Category: skills for our tool kits
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Elder’s Meditation of the Day – June 26
“…when faithful human beings or other creatures called upon them for help, they [the Powers of the Four Directions] must send their powers…” — Fools Crow, LAKOTA Each of the four directions has special powers. These powers or Grandfathers are there to help us. The powers are from the East, the South, the West,…
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Elder’s Meditation of the Day – June 22
“The one who wishes to be a true medicine person must be a person of faith, and they can only work successfully with those who also have faith.” — Fools Crow, LAKOTA Medicine People are spiritual beings who have made a decision to seek the Red Road. They sacrifice and seek the way of the…
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Critical Habits of Mentally Tough People
We all reach critical points in our lives where our mental toughness is tested. It might be a toxic friend or colleague, a dead-end job, or a struggling relationship. Whatever the challenge, you have to be strong, see things through a new lens, and take decisive action if you want to move through it…
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11 Secrets of Irresistible People
Some people, regardless of what they lack—money, looks, or social connections—always radiate with energy and confidence. Even the most skeptical individuals find themselves enamored with these charming personalities. These people are the life of every party. They’re the ones you turn to for help, advice, and companionship. You just can’t get enough of them,…
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Gandhi didn’t have a mortgage. Buddha didn’t work full time.
Actually, when you think about it, every single spiritual teacher, mystic, and guru that has ever lived has had a much more relaxed, laid back lifestyle than you do. It must be nice to spend 4 hours a day meditating in nature, but in our day and age, that’s just not realistic. Even people…
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Food for Anxious Thought: Can Certain Food Affect Anxiety, PTSD?
By Shift Doctors Meet The Shift Doctors: Marion Ross, Ph.D. holds doctorates in Holistic Healing, Metaphysics, and Transpersonal Psychology as well as certification in Mind Body Medicine. Tracy Latz, M.D., M.S. is an Integrative Psychiatrist, Medical Intuitive and has served on Associate Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the Wake Forest University School…
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Honor—and release—your loved ones this Memorial Day
“All deaths, all endings, are a path to the next beginning.” —Alberto Villoldo As we honor the lives and sacrifices of our fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, many of us also remember loved ones who have passed. In many indigenous cultures, the ancestral altar serves as a symbolic home for those who have died and…
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The Shaman
by Alberto Villoldo The shaman: is a person of knowledge and power, uses power and knowledge in service, knows that creation is not complete – we participate, we help dream the world into being, is one who has not left the garden, is not separate from nature, has an animistic relationship with the world…
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40 Quotes That Will Quiet Your Mind
by: Angel Chernoff Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. You know how you always turn down the volume on the radio when you need to…
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10 Things You Do NOT Need To Be Happier In Life
by Marc and Angel Saying yes to happiness means learning to say no to the desires that drain you. They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. I don’t think anything could be closer to the truth,…