Category: Weekly Postings

“Go back inside yourself and look: if you do not see yourself as beautiful, then do as a sculptor does with a statue he wants to make beautiful: he chisels away one part, and...

Along thousands of years, human’s brain has evolved developing a new structure called prefrontal cortex.  This area does lots of things, but the most important function is to be an experience simulator. Human beings have...

One of the things that has happened as we have become a more industrialized society is that we have actually become even more disconnected from our planet and the world around us. We build...

We live in a culture of comparison.  We feel good about our job until we perceive someone progressing faster than us.  We feel good about our finances until we see someone exposing their opulent...

Our brain is made up of billions of neurons that communicate with each other by releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine and glutamate), into the space between them known as synapses. It is a...

When we give a gift to someone, we should not expect absolutely nothing in return. Expecting a return, transforms the noble act of gifting into an exchange, corroding the splendor of the giving act....

Inspired by “That Little Voice In Your Head“ (Mo Gawdat) If we look at the survival function of our brain, there are three main sub-systems.  Although they have a positive intent of keeping us...

Purpose is the reason for which something is done or created, or for which something exists.  Purpose is having a sense that our life is headed in a particular direction and, most importantly, is...

Radical acceptance involves acknowledging and softening into the truth of what is here. We may not like it, but only by firmly standing on this ground of truth, we can have more clarity on...

William James (1842—1910) was one of America’s foremost psychologists and philosophers at Harvard Medical School, also known as the “Father of American Psychology.” He said, “I don’t sing because I’m happy, I’m happy because...