Caring Matters
I did a double take when I first read about Elon Musk’s estrangement from his child. Musk’s son, Xavier has come out as a transgender and filed paperwork to change his/her/them first and last name. [Read More]
Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, has brought to light numerous issues – domestic violence, childhood abuse, addiction, and personality disorders. Our attention is riveted on Depp as the lurid details [Read More]
An integral part of feeling human is that sense of belongingness. We are innately programmed to want to belong to something/someone beyond ourselves. At the core of belongingness are acceptance, support, and protection. Prolonged lack [Read More]
Shapeshifting is a common storyline in mythology, folklore, and sci-fi/fantasy fiction. In most native cultures, particularly Shamanism, the Shamans are touted to be skilled shapeshifters. They have the ability to change into whatever form as [Read More]
Many with scoliosis also have a deviated septum wherein the internal dividing wall between the right and left nostril – the nasal septum shifts away from the midline. This causes blockage/narrowing of the nasal airways [Read More]
To optimally function in the world, one must be adept at inferring the mental states of other people. We need to understand they are different from our own. This cognitive mechanism is known as the [Read More]
According to, body language expert, Amy Cuddy, holding one’s body in a 2-minute expansive power pose can change our mental state. The reason is that ‘high-power’ poses stimulate the release of testosterone (the hormone linked [Read More]
Not paying attention when your child says, ‘it’s not fair’ /that’s unfair, is one of the common ways we parents can louse up our relationship with our child. When kids say this, it means that [Read More]
Healing from childhood trauma is a trip into the unknown. We don’t know what we may encounter or the demons we may have to face. Nonetheless, if we are to heal and find our authentic [Read More]
New-age author Eckhart Tolle, conjured up the term pain-body, to explain the repressed emotional pain viscerally carried around inside a person. Most of us carry some kind of pain-body which is manifested as physical and [Read More]