We know that rates of depression and stress can increase significantly over the holiday season. But you don’t need to have a diagnosis of clinical depression to feel down during the holidays. According to Mental Health America, the holiday season for many can be a time of loneliness, self-evaluation, reflection on past failures, and anxiety about an…
Stress is something we all face at sometime in our lives. How do you handle it? The Empowering Team feel this article and the linked articles are powerful ways to handle the stressors. Our appreciation to the Institute of HeartMath for all their research and empowering tools. It’s true that more people than ever…
There are 7 main energy centers in the body, known as chakras. Each chakra is located throughout our body so that it correlates to specific body ailment and physical dysfunctions; each energy center also houses our mental and emotional strengths. When we have a physical issue, it creates weaknesses in our emotional behavior. When we…
Change is the only certainty in life. Because we are constantly growing, evolving, and expanding in our human experience, change is inevitable. We have two choices when a change comes about: To lean into it and flow with the energy, or to resist it and try to keep things “comfortable” and “easy”. Of course, some changes are easier…
Some never experience the roller coaster that is holiday overeating, however, most of us know it all too well. The truth is that we overindulge because there’s a payoff. The brain releases the feel-good neurochemical dopamine when we eat foods high in fat and sugar. Stress, anxiety and depressed mood during the holidays makes us more…
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ~ Ward In my journey to happiness, it took me awhile to get to this constant state of gratitude I reside in daily. It is the parent of all other emotions, and I can’t emphasize enough that THIS is…
Reunion with the Divine is our purpose. Embodiment of that union is our fulfillment. What a wonderful time we are in on this glorious planet we know as planet Earth. We may feel more at home in the stars of the heavens above, but Earth is certainly where the galactic focus is right now. Every…
Environmental conditions can often produce a hyper-sensitive empath. When I came into the world aware in-vitro, I acquired a hyper-vigilant survival mechanism of empathically and psychically needing to connect with everyone around me to gauge their behavior / mood / thought patterns, thus strengthening my “intuitive muscles” over time – making me a good intuitive. Some…
Overview Meditation is a technique that helps you relax and focus on your present situation. When meditating you go under the prevailing circumstances, analyze them and accept them. You can view it as a way of creating peace with you situations. All you need to do is sit down for a while and focus on your…
The holidays can really usher in emotions and feelings that we find it much easier to suppress throughout the rest of the year. We may find that we lose patience with the long lines at the shopping mall, and our email inboxes seem to be completely taken over with advertisements for our favorite restaurants, discounts…