I LOVE celebrating a new year. There is something about a fresh start and the prospect of change that incites optimism and hope in me each year. As I reflect on the start of 2018, I think about not only the changes I’d like to see in myself, but also the changes I’d like to see in the world. This …
Finding Loving Kindness in December
When Dickens set up his novel The Tale of Two Cities with his famous line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of time….”, he may have well been describing December. December. A month filled with a myriad of emotion. For some, it’s their favorite time of year, for others their least. For some, a time of …
Entrainment: Why Our Energy Impacts Others
Fireflies flash in unison. Two pendulum clocks on the same wall swing to the same rhythm even if they didn’t start out together. Women who spend a lot of time together begin to synchronize their menstrual cycles. This phenomenon is called entrainment and it’s a natural law that can be observed in nature, chemistry, pharmacology, biology, neurology, and psychology. I …