Archive for February, 2009
Lighter Relationships
Sometimes we screw up. Really really make a mess, mind you, with the best intentions at heart. And it hurts like a hot knife to know that I screwed up. And that my actions have contributed to damaging a cherished relationship. I have been learning about relationships, and what makes them work. And I have [...]
A story of silent support
The end of two glorious days! I write with gratitude for the way participants came together, shared, learned, bonded, loved and cherished being in the Lighter Living Workshop. Each time I attend a workshop, or conduct one, I am amazed to see our capacity to give and receive love. I believe that each one of [...]
Can Thoughts Change Nature?
We’ve seen how emotions can affect your health, and how your beliefs can change your DNA. These evidences indicate that we are much more powerful than we were educated to believe. I am tempted to question – Just how powerful am I? What else can my thoughts and feelings do? Your thoughts, research shows, can [...]
What Emotions are Causing Your Illness?
As I began to dig deeper into this work, I began to notice how my own emotional journey corresponded with my struggle with weight. The most emotionally difficult periods of my life was when I had the least amount of desire to stay healthy – i ate indiscriminately, closed myself off from the world, and [...]
Thinking affects DNA
Continuing from the previous post, I would like to share with you some amazing research in this area. Dr. Bruce Lipton is a cellular biologist and best selling author, whose book, The Biology of Belief, was awarded 2006’s Best Science Book of the Year. In this book he describes his experiments, and that of other [...]
The Emotions of Health
I just received an email from a reader who is suffering from a chronic back pain. Waking up each morning in pain is limiting, frustrating, and over a period of time, de-spiriting. My deepest compassion goes out to all that are suffering. I want to use a Ken Wilber video on You Tube make a [...]
The Spirit of Scientific Inquiry
What happened to the spirit of scientific inquiry? How did we learn to start a fire? How did we understand rainfall? How did we conclude that the Earth is a sphere? How did we discover that bacteria can cause infectious disease? By being curious. We saw natural fires, we experienced droughts and healing rain, we [...]
Integral Health
There are many views on health. In the words of Ken Wilber, a hugely respected modern day thinker – “No one is smart enough to be 100% wrong”. A powerful statement, that asks us to see what the ‘right’ or ‘truth’ is in each thought, idea, viewpoint, perspective, discipline, philosophy or religion. Lighter Living attempts [...]
