We all have the right to feel all kinds of emotion. We have all experienced things that made us feel certain things in our bodies and minds. Every emotion we experience is acceptable. But what we cannot accept is any...
So many people suffer from emotional illiteracy. They may have all kinds of other skills and plenty of titles and degrees, but they have the emotional processing ability of a three-year-old. It's the kind of thing you can't just learn...
What would happen if one day you couldn't tell an umbrella from a cane? Or what if you could no longer recognize objects based on your sense of touch? If anything like this happens to you regularly, you might...
Have you ever complained that you just can't get out of your routine? The endless hours of work, stress, little free time and personal problems are stronger than your desire to change. How are you getting on with the resolutions you...
A synapse is where two neurons connect to transmit information from one to another. These synapses are not where the nerve directly touches another nerve, though. Rather, there is a space or synaptic gap (also called the synaptic cleft)....
Seitai is movement, bodily harmony, and health. It is a practice with roots in traditional Japanese culture created by therapist Haruchika Noguchi. Seitai is above all the art of spontaneous movement. It is capable of regenerating us, relieving tension,...
The creator of analytical psychology, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, proposed that we can understand mythical narrations of journeys about new beginnings, such as those of Marco Polo, Ulysses, or Hercules, as symbolic expressions of a mental transformation that all...
Wonder is a simple, family-oriented story that came about in a time when readers seemed to be caught in the spell of fantasy and dark stories. It was published in 2012 and made it on the Best Seller lists...
Certain actions, such as losing or gaining money, are closely linked to a person's emotions. Most of the time money isn't obtained or squandered for objective reasons. In other words, you could say that money is a symbolic object....
We can claim to be experts about swimming techniques. We could give classes, teach about their different styles (butterfly, crawl, backstroke or breaststroke). We could even give advice about swimming if asked. We may also inflate our ego as we...
The fable of the black sheep was written by Italo Calvino. As with many of his marvelous stories, it is also filled with imagination. It is a story that includes a profound and disconcerting message that does not leave anyone...
Demosthenes went down in history as the greatest of all the Greek orators. This in itself is a great accomplishment. However, the truly surprising part of his story is everything he had to do for glory. His is one...
Fear and worry are two things that will keep you from your destiny if you let them. So don't give them too much space in your mind or make mountains out of molehills. Instead, tidy up your perspective and give...
Maybe at some point you've felt like you weren't getting anywhere in some particular subject. Or maybe you've wondered why you were learning so slowly. Maybe you've even gotten desperate after failing to remember the meaning of some concept after...