Feature: It's Never Too Late To…

Have you ever arrived at a point in your life where you’re feeling unhappy, bored or are simply looking for something new? When life isn’t as fulfilling as it used to be? When work is no longer your primary focus? Or, when your children have grown and you have more free time and independence? For many people, these are examples of naturally occurring circumstances of the life cycle.
These circumstances may arise as we grow older or face changing values about life, work and relationships. The good news is that we’re always given an opportunity to choose how we want to experience these times in our lives. It’s helpful to not look at your circumstances as bad or good—they just are what they are.…

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When Learning Isn't Easy

The human brain is arguably the most complex entity in the universe. This relatively small, three-pound mass is what permits humans to be the most creative and adaptive species living on the planet. Our brain is largely molded through its interactions with the environment. It continues to develop throughout life and functions as the primary organ of learning. In fact, one of the brain’s main functions is to help us learn and solve problems to facilitate our survival and development. It accomplishes this critically important task by growing and strengthening connections between the 100 billion brain cells (neurons) that comprise its mass. Each neuron may have between 1,000 and 10,000 connections with other brain cells. Throughout its lifetime…

Feature: Unlearning

“All I know is that I know nothing.”
-Socrates

I remember sitting in my freshman humanities seminar listening to my professor read aloud from Plato's Aplolgy. For me, it was a revelation. By the end of that book, my other classes flet like sophistery and my professors no more than glorified rhetoricians. And by the end of sophomore year, I sensed that the modern Western academy had consciously chosen to focus on Aristotelian construction ranther than Socratic deconstruction; that it opted to teach…

Strong Roots: Mentorship and Maya Healing

Rosita Arvigo is a recognized authority on Maya healing techniques and medicinal plants and has been teaching these techniques in the United States and Europe for over 10 years. She has spent the last several decades in Central America, where she’s studied with dozens of traditional healers and midwives, the most notable of whom was Don Elijio Panti, the renowned Maya shaman of Belize. She is the founder and director of Ix Chel…

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