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...
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...
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...
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...
There are two types of perception: first of all, how you see yourself, and second, how the world perceives and views you.
But which of the two types do you think is the most important? If you answered “yourself”, you are correct. Your perception of yourself is the only thing...
One of my favorite professors back in university taught us an easy concept to learning something new, which became a valuable life lesson. He described this as an important way to gather up all the important facts based on research work or learning in general. He said, “Whenever you come...
"Our thoughts are mainly controlled by our subconscious, which is largely formed before the age of 6, and you cannot change the subconscious mind by just thinking about it. That's why the power of positive thinking will not work for most people. The subconscious mind is like a tape player. Until...
Most of us feel that we have a limit. We have an idea in our minds of what feels about normal for us to achieve, to receive and to do in life. Anything beyond that just feels unattainable or something reserved only for those with the best of luck.
However, what many people don’t realize is...
