This is a journal entry as I proceeded through Brene Brown’s online course The Gifts of Imperfection, from the book of the same name. I’d highly recommend the course or any of her publications as a support on the journey to personal growth.
Who is Brene Brown and what gifts does she have to offer us? Brene Brown is a researcher who collected data for 13 years or so on the nature of shame and fear. She had a big moment around 2008 where she correlated a lot of data and realized that people who live what she…
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Maya Angelou was on SuperSoulSunday this week! Featured in this week’s Meditation Monday The wonderful Maya Angelou appeared this week on SuperSoulSunday. I enjoyed every minute of the two shows and will be watching both again soon! (Have them recorded on my DVR). Here’s a wonderful clip from one of the shows…just to give you…
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Did you know that people who respond well to a placebo are often REMOVED from clinical trials?
The Nocebo Effect is something I had heard of, but wasn’t 100% sure that I understood the definition well – until I read Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, that is.
The theory behind the Nocebo Effect is that we can think ourselves sick, basically – and perhaps even sicker when we are surrounded by others who think of us that way also.
So the formula (according to Lissa) would be Negative Beliefs + Harsh Care = Sickness.
The power of personal belief is a tool that can be applied for everybody’s health and well being. We just need to be taught how to use it.
If your family patterns have been difficult or you don’t feel in touch with your broken pieces, then I highly recommend this book – it’s not an easy read, but a deep one. Iyanla Vanzant is an internationally recognized author, healer and teacher. In this book she tells the story of the broken pieces of her life, and how she finds a way to put all the pieces in order through the lens of healing herself.
Based on the research work of Donald Clifton who used Gallup surveys to ask millions of people around the world ‘what are your strengths’ (amongst other positively-framed questions), Donald Clifton and Marcus Buckingham wrote this book to start the ‘strengths revolution’.
This book is revolutionary. It’s a very different concept to consider simply building on your Strengths rather than ‘plugging the skills gap’ and shoring up your ‘weaknesses’.
As I wrote this I figured out I am at day 40 of my kundalini meditation practice, so as a dutiful Mom On A Spiritual Journey I thought it time to report my findings.
Well, one thing is for sure – I shall be carrying on with this practice well after day 40. This type of meditation for me is one of the most intriguing and experiential practices I have undertaken.
During the first week of meditation, I found myself in the middle of a powerful vision. It was so strong that I decided to write to the author about my experience. She very kindly responded.
Written by Kathyrin McCusker, a Yoga teacher and internationally known Opera Singer Kundalini Meditation is a useful guide to both meditation using the Kundalini energy, and Kundalini Yoga.
Kundalini means “the coil in the hair of the beloved” and refers to our coiled serpent-like energy which begins at the base of the spine, moving up through the chakras or energy centers and resulting in a feeling of bliss throughout the body, mind, and soul for the regular practitioner.
Kundalini Yoga is the practice of yogic postures, mantras and meditations that help activate the kundalini energy. This energy can rise up through the chakras with practice.
Using Affirmations – written Affirmation 7 day exercise I recently completed an exercise where I wrote 40 affirmations per day for 7 days. All affirmations needed to be written in the positive frame and start with the words ‘I am’. This suggested exercise came from Iyanla Vanzant’s excellent Stimu-Mail series. Writing Affirmations – 40…
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Oh shift! Spiritual books and how they can change you I’ve noticed a pattern when I hit on a spiritual book that really rocks my world. I read it…get a BIG result…get scared…put it down for a while and then when I’m finally ready to swallow the contents, pick it up again. This definitely happened…
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Stories from Spirit will help you learn a different route to meditation, using an ancient indigenous spiritual practice called journeying, or Shamanic journeying, which is a form of guided or self-guided meditation using drumming as a background track and a way to switch off the present mind. Sheila Callaham is an independent author, also on her own spiritual journey and has written Stories from Spirit in order to relate her story and enable others to begin or continue with Shamanic journeying.I’ve enjoyed this ebook greatly and believe Stories from Spirit is a great resource for the new Shamanic Guided Journeyer, as well as those more experienced on the journey.
I recently read Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber (thanks again to Andover Library KS for their great new book section!).
It’s a short novel about angelic intervention and free will and is a love story, too.
Whether you believe in Angels at the Table or not – a fun read.
Archangel Gabriel allows angels Shirley, Goodness and Mercy to take an angel-in-training, Will, down to Earth to watch the New Years’ celebrations.
They find themselves in trouble when Will is drawn to stand in the celebrating crowds in Times Square and notices two lonely people, a guy, and a girl. He gives them a nudge with his wing and they connect and like each other.
So what’s wrong with that? They were destined to meet, but not that soon – so their relationship becomes blocked by a number of complications.