Have you noticed that no matter how different your life seems on the outside—with new people, responsibilities, and goals—you still tend to react the same way as in the past and often feel like when you were a child? Whether it’s the emotional triggers of your interactions or the (sometimes overwhelming) fear of trying something new, switching careers, launching a…
Category: Self-Growth
How To Unravel Your Emotional Knots
Did you know that your habits of thought, perception, and action create “energetic knots” that keep you stuck at a certain level of awareness? The Hindu yogic scriptures explain how these energy knots (or granthis) affect the chakra system and prevent the Kundalini energy to flow upwards toward the crown chakra to help you grow spiritually and eventually reach enlightenment.…
How Well Do You Know Yourself?
A Zen student comes to see master Bankei with the hope to get some advice to manage his anger. He tells him, “Master, I have an ungovernable temper. How can I cure it?” The master thinks it sounds fascinating and asks the student to show him this temper he is talking about. “I don’t have it right now,” says the…
My Interview With Natalie Ledwell
After a week on retreat, away from everything and everyone, especially email and internet, I’m still catching up with my duties and readjusting to worldly routines… So rather than an article, today I’d like to share my interview with Natalie Ledwell from The Inspiration Show. Please leave any comments below. Enjoy! [ez_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/K4sZLJBQuk4″ width=”640″ height=”360″ autoplay=”0″ autohide=”2″ controls=”1″] Love, …
Why Taking Things Personally Stalls Your Growth
Have you ever heard or been told not to take things too personally? This was a conundrum of mine for many years, because I used to think, how can I not take things personally if they’re happening to me and my emotions get triggered by a personal interaction? On one hand I wanted to feel heard and seen, but on…
Do You Know Your Emotional Triggers?
Are there any words or people or situations that trigger an immediate reaction of resistance in you? We all experience emotional ‘triggers’ at one point or another. The more you avoid looking into them to understand where they come from, the stronger they get. Why? Because your ego-mind reinforces any point of resistance to keep you where you are, preventing…
Are You Aware of the Inner Bully Squelching Your True Voice?
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why do I do things that go against my own judgment or intuitive wisdom”? I’m not talking about the resistance triggered by new situations or when you stretch beyond your comfort zone; I’m referring to those times when you do something in spite of knowing that you shouldn’t because it goes against your true nature…