A Quest for Well-Being

— Facing your fears is important for your mental health. Fear inoculation is an essential process used by therapists to help people overcome anxiety by willfully exposing them to their fears over time until they eventually conquer them. 'Willfully' is the key word. Using your will to effectively overcome the unthinkable. Conquering your fears is about finding comfort in chaos and the unknown as we...

— Vibration is everything. Literally. And your vibration (the energy and frequency you project into the world) determines your experiences, your results, and the opportunities you create and attract in your life. When you are connected to your authentic voice, you naturally feel good and attract more wonderful things into your life. When you are disconnected you feel bad, and it can quickly become...

— "You're waiting for an elevator, but it's not coming fast enough. So you press the button again and again, fidgeting, tapping your feet, shuffling back and forth and otherwise making obvious gestures of irritation and impatience – as if all that is going to make the elevator arrive faster. It's not. You're just wasting time and energy, while working yourself into a tizzy, over something you can'...

— Soulfluent® Leadership is identifying, accessing, and speaking the leadership language of your soul. Doing so allows you to be the fullest and most natural expression of yourself in your work and to lead organizations, businesses, groups, and yourself from an energy of high integrity and truth that magnetizes people and opportunities to you. At its core, Soulfluent® Leadership is soul-led contri...

— Love is a full body-based feeling that resonates in every cell of your body. When we feel securely and genuinely loved, we know deep in our bones that we have a homeport in the heart of that one special person. Moreover, love is the earthiest of experiences. It's waking up at 3:00 a.m. and feeling the warmth of your beloved's skin touching you as you drift back to dreamland. It's smelling the sc...

— What kind of world do you want to live in? One that's over-populated, polluted, with no nutritional food to eat, no clean water to drink, and people that are always fighting each other and at war? Or do we want a world of love, joy, peace, and caring? The choice is ours as a race to decide, but it starts one person at a time. If every person awakened, made heart-centered decisions, and did their...

— Inquiry is an art form.  There is no formula, though it may start out that way.  Julianne Eanniello always says to new trainees that, initially we will ask you to stay within a box, color between the lines, so to speak.  Learn the techniques the way they are designed until they become a part of you.  Then throw away the box, let your facilitation flow freely, led by presence and instinct. Meet e...

— There are many definitive truths involved in cancer research, care, and treatment. After testing, we might know that specific drugs work or don't work in certain instances. We may even know what the predicted outcome might be when comparing one surgical approach to another, but doctors do not have the luxury of working in absolutes. Absolutes may offer more peace than unknowns, but there are not...

— "The darkness called me in. "Come and sit here in your body. Be in this space." I had been successfully living in the tower of my mind for so much of my life and now was the time to move into the home of my body and welcome it's wisdom to deeply heal." Where in your life are you able to harvest the gold in your moments of darkness? The gold that shows up as wisdom, trust, and self-compassion? Ho...

— Dawn Ziegerer became calmer. She became powerful in her own life. She transformed. And along the way her partner did some of his own transformation. He willingly came along for the ride. Dawn helps you become the princess whose kiss transforms the person in your life. And if that toad doesn't transform with you, she will help you move on without guilt. Valeria Teles interviews Dawn Ziegerer — a...

— On a cold April day, Ben Hylden tried on his suit coat for the upcoming school prom, then sped toward nearby Park River, ND, for an appointment. Running late and driving too fast, he lost control of his car on ice, flipped the car and was thrown out the passenger's door-plunging face first into an icy field. Ben's face and body were crushed, along with his dreams of being a basketball star. As h...

— "In her memoir, Ilana Rowe weaves anecdotes, reflections, facts, poetry, dreams, and humor to chronicle her 11-year journey of supporting her husband, Hal, as they walked the path of Alzheimer's together, hand-in-hand, heart-to-heart. Ilana shares her experience of being a care partner, facing her fears, sorrow, and vulnerability during this heart-breaking illness.  Her stories reflect moments t...

