If you’ve been following this blog for some time, then no doubt you already know that meditation can do so many wonderful things to improve your health and your happiness, but there is one catch: You actually have to do it, and you have to be consistent. There’s nothing wrong with only meditating once per […]
We all love to joke about how much we procrastinate, but when we fail to meet goals and deadlines, the consequences are hardly funny. Procrastination is the enemy of success. It’s not that most people lack the talent, skill, dedication, or even motivation to succeed; it’s that they put off necessary tasks until the very […]
You’re standing up in front of a room full of people, and you’ve just dived into your speech that you’ve rehearsed a million times, when all of a sudden, something terrible happens: you forget your lines. Even worse, as you try to recover from the awkward silence and get back on track, you do it clumsily, stuttering […]
The human brain literally is a computer. It is not a digital computer that processes information using ones and zeros, but it is constantly performing calculations. To take it a step further, think of your brain as a complex quantum computer. At the center of the cerebellum is a qubit, which performs calculations by manipulating […]
Recently, I’ve talked a little bit about how meditation and yoga are not mutually exclusive, however, that’s not to say that they must be practiced in conjunction. Many people meditate in a variety of different ways without ever doing anything even remotely close to yoga. Likewise, the world is full of yoga enthusiasts who are […]
Is meditation really enough to treat depression? The short answer is: It all depends on how severe your depression is, and how long it’s been going on. If you are severely depressed, or even mildly depressed, meditation alone might not be enough to get you back on track. Also, if you are clinically depressed, meditating […]
Meditation is all about controlling your mind. In my last post, I talked about the differences between thoughts and emotions, but also how they are related to each other, and how thoughts can cause you to feel certain emotions. I said that in order to change the way you feel, you must first change the […]
Thoughts are often what cause us to feel specific emotions, but thoughts are not emotions. Thoughts exist purely in your mind; they do exist throughout you. Emotions do not exist in your mind; they exist throughout you. When you are afraid, you feel fear throughout your entire body. You are not thinking, “FEAR, FEAR FEAR…” […]
I want you to be honest with yourself for a moment, and think about how you normally answer someone when they ask you to describe how you are feeling. Do you say things, like, “pretty good,” “not bad,” “not so bad,” okay,”? Now, really think about this for moment… Do you notice how vague these […]
To ask, “what is depression?” might sound like a silly question, but let’s really think about this for a moment. “Depression” is an overused term these days, to say the least. We hear it so often, it has become so vague it’s nearly lost its meaning. What does depression feel like? How do I know […]
