Everyone needs a safe haven to enter when life appears to be quickly moving in a downward spiral. During such uncertain times it’s quite natural to feel insecure and confused, unsteady and directionless.

We have been raised in an increasingly intelligent, curious, inventive, adventurous, and productivity structured society. Accumulating as much money as possible, creating a personal power structure, becoming popular, envied, and striving to outdo our competitors has become a very common way of living our lives and doing business.

Alone or lonely?  That is a question I’d like to explore. Sometimes we choose to be alone in order to concentrate, relax, rejuvenate, become more self-aware, find answers, get clear perspectives, investigate and face challenges, or get our creative juices flowing.

Acceptance of what is not desired is one of the hardest things to do. So many of us get caught up in replaying scenarios in our minds, denying what happened, wishing that things had turned out differently, thus repressing painful emotions.

As with good health, poor health and pain also need an appropriate environment to become a reality. Health and illness are natural experiences; both being a part of our human condition that can be shifted from one polarity to another.

Wellbeing means not just the absence of disease, illness, or chronic pain. It’s a complex combination of a person’s physical, mental, emotional, and social factors that are all linked to life satisfaction.

The metaphor of a frustrated rat scrambling in all directions to find a way out into the maze and into freedom is identifiable and applicable for most of us living in industrial areas of the world.

Unless we learn to check our mind, emotions, and body during the day, the body will energetically hold the building tension for us, which doesn’t end well.

Words are powerful and enduring. In the end, any negative words, phrases, or belittling comments we give to another becomes our trademark; a clear description of our character and personality.

As a highly intelligent species, we humans have built an amazing world of unparalleled technological discoveries and profound materialism. We have more luxurious and pleasurable comforts than our ancestors could have ever imagined, and have exponentially built a tremendous immunity to being still and doing nothing.

Aging well is not a popular topic of conversation in our youth-oriented society. As a matter of fact, society has taught us that the process of aging offers us only the dread of disease, increasing despair, and an abject fear of death.

The term “seizing the moment” simply means being present. The fact is, only this moment is all we have; the past is gone and the future has not yet arrived.

There is an ancient Buddhist practice that asks us to be ever-mindful of how precious human life is, and that by being affectionate and kind to ourselves we show respect and gratitude for the life we have.

Most of us fear failure. As a result, we make every attempt to avoid it as often as possible. When it does occur, we work extremely hard to make it invisible. This is unfortunate because failure is a natural and important part of life.

Friendships are integral to human life. Friendships are important because they provide a special kind of emotional intimacy that can be challenging to establish with family members.

It is when we feel the most broken in pieces that we release the courage, tenacity, resilience, grit, and self-compassion we have stored within.

Recent research has shown that internalized, observational silence is the fastest and most effective way to recognize and overcome anxiety, depression, and feelings of helplessness.

Most of what takes place every single day has to do with communication. How we speak to others is a clear demonstration of who we are, what we think, what is important to us, and how we view the world.