Articles that will help you actually change your brain to become a genuinely happier person.

Wisdom when dark blots out light

At the retreat where I was during the solar eclipse, the way people reacted to the event fit the reactions of so many of us on this website to visions and news about our world. Some people were fearful. They stayed indoors and would not look. One person danced around excitedly, inviting others to [Read More...]

2022-05-15T11:45:19-04:00By |Cultivating Happiness|

Try this ancient meditation for true healing

Vocals and photos by Jeanne Mayell; music by  Emmy award winning Matt Paviolatis who was so kind to let me use his music. When brain researchers asked Buddhist  monk Mathieu Ricard to meditate on compassion, his brain lit up  the brain scanning equipment  showing the greatest levels of happiness and well-being ever recorded [Read More...]

What to Remember When Waking

Pause for a moment. Close your eyes. Take a breath. Become aware of  your own presence, your soul.    Feel it pulsing in your body. Breathe.  Gently  focus on your hands. Your  heart. Your stomach. Your gut.  Now breathe. Breathe. Shhhh.  Just be. Now  ask, "Why is my  soul here?  What does it want to [Read More...]

2022-05-15T12:28:23-04:00By |Cultivating Happiness|

Having everything in one powerful (mindful) moment

Being truly present is hard and takes practice,  but the reward is... well... everything.  What do I mean by "everything"? When you pause for a moment  and  focus on being here now, your awareness opens wide like a camera aperture, enabling you to let in all the light in  your life. You also are wiring [Read More...]

Use the Power of the Solstice To Illuminate Inwardly and Connect to the Light

Everyone feels it this time of year - a rising anticipation in the collective, a sense of wonder that reaches its zenith on December 25th.  You don”t have to be religious to feel it.   It”s just a magical time, right?   A time of lights and feasting, of music and gatherings, of heightened spirits. [Read More...]

This Thanksgiving, Raise Your Psychic Energy with Gratitude

Grace is found in the chalice of gratitude.  -- anon The Dalai Lama said, "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." Now neuroscience is showing that you can change your brain and raise your energy levels with a few daily practices. One of the simplest  yet most powerful ways is [Read More...]

Willing Your Way

Whether you know it or not, you are creating the direction of your life every minute with your thoughts. I started noticing this phenomenon many years ago when using the Tarot to see the direction a person's life was taking.  I'd sometimes see lives unfolding according to the person's unconscious expectations, i.e., the subliminal thoughts [Read More...]

Dynamic Optimism or 12 Steps to Reaching Fulfillment

  We all ultimately want fulfillment.    Since your intentions  and your actions determine whether fulfillment will be yours, it's important to thoroughly shift to the positive.  In other words, to get the life you want, adopt a habit of interpreting your experiences positively and then take actions that influence positive outcomes.  This is not [Read More...]

Wondrous Loving Kindness Meditation

Check out this ancient meditation and bask in its effects.  Rick Hanson, Ph.D., the neuropsychologist who wrote Buddha's Brain, sites brain scan research showing the beneficial health effects of meditation, especially a loving kindness mindfulness meditation like this one. If you decide to try the audio tape, I'd love to hear how it made you [Read More...]

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