Education — Friday, November 5, 2010 17:27
Will medicine and science use a cure that can’t be patented? Not without your help.
Prop 8 Talk
Saturday, October 2, 2010 8:29
Writing this article has been more challenging then I thought it would. I was first introduced to the “FCKH8″ campaign when it came across my Facebook page. After watching the viral video I was ready to jump on, buy the T-shirt and sport it around Portland, Oregon with pride and an attitude that resonated the [...]
Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 23:49
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story. Amazed to find herself alive, Taylor spent eight years recovering her ability to think, walk and talk.
The Importance of Dreaming
Thursday, March 11, 2010 20:21
I’m not talking about going into REM sleep. I’m talking about daydreaming. How long do you spend every day reviewing your wishes? Desire, Napoleon Hill said, is the second step on the path to riches. The stronger your desire, the more capable you are of attaining it. He has a great passage in Think and [...]
Undaunted
Thursday, March 11, 2010 20:16
When your goals do not actualize, what do you do? Do you get depressed, or doubtful, losing yourself in a maelstrom of negative feelings? Or do you accept this gift as a learning experience, and examine it to see what went wrong? What could be done better next time? It’s easy when your successful. When [...]
Building the Mind and Body Connection: Part 3 of 3 – Integration
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 22:35
To continue to make the mind and body connection it is important to be notice what has already been discovered. First, we have noticed that while physical and emotional pain have similarities they also have important differences. Most important to these differences is that physical pain indicators are intended to give you a direct point [...]
Building the Mind and Body Connection: Part 2 of 3 – Increasing Awareness
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 22:34
With the differences in emotional and physical pain identified the next step in making the mind and body connection is increasing body awareness and emotional consciousness. While these concepts might at first seem challenging and frightening they are really quite simple. It’s all about building awareness. Creating body awareness and emotional consciousness is as simple [...]
Building the Mind and Body Connection: Part 1 of 3 – Understanding Pain
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 22:33
The human body is an amazing piece of equipment. It can walk on two legs, grasp objects with opposable thumbs, heal injuries without outside assistance and it has an extensive sensory network that gives a continual, real-time status update on the condition and functionality of the body. It is intimately controlled by an even more [...]
What If… Enough Wasn’t Good Enough?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 22:23
The other day a client emailed me with an update and ended with “So thanks for the crappy assignment. It was great.” The comment reminded me of the several hundred individual conversations I’d had at a festival just the weekend before. I was asking people “What If…You Could Love Your Life Even MORE?” Most of [...]
What can you say “Yes!” to?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 22:22
I recently made a commitment to a 21-day community phone-based meditation. I was a little concerned about making this commitment as the call was at 7am – a bit early for me. But I was excited about the meditation I‟d experienced and was looking forward to joining the meditation community that was being created. So [...]
