It may seem unfathomable that the thoughts you think can literally change your brain. However, neurotransmitters like dopamine serotonin, oxytocin. GABA, cortisol, and others are altered based upon our most consistent thought patterns. For instance, if you consistently think thoughts like, "I can’t do this," or...
There are thousands of neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) at work in your brain, constantly being released via neural pathways created by axons and special branches that reach out from your brain cells like tree limbs called dendrites. About 10% of your neurotransmitters are in charge of...
While there are many neurotransmitters that contribute to your overall state of well-being and happiness, including serotonin, oxytocin, GABA, and endorphins, dopamine can significantly contribute to and uplifted mood and a prosperous life. It’s one of over 100 neurotransmitters that help you function on a...
No, you aren’t a hypochondriac, but what if we told you that all illness is psychosomatic – that’s right, your cold, your back pain, and even things like cancer take root in your body psychologically and emotionally, setting up patterns, or a vibration, if you...
Do you have difficulty experiencing a calm, fully-present experience of life? When you try to meditate or stay in the moment, do you feel as if you are constantly pulled into the future, or do traumatic events from the past flood your brain? While this...
Moving down into the microscopic level of our genes, we can see how much stress affects our DNA. Recent research suggests that stress can alter our chromosomes and affect our DNA permanently. Minimizing stress has an opposing, beneficial effect. We all know that stress can be damaging,...
We need psychosomatic healing. We’ve had a psychosomatic body for eons, though an awareness of it has become more prominent with the work of French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who posited that our emotions form our psychology which then forms disease or wellness in a model that...
Epigenetics, the study of how our genes are affected by our environment and also literally translated as “outside regular genetics” gets pretty interesting in the wake of the nature vs. nurture debate. Are you the way you are because of the genes you inherited from your...
“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past and not enough presence.” – Eckhart Tolle Heisenberg's...
When we talk about intolerance we are referring to various things not only to a pattern of behavior, as lack of tolerance, but also to a negative blockage in the soul that prevents us from expanding our cognition and wisdom. This kind of imbalance blocks...