Ultimately, I believe in practices that help to increase awareness: meditation, various sensory shifts, silent practices or retreats.  Through these, we can (with practice), decrease the gap between our conscious mind and subconscious. Become more aware of the patterns that are running in the background as well as heighten our experience of reality. However, on the...

Learned Helplessness (Martin Seligman)- this is the concept of voluntarily submitting to a stressful situation.  When an animal believes it can’t escape from a stressful situation, it’s heart slows down instead of accelerating.  Usually in a stressful situation, the heart rate would race – but in a trapped situation in which the animal doesn’t “believe” it...

The human brain has 4 levels of activity. When we understand these, the state they relate to, and how to influence them, we also can gain an edge in recovery practices and wellness. a. BETA WAVES – 14-30 cycles per second. Conscious mind 25%, Concentration 75%. Bodily functions (heart rate, digestion…). This is our active,...

The first thing to realise is you have been and are conditioned daily by inputs: your peers, by gurus, by  corporations. Via direct contact, experiences or social media. This creates who you have come to be. When we are NOT getting results, we need to question our exposure to these inputs, which in turn influence...

There’s the event, the stimulus, the information, the thought. Then there’s the space. Right after the event, before the next thought or words have time to emerge. The space in between. Individually, this is where we heal and grow. Collectively, this is where we connect. The space in between is where the power is.  

There’s a lot around morning routines. “How it starts is how it ends” is a popular one. Well, that’s the full story for some Here’s why I find it to really be more like half the story The morning routine is often touted as the “productivity tool.”  Well, when you are prioritising Connection as well,...