— Gratitude smiles at me from the colorful faces of the flowers in my garden. She sings to me through birdsong, and brings me to laughter through a child's innocent curiosity. She smiles at me through a stranger's face, and reminds me of unconditional love through the eyes of every mother…" Valeria Teles interviews Soraya Saraswati — the author of "Shining Through: From Grief to Gratitude." Soraya...

— When people have done a lot of healing work through different modalities there's often the impression that we need to be able to "fix" all our problems now, and won't need to reach out to a professional. But since the nature of our being is to constantly evolve we are bound to reach another threshold that we won't know how to cross. At that point what really blocks these women is often the shame...

— The field of neurobiology and the science of mindfulness reveal that the human brain is capable of being engaged in the experience of upset (fear, anxiety, depression) while simultaneously observing and holding ourselves with kindness, as a loving parent or partner would. This ability to be both experiencing and holding the experience is the key to maintaining inner calm in the face of life's ch...

— I have no inner conflict within me, so my intuition and my vision are clear and aligned with cosmic truth. There is no veil of illusion over what I can see. My perspective is much broader because I do not share the beliefs of limitation that humans hold because they continually think of themselves as separate from the divine, the source of all possibilities. I know that they are divine themselve...

— The Guest House   This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.   A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.   Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight.   The dark tho...

— Love one another – love is a gift from the heart.  It is generous, soul enriching, divine.  When we step beyond fear and into love, we are guiding ourselves and everyone we touch to a higher state of consciousness.  Remember when we love, we are spreading the joy and word of our creator – choose love over fear. It is so easy to fear – fear closes you down, breaks you apart from your divine knowi...

— "Kerri Hummingbird has come to realize the absolute power of a mother to set into motion the life experience of her children. She has also come to realize the absolute power of humans to love and care for the planet or to destroy everything in sight. The key is the consciousness with which humans are birthed into the world, raised into adults, and dedicate themselves to self-mastery. She loves a...

— "When you love yourself, magic happens, and the world responds." Valeria Teles interviews Heather Kokx — a Happiness Expert, Energy Healer, Enneagram Coach, Writer, And Speaker  In her 20s, Heather Kokx had depression, no passion in her life, and didn't believe she really mattered. Struggling to find some purpose in her life, Heather went to massage school. This is where her healing journey bega...

— A strong commitment stokes the inner fire like nothing else. We stop pretending that our true desire doesn't matter, and we devote ourselves entirely to it. If your true desire is to be free of the suffering that unworthiness brings to your life, then commit to finding your way through in any moment. When we commit, we close the door to the known and step into endless possibilities. We shift fro...

— By slowing down and listening to our spirit, we will understand better what is needed. We may feel grief, sorrow, sadness, and despair. Yet, in quiet moments, we can also hear a soft voice reminding us: "It's Okay. Breathe. Cry. Ask for help." The space within each of us is expansive enough to hold and cradle the various emotions we experience. When we let the emotions flow through unobstructed,...

— No one likes challenging emotions and physical pain. But what if they're actually invitations to permanently heal old traumas, and deepen your spiritual awakening? This is the surprising truth revealed by the Healing Invocation, The AstroShaman's Masterclass. Valeria Teles interviews Benjamin Bernstein — an Astrologer, Shamanic Healer, Awakening Activator, Life Coach, Podcaster, And Speaker "Ast...

— As a therapist, Jennifer Bordner encourages self-care to the children and families she works with almost daily. Jennifer says that families function best when everyone is intentionally taking care of themselves by addressing their personal needs. This could be an hour before work for dad to exercise or an hour after work where mom practices yoga while a child engages in time outside exploring. W...

— Dancing Jaguar's Spirit Camp was created to help children connect to their inner world.  By doing that, children start learning at an incredibly young age that, as human beings, we are made up of mind, body, and spirit.  And all three of those aspects need to be nurtured and cared for so we can grow up to become healthy adults. By doing this work with children, Eva Goulette feels that there will...