Author: yourradiantsoul

Throughout our lives, we may experience things, feel things, be things that we have great difficulty accepting. When this happens, we may push these parts of ourselves deep into the recesses of our minds and act as if they do not exist. This is not necessarily a conscious process, but one that happens so that … Continue reading One

At the beginning of his book The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz explains how we are trained into our beliefs when we are young. He points out the influence that our parents, teachers, community, and culture have on what we accept to be true about ourselves and the world around us. We are even taught … Continue reading I Believe, I Believe, I Believe

What is your relationship to time? Do you feel like there is never enough of it? Are you a master of time? Our relationship with time can have an impact on our ability to cope throughout the day and on our resilience levels. As we are living in and influenced by a culture steeped in … Continue reading All This Time

Our voice is so very powerful. It is one of the most powerful things that we have within us. Our voice can manifest our dreams or give life to our wildest fears; it can calm our nervous system or destroy our peace of mind; it can bring our body into a state of health or … Continue reading One Voice

We all have the innate drive to survive and our brains are wired to make our chances of survival as good as possible. Our nervous system will create adaptations based on our experiences to support our chances of survival, but those adaptations can become hypersensitive and turn on when we don't really need them to. … Continue reading I Take It One Step At A Time

In the realm of improvisational theatre, there is a well known and accepted mindset used by the players that involves saying "Yes, And..." in one's interactions with others and with the situation at hand. This concept creates a willingness to accept whatever is presented and to build on it when able. "No" is not often … Continue reading Yes, yes

Sometimes when we make up our minds to move in a new direction or to shift our habits in some way, we buy into the illusion that the intention to change is all we need to get the results we desire. We envision how it will feel once we are there and hope that the … Continue reading Over and Over

Ah, summer.  We often think of it as vacation season. Let's look at the definition of the word vacation: Vacation: noun.  A period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday.  According to the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, it is imperative to take a vacation from everything going on during the summer to prevent burn out. Here in Memphis, the summer can … Continue reading Vacation…All I Ever Wanted

We all know the feeling...We had high hopes; we made plans and envisioned exactly how things were going to go in our mind. And then life does what it wants without even checking with us. Things end up going in a completely different direction and it's like a shot to the gut. The pain of … Continue reading Here Comes The Rain Again

Because our minds use stories to help us understand and interact with the world around us, and these stories are fed by the information we let into our minds, it is helpful to monitor what we let in and what we filter out. If we are most frequently listening to noise, which Shawn Achor identifies … Continue reading Signal to Noise

We make plans for the future and we envision how we expect it to all look. Sometimes, almost immediately, life turns us in a different direction and we have to recalibrate. But other times, we get caught up in day-to-day living and years go by, and then one day, we have a vision of what … Continue reading I Don’t Wanna Fight

In this age of electronic devices and media outlets, there are endless numbers of things vying for our attention. In fact, there is so much information coming in at such a high rate that our minds are truly overrun by stimuli. Our nervous system is consistently gathering information, but our brain has limits on the … Continue reading You Better Pay Attention To Me

As much as we may hear stories in the news and see posts on social media around mental health and de-stigmatizing asking for help, many people in our culture continue to attach judgment when someone needs outside support to be able to cope or to thrive. Many of us have grown up with the expectation … Continue reading I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

In our culture, we are often led to believe that some people are just "naturally great" when we see them achieve success. In fact, we even talk about how it all happened "overnight" for them, but this far from the truth. What we don't see is the hard work, years of effort and learning, and … Continue reading Nothing Fails

If we are committed to our own growth, we are open to trying new things from time to time. And when we try new things, we often experience discomfort and may even experience self-doubt. Self-doubt is a form of resistance that we can interpret as a sign that growth is possible if we keep moving … Continue reading Doubt You