by Petra N. | Oct 17, 2016 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
The best ideas are born in the shower, in your dreams or on your weekend hike. Have you ever wondered why? The scoop on creativity Creativity is a series of distinct mental processes, not just one kind of thinking. It happens when different kinds of thinking come...
by Petra N. | Sep 15, 2016 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
I was having OS problems a few weeks ago so the guy at the genius bar told me to wipe my phone clean. He advised me to set it up as a new phone (i.e., not from backup) to prevent the problem from reoccurring. That meant losing all my apps, emails, everything. Before...
by Petra N. | Aug 9, 2016 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
Feeling overwhelmed can create a sense of panic and paralysis at the same time. When we have too much to process or deal with too quickly, it’s easy to lose our ability to think clearly and act efficiently. We become stressed, numb, aloof, irritable and/or powerless....
by Petra N. | Jun 28, 2016 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
With the right thoughts and emotions, we can bring more happiness, health and productivity into our lives. How so? Food and our psyche Many of us resort to food when things aren’t going our way. Some of us indulge in foods we know we shouldn’t have, and some of us...
by Petra N. | May 12, 2016 | Featured blog post, Focus & meditation
A Google query returns 151,000,000 results in less than a second when you type in meditation. This ancient mind-body balancing method is getting more mainstream attention in our culture as researchers are starting to quantify its effects on our mind, body and, may I...
