You’re hopeless, useless, burdensome. Nothing will ever go well, everyone is always better than you, you’ll never be perfect. You want to be liked, but you’re unlovable, and a failure at life. Sound familiar? To the majority of people this language does. Mental traps – or ego defense mechanisms – serve as the rusty cogs […]
(Free) Chakra Test: Which Chakra is Out of Balance?
Everything within our world consists of energy at its core, and that includes us as human beings. Our chakras represent places within our non-physical bodies through which the life force (chi or prana) flows. When any one of these seven chakras becomes blocked, we suffer from a host of physical, emotional, and psychological ills. As […]
The Collective Shadow: 5 Ways to Deepen Your Shadow Work
It’s essential to face our shadows, to explore our childhood wounds, and to unravel the intergenerational trauma that we’ve inherited. Don’t get me wrong. But shadow work is a layered process. It starts with you, but it doesn’t end with you. Most crucially, it is also familial, societal, cultural, and global. And to truly dive […]
Inner Child Test: What is S/he Trying to Tell You?
We all have an inner child – the part of us that is still innocent, shy, curious, creative, and open to the world. It is this part of us that infuses our life with spontaneity, play, joy, and wonder. But it’s also this part of us that carries our deepest sorrows, fears, anger, and hurts. […]
How to Forgive Yourself For Past Mistakes (8 Steps)
Shame is the cancer of the psyche. It eats away at us slowly, tainting everything we experience with its dark glow of self-loathing. And it all stems from a lack of self-forgiveness. Have you ever said, done, or thought something truly horrible? Have you ever: betrayed someone you loved overstepped a boundary you thought you’d […]
7 Spiritual Paths of Involution
Blending Eastern Mysticism with Western practicality, involution is a word that represents the inner evolution of the heart, mind, and soul. In essence, involution is not a dogma, creed or doctrine, but an experiential practice of life. You can observe it everywhere. It is a philosophy of life. Contrary to evolution which is externally focused […]
