What difference does it make? You have your beliefs, I have mine, so what? Look around at the world today and notice whatever is there. Start with what your five senses are telling you. And then notice the stories your mind is telling you based on that data from what you see, hear, smell, touch, taste, and what you feel. Your 5 senses give you your current, local perimeter. Your perimeter may be the room you are sitting in, or the house or the office building or the wai

How much is your “higher brain,” that is: your prefrontal cortex, really helping you make your best decisions? How can you tell? Although the answer is not always straightforward, there are indicators. “The part of the brain that is key to reasoning, problem solving, comprehension, impulse-control, creativity and perseverance is the prefrontal cortex. These functions (called Executive Functions) are needed when we have to focus and think, mentally play with ideas, use our

I believe in the ancient knowledge of the science of the soul that can be brought to bear on the fears that are the cause of suffering on this planet today. Whose fears? North Korea’s? North America’s? North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s? Your’s? Mine? Everyone feels fear at one time or another, and especially these days. Our fears are uncomfortable, messy, even scary. Why face the fears? Because fear is contagious. And infectious. There is a superficial appeal of

Lifestyle Medicine, Wellbeing / Wellness: Mind-Body and Heart & Soul From The American College of Lifestyle Medicine comes this noteworthy reminder: “Lifestyle medicine treats the root cause of chronic disease, not just the symptoms. It reflects the reality of what a huge body of scientific evidence has taught us: Food is powerful medicine! Exercise is powerful medicine! Mind-body health is powerful medicine! [emphases mine] And these medicines are free or inexpensive and wi

The world is a little crazy right now. There is plenty of cause for worry, for upset, for alarm. Wherever you may lie on any spectrum: political, social, economic or other, you see others who are worried, upset, even alarmed. And you may be experiencing stress, worry, alarm or even anger over issues in your world. Whether the issue is money, health, community, morals, environment, politics or even survival, lots of problems are up for consideration in the world today. You

Some people say 2 weeks. Some people say 30 days. Some people say 6 weeks. Here is what ultimately will be the one factor in replacing old unwanted habits with new more desirable ones: the strength of your intention, the depth of your will to make it happen. Then, the time won’t matter. You will just do it. The old habits may resurface, it’s normal, it’s called relapse, and it is just another step in your process, a powerful moment to recommit to what you really want. Th

Whether your crisis is personal, local, national or global, your first normal, even healthy reaction is fear. You are stimulated into paying attention. Then after your limbic brain stimulates us, your pre-frontal cortex can kick in with executive decision making. Here is where fear can trap you into irrational and dangerous decisions, or compassion can help you rise above your more primitive instincts. Lots of attention these days is going to our president and his irratio

The significant use of biofeedback as an important medical therapeutic in today’s world has evolved from, in part, the early work of Elmer Green, Ph.D. and Alyce Green, M.A., published in 1999: Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine, http://www.consciousnessandbiofeedback.org/journal-articles/. That is to say, an attentive human can voluntarily and intentionally modify their own physiological activity, their own behavior and the processes of their own consciousness. Thirty year