by Heidi Light | Nov 14, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
We can’t solve complex problems using black & white thinking. Human beings are not black & white. We’re complex. The systems we’ve designed are even more complex. We don’t feel comfortable with the unknown variables in the sea of grey that is the reality of...
by Heidi Light | Oct 25, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
Prejudice surfaces in all kinds of ways. It’s not uni-directional. You can be old and ageist. You can be black and racist. You can be disabled and ableist. It’s in all of us. I think of all the people who self-hate. I think of all the people who have been...
by Heidi Light | Oct 10, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
“Conditions” are a natural part of our human experience. We all have them. When used in healthy ways, we call them boundaries – they’re soft limits that define our existence and allow us a certain level of comfort. Some of us have too many...
by Heidi Light | Aug 13, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
I wanted to share this great article by Nancy Forrester, Executive Director of NeftTI (National Emotional Freedom Techniques Training Institute), with her permission of course. Thank you, Nancy! July 24th was International Self-Care Day. I guess we know a...
by Heidi Light | Jul 2, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
I’m a fan of losing your shit in a healthy way vs an unhealthy one. Beat up a punching bag or smash a tennis ball against the wall. Punch your pillow, scream into your pillow. (my own pillow takes a lot of abuse and I make sure to thank it regularly!) We all...
by Heidi Light | Apr 6, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
I see so many people struggling as they internalize the pain of the world, taking it into their own bodies and minds. We don’t have to do that. The pain doesn’t have to break us. We can sit with it, within it. We can feel the pain but not become it. Have...
