“Your emotions are like an internal compass. When you read it, understand it and use it, you will be able to move your life in the direction you want to go.” — Calvin D. Banyan , Secret Language of Feelings “Emotion is pure motivation. Its a psychological pressure to act.”…

When I was in my second year at university, I went into a “depressed state” that lasted for most of the year. The symptoms that occurred for me were sleeping 12–14 hours a day, having strong feelings of hopelessness, sadness and loneliness and having low energy and drive. I was…

What do we do with all of the anger from life in an unfair world? If we don’t have fairness, we choose to numb ourselves — whether we are the oppressor or the oppressed. Neither feels good, but one does hold the power. As the white supremacist race and class…

The following is a very intense and traumatic memory of an incident that occurred when I was 16 years old** I was at my house with two of my friends one day after school. I had just gotten a new pair of Oakley sunglasses. One of the friends really liked…

I remember as a young boy growing up in America, we learned a lot about freedom and the axioms of being an American. But being an American doesn’t make us energetically free. A government can not issue and protect this freedom because it lives in the fabrics of our relationships…

2 years ago, I went on a date to do some indoor rock climbing. Did I mention that at the time, I was terrified of heights. Looking back, I can see the fear was clearly in my head. Going up a 25 foot wall would cause all kinds of anxiety…

Before we go deeper…. let me first define a few important parts. What is a social environment? A cultural environment? When I talk about a social environment, I define this as the communities and institutions that make up our life. The people and entities in which we interact, learn from…

This question is a part of bigger inquiry driving my life. I see so much pain and suffering in others, it is my lens to the world. I can’t help my curiosity (or obsession) about the methods and modalities that guide each of us towards healing. This is the beginning…