When we think about meditation, we imagine Tibetan monks sitting cross-legged in absolute silence in a temple on top of a mountain. Blame it on pop culture if you must, but there is some accuracy in that depiction. Meditation can be defined as an art, or better yet, a practice used to train the mind

Meditation is a practice where you train your mind to focus on a particular object like your breath, or on an activity like walking. If your mind runs wild, what meditators call Monkey Mind, no worries, there are ways to cope. With time, you’ll learn to accept your thoughts, even the common mental chaos, and

When ‘friends’ aren’t really being friendly to nonconformists.   Brace yourself for a long, painful, personal story of bad times, and some brief thoughts on how I overcame them.   Over the last 7 years, I’ve been working on some personal struggles in my life. I had a dark 2-year bout with depression and to

Should we have concerns for Billy Corgan? Could he be another suicide in the future? I just read an article (Billy Corgan on Chris Cornell’s Death: “I’ve Been in That Exact Spot a Thousand Times”) where Billy Corgan was talking about suicide and how he’s experienced feelings that might be similar to what took Chris

When we think of self care, we often think that we take care of ourselves, and doing really good taking care of ourselves, right?    Some of us do, but often times in society, we just run ourselves ragged and burn the candle at both ends. Would you agree? To me, even in these crazy

Happy Thanksgiving, to you, my friends! This morning as I plan for the day ahead, I reflect on what it means to be thankful. Over the last few years, I have done what I call #ThankfulThursday and this is the first time that I see the connection with this holiday as I did it all

Let me start out by saying this was originally a long-ass Facebook Post. That’s how I do Facebook… longassed. Anyhow, I share this because the references will by stated from the mindset of these ideas being shared on Facebook, however although you can use them on Facebook or in person or anywhere, I wanted you