What is Mindfulness? Trauma can have a profound and long-lasting impact on the brain. Whether it’s a natural disaster, a physical assault, or an emotional injury, traumatic experiences can leave lasting scars on the mind and body. Fortunately, recent research has shown that mindfulness practices can help rewire the brain and heal these wounds. Mindfulness…
What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage our own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. It is an essential skill that can help individuals heal from trauma and other emotional challenges. In this article, we will explore what emotional intelligence is and how it can be…
Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness Mindfulness has become a popular word in the media, and with good reason. As you probably already know, mindfulness comes with a number of good benefits for your entire being. Just like exercise and eating fruits and vegetables improve your health, so too does mindfulness. In fact, mindfulness is one of…
Mindfulness in Times of Chaos Life is full of unexpected, stressful, and difficult periods and events. Whenever these challenging times arise, it is easy to feel overwhelmed, overworked, and overall dissatisfied with your life. Even more worrisome is that humans often ignore these feelings or chalk them up to weakness whenever they arise. This causes…
Breaking the Pattern of Fear-Based Response As we become more aware of our inner nature, we start reflecting on our patterns of behavior and programming that seemingly run on autopilot. These unconscious patterns of belief and programmed reactions can be triggered multiple times throughout our day. As a result, we repeat habitual emotional responses to…