Shaking meditation offers a quick way to calm the mind, and is a great destresser. Somatic shaking (shaking or trembling), which comes from the limbic brain (the part of the brain that holds emotions), sends a signal that danger has passed and that the fight-or-flight system can turn off. They are literally finishing the nervous […]
Our Motivation Pursuing happiness is more than a right, it’s our constant underlying motivation for everything we do. We know we can always be happier than we are right now, and that is our constant motivator, to be happier. Every choice we make, everything we do, is a conscious or subconscious attempt to be happier. […]
How We Think We make the following two choices over and over again…and we call it “thinking“. First we choose how to interpret what we’re experiencing. Then we decide how we’re going to react to our own interpretations. Sometimes our reaction is just to keep interpreting what’s happening until we have enough information to go on. […]
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Mental Habits We form both conscious and subconscious habits for everything we do on a regular basis, including thinking. Mental habits are our time and energy-saving auto-pilot way of navigating daily life. The way we react in different situations, the way we walk, how we get dressed, where we choose to sit, how we go […]
Mental Associations Our mental associations are fantastic at helping us navigate our daily lives. We can also change them to live happier and healthier lives. We’re constantly forming subconscious mental associations. Mental associations are groups of connected thoughts and emotions around an experience in our lives, or a group of connected experiences. They can be […]
No matter how happy we are, we can always be happier than we are right now. In his April 2021 Forbes article, “Happiness Comes From Making Others Feel Good Rather Than Ourselves, According To A New Study,” Mark Travers explains how shifting our focus towards helping others to be happier can help us get that […]
The bad news is that only about eight percent of people are successful in achieving their New Years resolutions. The good news is by simply resolving to make life changes, those same people are already ten times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions. (source) The better news – […]
Getting Started If you’re thinking about taking up meditating, or have been meditating for a while, it’s helpful if you know what your specific meditative goals are…what you hope to get out of it. Then strategically select meditation techniques to help you reach your specific goals. If you need help selecting a meditation we’re here to […]
Your physician should be the first place you go when you’re stuck in depression to at least make sure it’s not stemming from a medical condition. That said, whether you’re going to counseling, or managing it on your own, knowing a few things about what’s happening subconsciously can provide some much-needed breathing room to help you […]