Caring Matters
Our fear of being lost is primal; it is intrinsically encoded in the human brain, just as our response to snakes. Though getting lost can be frightening, it can be beneficial for our mental health. [Read More]
Attachment to the key figures in your life can significantly affect whether you develop scoliosis. Losing someone significant, having inconsistent care and support affects our nervous system – how we feel, how we cope with [Read More]
Only recently did I realize how beneficial coconuts are to my health and healing. I’m lucky to now live in a place where coconuts are plentiful and freely available. Whenever I take a walk, I [Read More]
Toxic parents should elicit moral disgust. It’s disgusting when those who bring a child into this world, abuse, neglect, and maltreat their helpless dependent little ones. However, as the noted author Pia Melody has pointed [Read More]
King Charles’ cancer diagnosis did come as a shocker for many. Despite our medical advances, cancer is often fatal in the long run. Thus, the news of someone having cancer brings on a sense of [Read More]
Last month, again I made one more of my serendipitous discoveries – bamboo leaves. Through some fated algorithm, I came across the benefits of bamboo leaves, namely, it is high in silica. What I was [Read More]
I feel I am inching toward the state of self-actualization. Gone are the days when I woke up being sucked by rumination of the past. Instead, my thoughts are focused on the desire to become [Read More]
There is no doubt that we live in a muscle culture. We are obsessed with muscle and spend a great deal of our lives building and developing muscle. In fact, from gyms to supplement companies, [Read More]
Memory reconsolidation is an important aspect of trauma healing. Remembering, accepting, making sense, and shifting those painful memories where they belong – in the past. You don’t forget traumatic memories; however, it moves into long-term [Read More]
Schemas are mental maps we unconsciously form as we grow up. Right from birth onwards, our brain creates schemas or ‘cognitive frameworks’ to categorize and organize semantic memory. They help us quickly navigate similar future [Read More]