Learning Healthier Ways to Attach

Individuals with an insecure bonding style often face significant challenges and struggles within their relationships. These difficulties can persist throughout their lives, impacting their overall well-being. However, there is hope for those seeking to cultivate a more secure attachment style in adulthood. Each of us carries an attachment style – a deeply ingrained pattern of…… Continue reading Learning Healthier Ways to Attach

Vindicating Machiavelli

Nicolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy and was the third child and first son of attorney Bernardo di Niccolo Machiavelli and his wife Bartolomea di Stefano Nelli. He was born during the Renaissance on May 3d, 1469. The Machiavelli family is believed to be descended from the old Marquesses of Tuscany. He became an Italian…… Continue reading Vindicating Machiavelli

The Philosophy of Death

Death is one of those topics which often makes people uneasy. We are accustomed to discussing death in small doses, such as the time when we lose a loved one; even then, the crude reality that they are gone, only manages to get us to reflect on the old memories, for we fear looking at…… Continue reading The Philosophy of Death

Yoga & The Nervous System

Shirtless young man meditating while practicing yoga sitting with hands clasped at beach against clear sky during sunset

As I led my yoga class, I realized how much not only did those in my class needed the time to destress and recenter, but so did I. When we struggle with anxiety, depression, PTSD or just everyday stress, we can get stuck into a spiral of negative thinking and worry more than necessary. All…… Continue reading Yoga & The Nervous System

Gnosticism Part II

Gnosticism has caused so much controversy due to the fact dogmatic religions quite adamantly oppose it. Gnosis is a Greek word meaning “Knowledge”; not an ordinary state of knowing, rather an integrative knowledge which requires a particular state of consciousness–this particular type of knowledge aligns mind, body and spirit; you don’t just want to believe…… Continue reading Gnosticism Part II