How To Unlock and Defuse Anxiety
This is a how-to for working with anxiety. It looks at anxiety as essentially a kind of indecision, and offers ways to identify the components of that indecision and for breaking the impasse.
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Writer, Naturalist, Activist
Writer, Naturalist, Activist
Category Self-Help
Turning A Breakdown Into An Opportunity
In the midst of a mini-breakdown, I pulled on a strategy used in war and business alike: turning a breakdown into an opportunity. I decided to explore the anxiety that was flaring up, discovered a whole new way to understand it, and defused it in minutes! The How-To on that follows in the next post, Episode 22 on the podcast.
Read MoreFocus on What Is Right In Front Of You
Focusing on what is right in front of you is a strategy for all times and seasons. We'll look at both pragmatic perspectives and master teachings around this strategy. Then we'll explore ways to apply it to your everyday life that don't require intensive mindfulness disciplines to unlock the miracle of the present.
Read MoreTapping The Reservoir of Joy
One of my favorite resources for managing anxiety, depression, frustration, or boredom is to tap the reservoir of joy that seems to dwell beneath the shallower currents of my daily cares. It is a wonderful resource that I want to share here, a resource for wild and uncertain times like these, as well as for times of peace. So, in this post I will share some background principles and then steps for accessing your own reservoir of joy.
Read MoreThe Magic Bubble
With the world gazing down the barrel of World War III and fresh on the heels of the craziest two years since WWII, I want to share a perspective that's helped me so much to keep my sanity and optimism in these troubling times. This is the deliberate choice to look somewhere else, and ways to build a magic bubble to both improve well-being and contribute something beautiful and hopeful, even if it's small, to a troubled world.
Read MoreCancer Is A Symptom II: With Roots in the Heart
Cancer is a symptom of our dissociation from the wisdom of the heart. This is an invitation to come back to a deeper radiance that can shelter us from harm. It will require that you confront some painful truths about the ways we all, usually unconsciously, participate in worldviews that sacrifice wonder and love for the sake of profits, assets, and convenience. Nowhere do we see this more clearly than in the relationship with our food animals, like the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna, source of the delicacies of maguro sushi and sashimi.
Read MoreCancer Is A Symptom
I believe the epidemic of cancer is a symptom of a psychic or sensory deadness that fails to register toxins in our environment. We don't dodge or avoid them when we should, and our societies continue to tolerate toxins in our industries. Retraining our senses is a powerful first step to eliminating the widespread incidence of cancer.
Read MoreAn Imaginal Journey with Nature in 7 Easy Steps
This is an easy step-by-step process for creating a richer relationship with the natural world as well as with the imaginal. It offers a doorway for healing the disconnect between human and nature, self and other, inner and outer, and the mind, body, and spirit.
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