At Some Point, You Have to Live. Under-think it sometimes. Let it go. Fun over fear. Care over control. You cannot control your thoughts any more than you can control the tides of the ocean. In truth, there is very little to control besides your reactions. The thoughts themselves are not the problem. What matters is your relationship to them. A thought only becomes “bad” because of the meaning you attach to it. When you begin seeing thoughts as passing mental chatter — like infomercials...

Most people think meditation is about relaxing, and they don't think there is any more to it than that. And to be clear — relaxation is extremely valuable and sacred. Your nervous system needs rest. Your body and mind would collapse without it. But if relaxation is all you think is possible through meditation, you’re standing at an entrance and calling it the journey. You want the orange juice, and you’re eating only the peel. There are countless “types” of meditation. Breathwork. ...

You are happy to use your cell phone, computer, and TV every single moment of the day. You literally could not live without them. But you look at a crystal girlie like me and roll your eyes when I come through with my beads and boulders. You don’t get how my rock collection is doing any healing for me. But you just don’t understand the macrocosm and microcosm of our world that could truly not function without crystals. Crystals are not mystical because we believe in them. Crystals are...