“If monkeys have taught us anything,” Harlow asserted in reflecting on his experiments, “it’s that you’ve got to learn how to love before you learn how to live.” Do give a read to: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/07/07/love-at-goon-park-harry-harlow-deborah-blum/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits The Science of Affection: How a Rebel Researcher Pioneered the Study of Love in the 1950s and Illuminated How Parents Shape […]
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Understanding the Dynamics of Hate, by Jose Stevens
By Kitty Norris on July 2, 2016 in Akashic Records, Ancestor Work, Anger, Boundary Work!, Challenges!, Compassion, Consciousness, Embracing Change, Empathy, Empowerment, From my own teachers, Karma, Mental and Emotional Health, Mind-Body Healing, Mindfulness, Past Lives, Reincarnation, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Spiritual Illness, Stress management
A new José Stevens Article Understanding the Dynamics of Hate June 17, 2016 By José Stevens This is an article about a topic that most people are quite uncomfortable with because the subject tends to spark great anger and attacks by these very fanatical people who are not neutral or objective in any way about whom they […]
How do we find our paths?
By Kitty Norris on May 21, 2016 in Andean Cosmovision, Beginners’ Mind!, Boundary Work!, Career, Chakra Balancing, Challenges!, Compassion, Consciousness, Dreams, Dreams & Dreaming, Embracing Change, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Gratitude, Healing energies, Intuition, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Mindfulness, skills for our tool kits, Spiritual Illness, Spiritual Worlds, Spirituality, Stress management
Dearest Friends I had to share this with you today. The author has hit this nail right on the head. There’s the link to the essay, read and rejoice! Blessings Kitty https://medium.com/on-eudaimonia/take-off-your-mask-the-way-will-find-you-582f6cf4dd53#.l53rvxate Take Off Your Mask. Your Path Will Find You. How to Find Your Way Home How do we find our paths? […]
It’s way more fun…
By Kitty Norris on May 21, 2016 in Aging Beautifully!, Beginners’ Mind!, Brain Science, Compassion, Embracing Change, Empathy, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, Gratitude, Healing energies, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Meditation, Mental and Emotional Health, Mind-Body Healing, Mindfulness, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Spiritual Illness, Stress management, The Drama Triangle, Wellness and Prevention
It seems trite to say: ‘let’s loosen up a bit, stop taking things so seriously!’. But seriously, let’s. It’s way more fun.
Changing Your Personal Myths
By Kitty Norris on March 13, 2016 in Beginners’ Mind!, Boundary Work!, Career, Challenges!, Collective Unconscious, Compassion, Consciousness, Depression, Dreams & Dreaming, Embracing Change, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, From my own teachers, Gratitude, Healing energies, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Mind-Body Healing, Mindfulness, Relationships, Shamanism, skills for our tool kits, Soul Retrieval, Spiritual Illness, Spirituality, Stress management, The Drama Triangle, Wellness and Prevention
“Changing your personal myths requires interacting with familiar stories in new ways so that you can use those energies more wisely and efficiently.” ─Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. “Change Your Story – Change Your Life!”
“The Secret Formula for Resilience”
By Kitty Norris on February 13, 2016 in Aging Beautifully!, Anger, Beginners’ Mind!, Boundary Work!, Brain Science, Challenges!, Compassion, Consciousness, Depression, Embracing Change, Empathy, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Mind-Body Healing, Physical, Protection, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Spiritual Illness, Stress management, Trauma, Wellness and Prevention
Dear Readers Resilience is one of my favorite topics. It is about how we decide to perceive and experience adversity. As this author states “Perception is key to resilience: Do you conceptualize an event as traumatic, or as a chance to learn and grow?” This is so true, and so relevant to personal growth and […]
Good Enough!!
By Kitty Norris on February 8, 2016 in Aging Beautifully!, Beginners’ Mind!, Compassion, Empathy, Empowerment, Energy Medicine, Gratitude, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Magic, Mental and Emotional Health, Mindfulness, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Wellness and Prevention
Dear Readers! I have heard this story many times, and today I came to me again from Marc & Angel in their daily message. I have posted it before, and here it is again. It is timeless, and fits all cultures. “Once upon a time there was an elderly woman who needed to walk […]
Opportunity !
By Kitty Norris on December 30, 2015 in Beginners’ Mind!, Compassion, Dreams & Dreaming, Embracing Change, Empowerment, Law of Attraction, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Relationships, skills for our tool kits
To Take Advantage of Opportunity Now, at the New Year … or whenever you wish to start anew… 1. Begin. – Remember the feeling you get from taking the first step is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around thinking about it. So get up and get moving. Take the first step […]
Freeing Ourselves From Fear
By Kitty Norris on October 10, 2015 in Aging Beautifully!, Beginners’ Mind!, Boundary Work!, Career, Challenges!, Compassion, Consciousness, Dreams, Dreams & Dreaming, Embracing Change, Empowerment, Intuition, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Relationships, skills for our tool kits, Stress management, Wellness and Prevention
by Kate Eckman If you ask most people what they want from life, they will probably tell you they want to be happy—they want to be loved. Success, fame and fortune might come up, too. But I think what we ultimately yearn for is freedom. The freedom to be ourselves, especially in a world […]
7 Ways Happy Couples Deal With Disagreements Differently
By Kitty Norris on September 16, 2015 in Anger, Boundary Work!, Challenges!, Compassion, Complementary opposites, Empathy, Empowerment, loving and encouraging words for the day!, Mental and Emotional Health, Relationships, skills for our tool kits
by MARC CHERNOFF Differences of opinion don’t destroy relationships – it’s how a couple deals with their inevitable differences that counts. Every couple disagrees from time to time. Perfect compatibility is not possible, but sensibly working though incompatibility is. The difference between a happy couple and an unhappy couple is the way in which […]