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What Happens When We Focus Only on the Light and Forget the Shadow

In short, avoiding our shadows stunts our growth toward our highest potential.

The emotional messiness we experience is often the result of emotional avoidance. The more we push away, the more they pile on top of each other.

Staying Human in the Age of AI

Yet I’m aware of the consequences of becoming dependent on AI—just as we’ve become dependent on GPS, smartphones, and Google. We slowly disable our own abilities to memorize, investigate, and problem-solve.

How I Felt When I Journeyed Through a Death Meditation

When his words guided us to visualize our bodies laying still, dying, my mind was on high alert, my emotions triggered, and I felt my body resisting his words and the experience. My mind had anticipated this dreaded moment and I was angry at its arrival, out of sheer fear of what I was going to feel next.

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Is Boosting Your Ego the Secret to Better Mental Health?

There are many self-improvement books and lectures that talk about the Ego being the voice of fear and limitation. What they don’t typically talk about is that the Ego is also our self-identity, our sense of self-worth, and who we are as an individual.

Olivia Wu 4/3/21 Olivia Wu 4/3/21

How to Spot the Difference Between the Voice of Ego and the Higher Self

Our conditioned thoughts and reactions can come through much quicker and stronger than those from a higher place. They are rather deceptive and familiar, which makes it difficult to set apart because we are so used to following a certain psychological pattern.

Olivia Wu 2/19/21 Olivia Wu 2/19/21

6 Ways to Restore Faith in Your Heart’s Guidance

Every single life form in the universe orbits around a core nucleus. Whether you’re an atom, a human, a planet, or a solar system, you revolve around a magnetic pull in an ecosystem of existence. That nucleus for us, humans, is our heart.