Simplicity isn’t about less—it’s about more -- more meaning, coherence, and rediscovering the divine within. Pierre Pradervand shares a profound blessing and insight into simple living.
Suppressing fear-induced emotions infuses life into them, often causing a manifestation of depression or unpleasant physical symptoms. Here is a plan to liberate the emotions surrounding your fears so they can have their moment and then go bother someone else.
When I was growing up, I was basically allowed to express one feeling, and I had to go to my room to do it. When I came out of my room, I was expected to feel “better,” even if I didn’t. The basic message was that feelings were to be barely tolerated and best kept hidden.
I’d just conducted a performance of the Broadway musical Hamilton in San Francisco in 2017 when I experienced a heart attack on my way home. Tests proved that my right coronary artery was 90% blocked, and two stents were placed to get me on the road to recovery. I was 43 years old.
In today’s politically and culturally divisive climate, learning to disagree without disrespect is more important than ever. Bridging the divide between differing opinions fosters understanding, empathy, and constructive dialogue.
With the turbulent nature of the world these days, it’s easy to feel that we’re too small to make a difference. We tend to underestimate ourselves.
I'm officially coming out of the closet! Here goes: I, Barry Vissell, besides being a counselor, author, doctor, and workshop leader, am also a musician! There, that wasn't so hard. So what makes me hesitate to announce this beautiful, musical part of me?
Pierre Pradervand invites us to honor nature’s beauty, power, and sacred role in our lives, and every day, offer blessings of gratitude and love to the planet.
Surrender to the joy of your soul and discover the mission of your life. Learn how aligning your ego with your soul’s purpose brings fulfillment and peace.
We are bombarded with potential triggers all the time. It can be as simple as someone not holding a door for us or the perceived negative tone of an email. It can happen when a loved one speaks insensitively or curtly. A few careless words can easily spark a flash of anger and a desire to verbally retaliate.
The quest for personal spiritual truth is often a solitary path that depends on the connections made along the way. This journey involves embracing personal experiences and accepting the lessons of life, even when plans go awry. Ultimately, it is about recognizing that truth is not merely an intellectual exercise but a deep, lived experience.
Most of us have had difficulty not only loving others, but also loving ourselves, unconditionally.
The article explores the transformative journey from a rushed lifestyle to one of steady cruising, inspired by the author's wife. By practicing a more mindful approach, individuals can reduce stress, enhance productivity, and enjoy life more fully. It emphasizes the importance of dictating one's own pace rather than succumbing to societal pressures.
If there is a reward for longevity, it is paid out in the form of wisdom, a quality of consciousness that has little to do with intelligence/I.Q. or book learning. Being a by-product of experience, wisdom more often is possessed by men and women who have survived fifty or more winters.
Haven’t you ever wished you could go back in time and tell your younger self what you know now? The following exercise lets you do the next best thing.
The subconscious can be creative when you are sleeping. You can program your subconscious before you go to sleep, asking it to provide creative solutions through dreams.
I suppose we may all, at times, feel like we are living in dark times. We may feel discouraged at the "state of the world" or at the behavior of people the world over, and even of those close to us. Or we may be downhearted at the life we are living...
Have you ever forgotten something – a name, a place, an event – and struggled to remember, finally giving up, only to have an "ah ah" moment some time later, suddenly recalling what evaded your recollection, maybe in the shower, or driving, or daydreaming by the window, watching the rain?
Since I started writing about and researching emotional intelligence in business, I found that data in support of it has only gotten stronger. I saw recently a study, this surprised me, engineers, software coders and so on were evaluated by their peers, people who work with them day-to-day on how successful they were at what they do.
In the physical world, things have a past and a future, a beginning, and an end. For example, I’m sitting on a chair in my office at my desk that I’ve had for more than fifty years. At some point, this chair...
Energetics are foundational to the manifest world we see, and only one unified field of energy exists with everything vibrating at different levels. There is nothing separate, regardless of appearances.
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You already know you're tired. You've known it since you hit snooze for the third time...
The concept of hell has evolved significantly from ancient Greek and Roman literature to...