Today's stress is different. The sped-up changes in the world and the shifting political and economic environments are creating ongoing uncertainty. People are finding that maintaining their inner balance through it all can be hard to do.
Temporary stress ends once a perceived threat passes. But what's happening today is different, the perceived threat isn’t passing. Secondary traumatization (here broadly includes vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue) occurs when a person is exposed to traumatic events through another person's firsthand narrative. This used to only apply to first responders, mental health workers, or family members of trauma survivors.
Out with the old / In with the new is a continuous journey of discovery and transformation. It’s how we can create a new and better life. Within the process of moving from old to new, many of us are experiencing old issues we thought were healed or cleared coming up again. This is natural, especially during times of accelerated change in society.
Many spiritual cultures agree inner stillness creates an energetic environment for supporting our advancing consciousness that can unleash the transformational power of our love. HeartMath tools and coherence technologies have been designed to monitor and facilitate easier access to stillness and its connection to the natural inner wisdom and guidance of our heart. A coherent alignment between our spiritual heart, mind and emotions can lead to a new way of
Global stress is on the rise. Waves of emotional turbulence modulate throughout the planet, resulting from our collective emotional responses to droughts, floods, hunger, world stage instability and on. These stress waves get powerfully stirred and amplified by the media, which sustains a collective uneasiness that can dampen how we think, feel, and respond to life’s interactions – especially on the emotional level. The internal turbulence caused by these waves
The state of ease is a highly regenerative state that helps us flow more easily through challenges and builds our resilience capacity. It is not merely a state of relaxation. It is characterized by a balance between the mind and emotions, which allows us to access a sense of inner stillness and make intelligent choices while on the move.
The Cares of the World – How to Transform Your Overcare into Balanced Care The world needs our care now more than ever, and these days there is so much to care for – a pet, work, or our family, health and the planet. But, how do we deeply care without depleting our energy? What does it really mean to have balanced care? What happens when that care turns to overcare – when we
Raise Your Vibration With Appreciation and Compassion Practicing genuine appreciation and compassion raises our heart’s vibrations. “When our vibrations are up … we respond to stressful situations with soundness, resilience and clearer discernment. We are less vulnerable to frustration, impatience, anger, anxiety, and we feel more self-secure and less critical of others and of ourselves. We are drawn to notice nature, flowers and trees that we usually sleep-walk past, as our
How A Pause Can Save The Day From time to time, we all need to take pause, a brief stillness, a moment to review "our initial reaction so we can move to the place where a calm, thoughtful response is born." – L.R. Knost Through hindsight, we often realize how much stress we could have prevented by pausing to reconsider our choices before taking action. Many of us have learned this lesson
