Awakening Energy

In any area of life, regardless if it is related to diet, sleep, food, relationships or career we all have lower impulses that cause us to make bad decisions. Learning to bring awareness to these impulses and control them is key to building discipline and stops the cycle of bad decisions. Thoughts and emotions build … Continue reading Impulse Control

Welcome to part 2 of stages of will power development. View part 1 of the article here. 4) Strong Will Power, Strong Positive Sense of Self Identity – There is a large shift in how willpower is used at this level.  The use of will power becomes less about influencing others or fighting against some … Continue reading Stages of Will Power Development (part 2)

The function of will power is to regulate the flow of emotional energy in the body.  To use an analogy, if emotions are like water then will power is the faucet that opens and closes to regulate the flow of water.  People with strong will can use it to completely shut down the expression of … Continue reading Stages Of Will Power Development (part 1)

One of the big ways that we add stress to our lives is chasing after wants/desires that are not necessary or out of alignment with our life path. Being in lockdown has eliminated this behaviour for many as it no longer fits the current paradigm.  As a result, it has forced many of us to … Continue reading Let Go Of What You Want, Be Happy With What You Need

Solar Plexus Chakra – Eating for the Goal Food choices are guided by achievement.  Nutrition plays the role of helping you attain the result.  The goals are usually based on aesthetics, performance or competition. At this stage you will start to break away from the lower impulses that previously guided food choices.  This is a … Continue reading Food Choices and Solar Plexus Chakra

Sacral Chakra – Emotional Eating Eating habits are guided by the desire for pleasure or to avoid pain.  Even if life is going smoothly for you, food can be such a pleasurable experience that it is easy to lose discipline.  The other side is that food choices can also be a way to cope with … Continue reading Food Choices and the Sacral Chakra

In this series I classify eating habits based on each of the seven major energy centers.  See if you can pick the one that describes you the best. Root Chakra – Stress Eating Lifestyle factors cause the body to become so depleted over time that survival mechanisms take over.  Food choices are based largely on … Continue reading Food Choices and the Root Chakra

This is what it is like to live from the mind: Find a goal.  Work hard to meet the goal.  Achieve Goal.  Find a new goal. Repeat. This is what it is like to live from the heart: Become a more loving person and let the external world be a reflection of that. Sometimes we … Continue reading Life Will Meet You Halfway, (if you let it)

Step 1 There is nothing wrong with you. I think one of the biggest hurdles that people initially have to overcome is there's a huge judgment that there is something wrong with you.  There isn't.  If you think something's wrong with you that is the first step to leading you down a path in which … Continue reading A Mindful Approach to Anxiety

Every thought without context is neutral.  As soon as you judge something to be good or bad the thought then carries a charge.  Positive or negative depending on the value judgement you have assigned.  Constant repetition of the same thought and associated value judgement then builds up a greater charge.  This charge is then stored … Continue reading How Contrast Can Change Your Beliefs