7 Things Your Higher Self Wants You to Remember (No Matter What Your Ego Says)

Our Higher Self is constantly trying to remind us of what really matters in our lives and what we came to earth to experience. However, often we are so overwhelmed by our everyday problems, worries, and anxieties that we lose touch with our Higher Self. It has our best interests at…

High Functioning Anxiety: 7 Signs That Someone Is Suffering

I'm high functioning anxiety, and I am your worst nightmare. No, really, I am. I guess that makes a cute status on a social site, but the statement is true. Anxiety is a condition that can be much worse than depression, mania or obsessive-compulsive disorder, all wrapped into one. Yes,…

The Benefits of Cannabis for Mental and Physical Health, According to Science

Did you know that there are some great benefits of cannabis for mental and physical health ? Cannabidiol, or CBD, is changing the dialogue over the use of marijuana as a healing medicine. While the medical community can’t seem to write off THC – the active ingredient in marijuana that…

Religious Experiences Activate the Same Part of Your Brain as Taking Drugs and Having Sex

Intense religious experiences are coordinated by the same brain pathways that are aroused when we fall in love, listen to music, take recreational drugs or have sex. Researchers found this evidence through the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging technology (FMRI). They scanned nearly 20 devout Mormon’s brains, as they…

Why Introverts and Empaths Struggle to Make Friends (and What They Can Do)

Introverts and empaths often struggle to make friends. For an introvert, a friendship has to be meaningful. They aren’t interested in having large groups of acquaintances as they find this kind of social activity shallow. As an introvert or an empath, it can be tricky to make friends and find…

Enjoy the Silence: 6 Reasons to Kill the Noise, Backed by Science

I've learned to enjoy the silence. Within that moment of nothing and solitude, I discovered respite for my body, mind, and spirit. I yearn for his presence. Remember him, the one who never speaks? He is silence, and he is absent, out somewhere else slipping around corners and filling deaf…