by Molly Gordon | Jul 29, 2016 | Emotional intelligence, Resilience, Thought, Video, Wellbeing
We have a very different experience of life when we simply feel our feelings as opposed to when we worry about our feelings. The direct experience of sadness, for example, can be a doorway to compassion, whereas worrying about sadness leads to...
by Molly Gordon | Jul 21, 2016 | Consciousness, Mind, Resilience, Thought, Video, Wisdom
The ability to simply not know is key to having new thought. I first learned of not knowing from Charlie Badenhop of Seishindo. From him I learned of the importance of engaging with not knowing with an open mind, heart, and body. To not know in this way invites...
by Molly Gordon | Jul 7, 2016 | Consciousness, Emotional intelligence, Thought, Video, Wisdom
Reflection and rumination are very different styles of thinking. Rumination is locked in the past, a chewing over and reliving of old feelings, thoughts, and experiences. Reflection may begin with an existing concern–even a deep grief–but it faces outward...
by Molly Gordon | May 13, 2016 | Choice, Emotional intelligence, Thought, Video, Wisdom
In which I recount my great cat box insight: in any given moment you either want to clean the cat box or you don’t. Pretending that you are not doing what you choose to do just makes things unnecessarily complicated.
by Molly Gordon | Mar 25, 2016 | Consciousness, Emotional intelligence, Fear, Spirit, Thought, Video, Wellbeing, Wisdom
The title says it all, except for this: “No, really.” In every situation, including horrific ones, worrying doesn’t help. Caring helps. Love helps. And the less we worry, the clearer our minds and freer our hearts to express caring and love. Click...
by Molly Gordon | Mar 18, 2016 | Consciousness, Lovingkindness, Spirit, Thought, Video, Wellbeing
Albert Einstein once remarked to Werner Heisenberg, “Whether you can observe a thing or not depends on the theory which you use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed.” When we operate from the basis that there is or can be anything fundamentally wrong...
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