One of my biggest gripes with new age spirituality and pop culture psychology is its complete disregard of the adversity that people face everyday. Shit things happen to really good people all the time. It sucks, I hate it and I wish it didn’t happen – but it does – and to ignore it or label it just another “story” is completely irresponsible and utterly delusional.
Read MoreSelf-love seems to be the hot, new buzzword making its way around the health and wellness spheres. It’s something I’ve really struggled to wrap my head around – and yeah I get it… I understand that it’s my responsibility to take care of my own needs and to nurture my own sense of peace, health and wellness so I have some happiness to share with others.
Read MoreMy woo woo spiritual teacher said I was too in my masculine and needed to surrender more into my feminine aspect. All the rushing around, setting new goals and striving towards them with single minded force was causing an energetic imbalance. The feminine aspect is far more subtle, it’s less about force but more about the energy of receiving with a greater sense of grace, calm and ease. I think he just told me to act like a girl.
Read MoreEcstasy was always my drug of choice. Pot made me paranoid, cocaine made me an asshole and speed made me crazy. But the warm, cerebral hug of a pill-induced high just made perfect sense to me. I was a child seeking heart-to-heart connection, a deeper sense of belonging and the blissful euphoria of my brain exploding in a chemically altered high.
Read MoreThe desire for happiness is one of the many truths we all share. The Greek Philosopher, Aristotle suggested that happiness could be defined as a balance of Hedonia – immediate pleasure, enjoyment and the absence of pain and Eudaimonia – growth, purpose, meaning and goodness.
Read MoreOne of my beautiful tribe asked how could she light herself up or practice more self-love and self-care when she felt so down and in a world of darkness?
Read MoreOne of my News Year’s resolutions was to upgrade my reality. It’s become my latest cat-call as everyone around me seems to be trading up, choosing better and living wiser. I’m not taking a note from The Secret and attempting to manifest a new car, bigger apartment or glamorous job. No… I’m searching for more meaning and better quality experiences in my every day.
Read MoreIn traditional Indian custom, the Guru (Sanskrit for Teacher/Master) has the responsibility to share the purest and highest form of knowledge with his or her disciples. It’s unfortunate that the modern day ‘guru’ has been grossly watered down to the creepy, teetotaller pervert spreading the benefits of meditation, the anorexic yoga teacher pushing weight loss programs and the cocaine fuelled wellness guide plugging the benefits of going Paleo.
Read MoreWelcome to the new dawn of spiritual narcissism where – just quietly – my practice and eating habits make me a way more evolved being than you my dear simpleton.
Read MoreThe business of wellness – yoga in particular – is all kinds of cray-cray. Maybe I’m just a perpetual naysayer but I’m so bored of seeing a continuous stream of semi naked women instagraming photos of their toned ass’ana on a beach, at sunrise and in a bikini. Yawn.
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