The Art of Healing Depression Blog

"The work of magic is this, it breathes, and every breath transforms reality."

~ Rumi

It is easy to stay wrapped up in conditioned thinking and feeling habits, so pausing can help you to step outside your "normal self" for a few moments.

Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön offers a wonderful...

“Whenever an answer, a solution, or a creative idea is needed, stop thinking for a moment by focusing attention on your inner energy field. When you resume thinking, it will be fresh and creative.”

~ Eckhart Tolle

Your true creative life emerges in the Now. The past or future only...

"There is no limit to what great and beautiful things the human being can create with the power of a balanced mind."    

~ Paul Odafe Akpomuka

Did you know that you can somatically reset your agitated nervous system when you feel unbalanced by life's stresses? Here are three of my...

 “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” 

~ W.B Yeats

Over the past ten years, I have been deeply dedicated to retraining my nervous system to feel safe. When I feel calm and regulated, my world feels magical. I appreciate tiny,...

“Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions.”

~ Carl Jung

The word "shadow" was coined by psychotherapist Carl Jung...

"When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring."

~ Sharon Salzberg

If you are still hurting from unhealed trauma, you have likely made harmful mistakes in your quest for happiness. If you find yourself ruminating...

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
~ e.e. cummings

Have you heard of Dr David Hawkins' scale of consciousness? David Hawkins was a renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, spiritual teacher and lecturer.

In his book Power vs. Force, Hawkins introduced a...

What is spiritual creativity? Spiritual creativity emerges when you aspire to live according to the will of your soul. Creating from the will of your soul is not the same as the creative endeavours generated by your personality.

If you are spiritually dedicated, you can choose to consciously...

We are all here to learn how to out-picture our higher creative visions. A mental equivalent is a mental image or a simple phrase that expresses your vision fulfilled.

To demonstrate the Law of Mental Equivalent, it is best to find a statement or a phrase and repeat it unchanged until it...