Source . The National Center for Health Statistics says that nearly 50% of Americans have used prescription drugs in the last 30 days. We live in a drug-based society but for some reason have stigmatized natural plants and deemed them "bad" in comparison to pharmaceutical, non-natural drugs. If asked whether we would prefer meat from a cow or lab-grown meat, the majority of people would readily prefer the natural meat yet for some reason we haven't applied this same logic to

Source . What draws people to personality tests? In my opinion people take personality tests because they want to feel understood and appreciate the feeling of resonance that accompanies it. It simply feels good to be seen. Source . I'm going to briefly explain the science behind resonance before continuing. The principle of resonance is a scientific principle that deals with frequency. All things, no matter what they are, emit frequencies as a function of their quantum parti

Source . I became interested in writing about virtue after listening to a philosophy podcast on Socrates and virtue. Socrates used to go around town asking people what virtue is in a never ending search for its true meaning while simultaneously helping his fellow citizens understand that they didn’t understand virtue at all. Hearing this made me think about virtue and whether or not I understand it. In order to understand virtue I'm turning to the two fields that specialize i

Taken from here . Meditation kind of gets a bad rap in my opinion mostly because people don't understand how diverse the field of meditation is. Meditation is most commonly thought of as sitting around trying to be devoid of thought, but besides being boring as fuck, it is only one way to meditate. Meditative methods are as diverse as the genres of music in the world, gotta find what speaks to you. I'm going to go over every meditative practice that I commonly use to help peo

Taken from here . Although this one sounds ridiculous, there is a surprising amount of scientific evidence behind it. Earthing is literally putting your bare feet on the ground. Here are some of the effects although most results so far would benefit from additional studies: Lowers stress hormones and improves heart rate - Moderate effect size. Prevents clumping of blood cells - Moderate (but limited) effect size. Reduces inflammation which can lead to decreased pain - Moderat

Taken from here . In the previous iteration of the experiment I assumed that being in a consistent state of joy would bring about some...

The greatest question in life is that of existence. For the past two years I've been experimenting with spirituality and have had many unexplainable experiences, experiences that made me deeply question what I thought I knew about existence including seeing someone create fire out of thin air and observing a pendulum wildly swinging/rotating without any physical movement on the part of the person holding it among others. Instead of stuffing those experiences in a closet and f

This book has 290 pages of research for a few simple exercises. The general idea is that our body can release withheld trauma by simple...

Taken from here . Breathing as a healing technique seems laughable but it's not. For one, you need to breath to survive and if you aren't...