Being Present Parents by Watching for Secondary Emotions
August 31, 2021
Who hears their mother’s voice in their head when your kid is melting down? Does it ever say anything like… “You would NEVER have gotten
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What You Need to Know About SSRIs and Your Gut Health
August 25, 2021
In 2017, one study reported that one in six Americans takes an SSRI every day. That was nearly two years ago – would you surmise that that
Do You Know What Kind of Money Manager You Are?
August 19, 2021
And make no mistake – if you have any money at all, you are a money manager. Those of us not ranked among the financial 1%
Hidden Benefits of Ordering a Microbiome Test
August 17, 2021
Everyone’s gut is as individual and unique as their thoughts and tastes. That’s because of the gut microbiome. The microbiome, or the ecological community of
Is Clutter Truly Bad for the Soul?
August 12, 2021
“This does not spark joy” – the anthem of 2018 should sound familiar. With the sweeping trends of Scandivanian hygge (cozy and tactilely pleasing aesthetic)
Is Debt a Dirty Word? Looking Outward from Our Current Financial Framework
August 10, 2021
Right now, you’re stuck in a financial paradigm. Paradigms are cognitive frameworks. They’re the belief systems in which you function. Paradigms can be grand, sweeping
Controlled Burns, Indigenous Practices, and West Coast Wildfires
July 22, 2021
2,000-year-old trees in one of America’s most storied parks spent last summer fighting for their lives during California’s wildfires. Some felt the intensity of these
Hacking the Hunger Hormone
July 16, 2021
Appetite may sound like an all-powerful barely extant Greek goddess, but in reality, it garners many more followers and worshippers than she ever could. The
How We Were All Tricked into a Hypo-Glycemic Trance
July 15, 2021
You can make a hypnotized person do just about anything, right? Because of the way we eat when we’re eating subconsciously, we’re hypnotized far more
Climate Chaos Has Arrived – This Is What it Looks Like
July 13, 2021
Ten, twenty, thirty years ago, today’s headlines were the predictions of fringe extremists. And yet, they’ve come true. Conversations about how to avoid what’s coming
The Fountain of Youth Hidden in your DNA Structure
July 9, 2021
“Stressed out” has only been pressure-tested as a concept for less than 100 years. That sounds crazy, considering that all human advancements were designed to
How to Create a Legal Precedent for Prosecuting Ecocide
July 8, 2021
It’s much harder than you’d think. To start with, you’d probably want to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) which oversees the four categories of
