Four Keys to a Healthy Mind
Well-being is a skill. Every human being is born with the capacity to be well, says world-renowned neuroscientist, Dr. Richard J. Davidson.
Quieting the Buzz
Even in chaotic times, it’s possible to still your buzzing brain and find a place of stillness through mindfulness practices.
Skillfully Coping with Challenge
A quick practice can take the edge off challenging moments and ground you in your innate inner strength. Try our free 5 Breaths Meditation when feeling stressed out.
Acting Skillfully in Difficult Communications
Developing skill in how we handle difficult communications can have a significant impact on our relationships.
The Inspiration of Powerful Women
Powerful women lead by example. Embodying resilience when facing challenges and sharing our authenticity in community lifts us all.
Getting Unstuck from Situations
When feeling stuck in a situation, new solutions can arise by creating some distance and shifting your perspective.
The Power of Forgiveness
The ability to forgive and let go has a profound impact on life. Developing these skills is a powerful choice you can make for yourself.
Stress Type: Fawn
Do you seek to escape stress by pacifying and people-pleasing? Learn some techniques increasing your skill in setting boundaries.
Stress Type: Freeze
Do you automatically freeze when faced with stress? Learn useful practices to respond more skillfully.
Stress Type: Flight
Do stressful situations spark your impulse to flee? Learn useful practices to more skillfully manage the impulse and make wiser choices.
What is Your Stress Type?
Understanding your stress reactions enables you to mitigate the negative impacts on your health and relationships.
Cake in the Clouds
We left before dawn, hoping to reach the Iron Cross by sunrise. By mid-morning, the day had become one of the most memorable in all my trips along El Camino.
El Camino de Santiago
El Camino de Santiago is one of the world’s great pilgrimage routes and also a UNESCO World Heritage site, with monuments of historical significance all along the way.
Developing Empathy
Our research shows that empathy is a key skill in becoming a more powerful advocate for both ourselves and the world in general. Try our free mindfulness practice to develop your own.
Personal Power
Being an Advocate means taking control of your own mind, of practicing personal and relationship mastery. Our findings show that these allow you to live a life of accomplishment and integrity and become a much more powerful presence in the world.
Being in Action
You don’t see many Bystanders walking El Camino de Santiago. Just in the act of being there, pilgrims have become Advocates walking with purpose towards their goal.
A Matter of Perspective
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So are most other qualities – it all depends on the perspective you are holding. Our research has found that this is especially true if you spend a lot of time in The Victim archetype.
Mindfulness & Language
Learning a new language engages many of the same principles and processes as those of developing a mindfulness practice. Science shows that both activities flex a muscle in the brain involved in the regulation of attention.