Have you ever met someone who goes on and on about the awesomeness of meditation and how it can cure all of your problems? I certainly have. In fact, I’ve occasionally been that person. It can be incredibly frustrating when…
“My side’s right, your side is wrong.” “The state of our country’s health depends on this one moment!” “We can’t have THAT monster in office!” Sound familiar right now? These are the same thoughts we referenced four, eight, 12, 16,…
Have you ever heard yourself say "do you know what I mean?" during a casual conversation? This is such a common place expression that many of us use it in our regular speech patterns without putting much thought to it. The…
To be our animated best selves requires us to be in a graceful electro-chemical choreography. All of our actions, thoughts, desires, emotions and behaviors are physiologically the result of networked neural activity in the brain. One neuron's "voice" alone does not…
The month of February is the month of romance. For some of us that adds extra pressure, and paradoxically can even cause depression. With a little self-nurture we can begin to shift this disposition. The muscles of the face, unlike…
Dr. Daniel Siegel, author of Mindsight, notes that "our awareness of another person's state of mind depends on how well we know our own." (62). From studying mirror neurons and the insula we now know that we map others' experiences…
According to Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, author of Mindsight, the right side of the brain creates an "AND" stance, while the left creates an "OR" point of view. "AND" becomes an inclusive mindset that leaves room for the shades of…
What does intuition have to do with intelligence? Being in touch with your emotions and the emotions of others not only makes you seem smarter, it actually improves your memory. This is because it uses the prefrontal cortex. Unless you…