We’ve all heard the phrase, “The grass is always greener on the other side.” Why is that? Because that’s how things look to you. Other people may look at your life with envy and see all kinds of awesome things. But you may not see those things. You may...

Can you hear the ever-present noise? Your brain is creating somewhere between 35 and 48 thoughts per minute. This chatty self-talk is happening right now as you are reading this. This is what the brain does. Neuroimaging studies suggest the normal resting state of the brain is a silent...

Long-standing emotional baggage from the past can easily affect us today. Negative or anxiety-producing patterns can easily keep replaying; they form a deeper rut and stronger network connections each time they play in a self-perpetuating cycle. Pulling out the weeds first can make rewiring and planting new networks easier....

Nature is nurture. The reduction of stress it provides is well established. Our growing indoor lifestyles dominated by screen viewing is harming us. It’s not how we were designed. Far too many people are constantly glued to their screens, even when they’re walking outside! They’d be hard-pressed to be...

Creating our own mental images is rapidly becoming a lost skill, especially compared to past generations. In our technology saturated environment, with apps like YouTube, it is all done for us. When are we forced to imagine? Very few people do it, and we need to get better at...

Click the image above to see my segment on this from the ABC Good Day Show. With one out of every four American’s working from home, millions are wondering how to separate work/home life, schedule, meet deadlines, and stay motivated. Below are 5 things that can help: GET YOUR...

COVID-19 has presented mankind with the greatest opportunity to slow down and learn how to navigate and quiet our mental noise. When you remove the usual brain stimulation from before the pandemic, you’re still left with about 50,000 daily thoughts; many of which are outrageous and false. These thoughts...