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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.

Coping with Anxiety: 3 Practical Tools to Help Take the Edge Off

Lao Tzu has famously said: “If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” The worry and nervousness of anxiety is that of the future, or of events that haven't happened yet but we speculate could happen.

Olivia Wu 11/10/23 Olivia Wu 11/10/23

Expressing Unity and Peace Through 2,000 Paintings: An Interview with Ehsan Khanaman

Nothing sends a stronger message of peace and love than a stunning display of 2,000 double-sided paintings, strategically assembled into a 175-foot-tall monolith. That is the grand plan of Ehsan, artist and owner of Vision of Unity and Peace gallery in Laguna Niguel, California.

Olivia Wu 11/3/23 Olivia Wu 11/3/23

Why Self-Regulating Should be Taught in Every School

Language, math and science are considered the essential courses taught at elementary schools, yet there is no mandatory curriculum for something as fundamental as how to be a good human being.

Olivia Wu 1/15/23 Olivia Wu 1/15/23

We May Be Saints but We Are No Martyrs

It’s not easy to choose kindness in every moment of our lives. Our world can be harsh and unforgiving, full of people who operate from survival mode desperate to take from others.

Olivia Wu 4/26/22 Olivia Wu 4/26/22

Why We Need to Reconnect with Our Feminine Energy

For millennia, the feminine energy has been seen as weak and inferior. As a result, it’s been suppressed and dismissed in many cultures and societies.