Guidelines for Rules

by | Oct 31, 2018 | Understanding

As society evolves its consciousness, new understandings surface that seek to acknowledge, respect and protect various individuals and groups. While the intention may be to increase openness and respect, some rules (and their proponents) actually have the opposite...

Experience Is the Glue

by | Oct 5, 2018 | Understanding

Experience is the teacher that helps us embody and benefit from our intellectual realizations. Lessons we learn through experience stick with us and become part of our muscle memory and, eventually, new behavior. Mental recognition of a truth is very different from...

Life Is the Best Teacher

by | Sep 17, 2018 | Understanding

Life itself is the best teacher if you’re willing to look for lessons in every experience you have. Just like knowing the rules of a game, understanding the laws that govern the Universe helps you navigate your way forward. Scientists try to discover these laws...

Substitute for Complaining

by | Jul 14, 2018 | Understanding

Sometimes it’s easier to just complain about something rather than take a more in-depth approach and try to comprehend what’s actually going on. However, expanding our perspective beyond our personal self-interest can help us understand the rationale and...

Not About Us

by | Sep 3, 2017 | Understanding

When we encounter someone who seems hostile and critical, it’s tempting to retaliate by immediately creating a story about how they don’t measure up to our standards, either. But that takes a perceived (or imagined) slight and turns it into something real....

What Our Brains Reveal

by | Aug 6, 2017 | Compassion, Understanding

Pulling oneself up by the bootstraps isn’t equally easy for everyone. A study of 83,000 brain scans revealed that criminal behavior, depression and mental illness often result from some form of brain injury. The study showed that treating the specific type of...