The Soul and the Higher Self

What’s the difference between the soul, the higher self, and guides? The soul inhabits the body. The higher self is the connection between the soul and the other side. The higher self is a part of the other side that the soul connects to. Our soul is our higher self in this reality. Guides areContinue reading “The Soul and the Higher Self”

Reacting to Tragedy with Love and Compassion

As we all reel from another tragic, senseless school shooting, it can be easy to react with anger. Yes, easy access to firearms is an issue, but the root problem is that our society is regularly producing individuals who are so isolated, alienated, and angry that they not only want to end their own existence,Continue reading “Reacting to Tragedy with Love and Compassion”

Balancing Self-Acceptance and Self-Improvement

Our egos are constantly attempting to define ourselves, to create an identify of who we are. This is what the ego evolved to do, to help us figure out how we fit into the world around us and how we relate to our social environment. Along with this identify, the ego often creates expectations basedContinue reading “Balancing Self-Acceptance and Self-Improvement”

Softening the Protective Shell that Hardens our Hearts

When we struggle to love ourselves or others without judgement, it’s often because we’ve developed a protective, hardened shell around our hearts that makes it difficult to connect to love. These protective shells develop in response to the emotional wounds we all suffer during our lives if we don’t feel, process, and integrate the emotionsContinue reading “Softening the Protective Shell that Hardens our Hearts”

Healing the Wounds of Toxic Masculinity

Part of the difficulty humanity is facing in evolving away from an unfair, unhealthy, patriarchal social order is that everyone carries wounds inflicted by these systemic behavior patterns. Until these wounds are processed and integrated, the unresolved wounds tend to lead us to continually replay them, either on ourselves or other people. When we healContinue reading “Healing the Wounds of Toxic Masculinity”