Suffering. Google says it’s the number one search term people use to find this blog. Next up are ayahuasca and vision quest, suggesting – appropriately enough – that this website is a destination for people seeking a way out of their pain. If you’re one of them let me save you some time. Looking back over the five years or so since my own existential crash and burn I can safely say this: ayahuasca, vision quests, sweat lodges, crystals, chakras,…
Be gentle with yourself. It was a ‘message’ I received a few years ago during an attempted meditation that was going something like this: “Why do you always screw up your relationships? What is wrong with you? Here we go again, idiot!” You get…
Recently I stumbled across the following. Take a look and consider its implications not just for your medical treatment, but for all aspects of your life. One study found that when confronted with a patient with back pain, surgeons prescribed surgery, physical therapists thought…