Into the Magic Shop

Sometimes we need to stop thinking about what we should say and just say what it is we need to.”

Children, and adults as well, perform best when there is consistency and dependability. The brain craves them both.

Ruth taught me to refocus my attention and intention from my identity as an impoverished child from a neglectful home and move it toward what my mind thought

I never knew there were voices in my head until Ruth pointed them out. I never knew how loud they were until Ruth asked me to try to keep them silent.

Research shows the heart to be an organ of intelligence, with its own profound influence not only from our brain but on our brain, our emotions, our reasoning, and our choices.

you just thought about what you were thinking about.

Stress, anxiety, chronic fear, negative thinking can all cause blood to pound into the heart with extra force. It’s the body’s equivalent of screaming “Fire!” in a crowded theater. Over and over again.

The pattern of heart rhythms known as heart rate variability (HRV) is a reflection of our inner emotional state and is influenced by the ANS. In times of stress or fear, the vagus nerve tone decreases and there is a predominance of expression of that part of the ANS called the sympathetic nervous system (SNS).

The reward for taming the mind is clarity of thought.