There are so many times when we feel like we can't trust in God's plan. But the truth of the matter is when we aren't trusting in God's plan and controlling situations for ourselves - things start to go terribly awry. This is because humans without the presence of the Holy Spirit given to us by God can be driven by ego. And an ego without the holy spirit or super ego is addicted to the sensation of control[...]
The core aspects of developing a therapeutic alliance with your psychologist or therapist involves a set of factors developed by Carl Rogers. Carl Rogers is the father of person-centered psychotherapy, a therapy that focuses on accepting people as unique and diverse individuals. It focuses on core principles that makes a therapist effective in person-centered psychotherapy. Rogers s[...]
Setting morning intentions is a great way to experience more balance in your life. Intention setting is the practice of applying principles of change with how you want to live, be and show up in the world.
Lately, I have been feeling incredibly homesick. Growing up in Texas, I never realized how the culture was an integral part of who I am as an individual. When we are young, there can be periods of our lives that imitate darkness that is unspeakable (literally, it goes beyond the English language). Sometimes, those memories have ways of covering the truth about our experiences. What I've learned about life is - m[...]
I remember the first time someone told me there is no such thing as "God." I looked them straight in the eyes and found that I had lost the esteem to fight against them. "Maybe, they're right," I thought to myself. In the dictionary faith is described as the following, "A Strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof." However,[...]
Have you ever lived your life with the recognition that being special or worthy will somehow make things better? We have thoughts of grandeur or likability that can be healthy but depending on the place they’re coming from they can also be toxic to our hearts and souls. Our ego is the voice within us that desires self-destruction and self-sabotage. It is the mind’s way of building dissociative walls that create i[...]
A disease is a dysfunction of the mind Chants my yoga teacher, Chinook, with his Jamaican styled shorts and thick voice. He continues, “you see people, the places where it hurts in your body, that’s your bodies way of telling you that is has a disease… Listen to the word, he repeats. “Dis-ease it means your body is diseased.” In a full frontal downward dog, the only thing I could think about was getting out[...]
Being kind to yourself begins with releasing your strong belief of entitlement in this world and realizing happiness is found from within.
“Be still and remove all judgment on others,” the phrase sticks to me like sticky rice on sushi. I repeat the phrase again, “Be still and remove all judgment on others.” I close my eyes and begin to ponder that contemplative thought, “be still,” I repeat again to myself. Snuggling into the faux leather seat that has busted open from too much wear and now cushion padding is exposed. I begin to try and cal[...]
I want to start off writing this article saying, “I am by no means an enlightened individual.” I think moving forward, I should go about rephrasing that message to this, “I am constantly on a journey of trying to achieve self-actualization or enlightenment. A destination, I believe, which has no real arrival.” I don’t write this to displace my credibility in writing about these subje[...]