Social Rewilding
Rewilding is a term used to define a form of ecological restoration aimed at increasing biodiversity and restoring a natural process. Unlike other forms of ecological restoration, rewilding aspires to reduce human influence on ecosystems. There is a second terminology regarding rewilding that is called social rewilding. Which I think is just as important. This […]
Stress
The role of stress can be both a mental and physical strain. Stress comes from when demands are made upon you that exceed your resources. It is also difficult when role expectations are unclear or conflicting. Like when you have three children that have to be in 4 different places at 5 different times and […]
Mental Health of a Family Member
Depression, schizophrenia, and ADHD are umbrella terms that encompass disorders with widely differing brain chemistries and symptoms. These conditions often have “ripple” effect” on families, creating tension, uncertainty, stress and can change how people live their lives. Different members and different families are likely affected in different ways. The term “well-being” is often used as […]
The Art of Waiting
In the previous blogs I talked about fear and faith. The art of waiting or the art of patience needs to be the next discussion. The art of waiting can be an experience of not having things working right, like technology, your car, or the water heater in your basement just blew and there is […]
Waiting is Believing
Sitting with uncertainty is uncomfortable and challenging. There was an experiment at Stanford University in 1972 called, The Marshmallow Experiment. Psychologist Walter Mitchel led the study, a child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time. During the experiment the researcher […]
Faith is “Even If”
There is the thought of having faith in the outcome “even if” involves trusting in something, even when facing uncertainty or challenges, and that faith is not dependent on circumstances or outcomes. We talked about “what if” in Blog #118. The difference between the Phrases “Fear is” and Faith is even if” is that fear […]
Fear is “What If”
Fear is a strong emotion. The emotion of fear is designed to ensure our survival by incorporating tactics such as fight, flight, freeze and shutting down part of the brain to focus on the threat. That is why when you go into a test and fear sets in and you can’t retrieve the answer, it […]
Waking the Tiger
There is a book by Peter Levine, Waking The Tiger, was first published in 1997. It was the first book of its kind that normalized trauma. Levine developed a form of therapy called, Somatic Experiencing with a doctor, Join Bessel van der Kolk. Somatic Experiencing is a body oriented approach to healing for trauma, it […]
Trusting in Your Intuition
Intuition is the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning. Intuition is the thing that a person knows or considers likely, like an instinct feeling of knowing rather than a conscious reasoning that is based on evidence. Some people call intuition the 3rd eye of knowing. Intuition can be suppressed by […]
Meditation & Mindfulness
From the past 5 Blogs we know that faster brain waves are linked to high-energy intensity, stress and hypervigilance. What we need to do is learn is how to change the brain waves when needed from high to low frequency. When we need to relax and slow down we need to learn and practice how […]
Gamma Waves
In the previous Blog’s we discussed Alpha Beta Theta and Delta minds. The purpose of the discussion was to understand how the frequencies of our brain assists with different states of using our mind. Alpha (8-12Hz) frequency is for relaxed, tranquil and conscious like if you are meditating. Beta (13-30) relaxed yet focused mental activity […]
Delta Mind
The lowest frequency of the mind is the Delta which is 3.5-7.5 Hz. This occurs in deep sleep when we increase Delta. We Decrease Delta during peak performance activity. The purpose of Delta state is to decrease our awareness of the physical world. Delta is the dominant rhythm in infants up to one year of […]