Breathing Techniques for Lowering Stress, Anxiety, & Anger

Our breathing can have big impacts on our overall sense of wellbeing, levels of stress, anxiety, and anger. In short, our breathing signals our whole physiology on how we should be feeling. Our breathing can tell our body that it is time to panic as well as when it is time to relax. Read More

Monkey-Mind vs. Monk-Mind

Who is running the show in your head, the monkey mind or the monk mind? We are kidding ourselves if we do not accept that our emotions, thoughts, and internal dialogues with ourselves are not impacting our mental and physical well-being. Our whole universe is basically manifested in how we think and the energy we put toward the thoughts running around our heads. Why not guide those thoughts into healthier patterns? Read More

Forest Fires and Drastic Pruning

Plants provide us with many valuable lessons on how to deal with life. What seems drastic and destructive can sometimes turn out to be a healthy new start. We humans are very similar and can learn valuable lessons from the nature around us! Read More

Happiness Is Not A Destination

Happiness should not be your goal, nor an end state, but a way of being. It may sound like a tough ask in a world of uncertainty. But when you change your understanding of what it means to be happy, you may notice that you start to feel it much more! Read More

Deconstructing Your Beliefs: Evolve to fit the current version of you

Have your belief systems been unraveling and feel like they're being challenged? It can unravel from divorce, religion, death, or job loss. Is it time to reconsider what you believe and determine what is serving you and what is not? Read More

Negative Spirals Downward

We have all been there, we woke up grumpy or something small did not go our way and suddenly it seems like the Universe has conspired against us. We feel like we have suddenly become a negativity magnet. If anything could go wrong, it does! What started out as a neutral day has become a horrible, “can I please skip today” kind of day. This is a real phenomenon! I’m sure you are hoping that I will say, “Don’t worry it wasn’t your fault” but alas, worry! It was your fault! How is it your fault? Well, let’s dive in, not to wallow in self-pity or guilt, but in order to raise our self-awareness so that negative spirals happen less frequently. Read More

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Not only do we tell stories to those around us and in our lives, we also tell stories to ourselves. Our self-talk and conversations within our own heads are often stories or pieces of stories. Our stream of consciousness is a story, not always coherent or flowing perfectly, but a story just the same. What happens when we are presented with situations or facts that don’t come with full explanations or have pieces missing? Our brains fill in the blanks. They turn whatever is happening into stories. The only problem is that our brains are filling in the blanks to create a story which may not be based on the truth or actual facts. Read More

Muting Your Cravings

Muting cravings and desires is one way of helping our brain and body to make space for us to do other things. We live in a busy world which offers a million different things we can do with our time. Pressing mute on the things that are not serving us anymore can help us to redirect our energy and time elsewhere. Read More

Massage, Bodywork, and Brainwork Are For Men Too!

Our society often categorizes spa treatments, massages, self-care, self healing, emotional work, and help with emotional healing as primarily something that women can benefit from. Men on the other hand are often raised to believe that when things get tough they just need to “buck up” or push through pains. “Being a man” in our society often means not being vulnerable and not seeking help when we need it. As you read this I hope you realize, well that is simply not true, all human beings need help and should be able to heal from trauma and stress. Read More

Ground Yourself In Nature

Our immediate worlds are full of technology and our day to day life can be very artificial. The modern world and its advancements have one big disadvantage among many, it tends to disconnect us from our bodies and human-being-ness. My advice for anyone feeling ungrounded is to get oneself into nature. The natural rhythms of nature and natural environments help to reset us. Read More