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Our first instinct when triggered is to hold our breath, disconnect from our thinking brain, and rush full speed ahead with harsh words, raised voices, and drastic punishments. So if...

For most of us, the practice of trying to feel good when we feel bad is challenging, frustrating, and, most often, ineffective. Leaving us perhaps more distraught than before we started! (If you...

Relationships, of all kinds, are complex journeys, filled with ups, downs, and everything in between. It's important to nurture them...and one way to do so is to create mutual intentions. Conscious...

When we stand for something, we have an unwavering commitment toward it. It’s clear and definitive. There’s no wasted energy thinking and rethinking, deciding and un-deciding, hemming then hawing. So...

Unfortunately, some of the things our subconscious remembers are our old patterns (thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors) that no longer serve us. We’ve acted (or reacted, more accurately) the same way so...

You may be asking yourself, "Conscious Ink... why are you here?".  Ah, the great existential question! We're here to raise consciousness, one body at a time! You. Me. And maybe...

If, at any moment, something doesn’t feel right deep inside you with what you’re about to say, or do, ask yourself if you would be acting out of fear.  ...

That’s the funny thing about life though—you can ignore and resist the clues and messages all you want, but life will keep putting circumstances in front of you that give...

Keep in mind that every limiting belief existing in the now formed earlier under different circumstances. These beliefs at one point in time may have served us, but as time...

Here's the invitation: As you traverse your world today, observe yourself as you observe the people, and things, around you.    We may not realize it, but most of us have...

Many of us tense against the adversities blowing us off our planned trajectories—the flat tires, the breakups, the diagnoses that come out of nowhere and thwart the best laid plans. We...

Depression can be a challenging and overwhelming experience, but there are ways to help manage and alleviate symptoms. Taking a mindfulness, whole person approach can help you address the root...