Lou's Blog

Have you ever heard of gaslighting?

“Gaslighting" once referred to extreme manipulation that could induce mental illness or justify commitment to a psychiatric institution. It is now used more generally and is now simply defined as to make someone question their reality.” From Wikipedia"

in 1491 what did people ‘know to be true’ about the shape of the earth? It was flat of course! How did they know that? Someone told them and that was the ‘paradigm’ of the times.  Until that paradigm was challenged and shown a different reality existed, the earth was round.

You probably heard of the parable of the Cherokee boy who had a dream asking his grandfather the shaman which wolf (the angry one or the loving one) will win the fight he had in his dream. His grandfather answered with a question, grandson which will you feed?

So in these challenging times, I’m asking you, are you feeding your faith or your fear?

Are you aware of the CNN...

Virus Anxiety and Fear

What Fear Does to Our Bodies, Mind, and Spirit

How many of you had plans for this summer? Are you still doing them? Have you overcome the fear?

There's a virus out there killing dreams and plans, but it's not the Coronavirus. It's a Mind Virus, something so insidious and dangerous that it can destroy us faster than a physical illness.

It happens in many different situations. We just see it more today because of the fear and panic highlighted in every news program every day!

It can happen because of something personal, like cancer. It can happen when we face the death of a loved one. It can happen because of many different things, particularly the unknown.

 Fear – What's Happening In Your Body Right Now Because of this Mind Virus

It's a primordial response. The most fundamental part of our brain, commonly called The Reptilian hindbrain, recognizes fear and pleasure. This part of our brain has the sole purpose of keeping us alive.

Have you ever felt...