“You get what you expect” can be a simple idea delegated to a New Age, feel-good thought or a powerful example of neuroscience and brain plasticity.

We are searching for acknowledgment of worth outside of ourselves.

We are on a journey of connection. It is the journey of opening our heart to our fellow beings on this earth and recognizing that they are our sisters and brothers. Recognizing that one act of compassion leads to another act of compassion, and so on across the globe.

She had also told me that I never had to accept the unacceptable. I had to fight for myself.

Studies have shown that when music is played to patients before surgery they exhibit less anxiety and require less pain medication and sedation. Like meditation techniques, music reduces heart rate, decreases stress, and lowers blood pressure. This calming effect happens not only for the patient but for the surgeon as well.

She changed how I perceived myself and how I perceived the world. And that changed absolutely everything.

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

She explained to me that so often the conversation going on in all of our heads is one that is hypercritical and negative. One that frequently causes us to react in a way that isn’t in our best interest. One that causes us to relive events over and over or to wish for things that might be or should be. So much so that we aren’t really here a lot of

Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you’re important. And sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.