My dad came over recently and asked me the question he has been pondering on his own path of self awareness: Can the negative ego use our intuition? meaning is it safe to always trust our intuitive side, or could it sometimes be being used by our negative ego: as the negative ego is possibly ...
Neuroscience of assumptions
The famous neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett wrote a book called "How emotions are made" which had research in it that greatly influenced how I was able to understand the emotional connection to my physical body. She followed that book up with "7 1/2 lessons about the brain" which is a book ...
Steps to Leadership
Steps to LEADERSHIP Conscious Community Inquiry and Research-based Academic LEADERSHIP program facilitated by Maria Hampvent, MA Certified Somatic Leadership Coach We’re here to evolve—and lead, with relationships as our divine mirror. By “here” we refer to the state of ...
Be the Buffalo
Over the weekend I discovered something that I wish I had paid more attention to prior. Male kittens, (I have only ever had female kittens) will spray if you do not neuter them on time. This was a huge lesson over the weekend as I needed to basically deconstruct my daughter's bedroom, ...
Anticipating the storm is sometimes worse than the storm itself
This week, where we live on the NorthWest Coast, the predicted weather yesterday was the "worst storm of the century"...It was supposed to have 12 meter waves and torrential rain, 100km/hr wind: hurricane, cyclones or tsunamis. 12 ferry routes were fully cancelled in anticipation of the swells and ...
