The Healing Influence of Happy Memories

By Judi Lynch

Word count – 612

Bio word count - 60

Happy memories from the past are an incredible way to lift our mood when we’re feeling anxious or fearful. When we can remember people, places and events that brought us joy and laughter, our minds remember and smile. Falling in love, our first kiss, a best friend, a million other life experiences are there for us to draw from.

Certain songs from our past can always…

While you may consider yourself a fairly happy and successful person, almost everyone goes through times in their lives when they feel lost, directionless, or disconnected. When this happens, it can be easy to isolate yourself, which doesn’t actually help as much as we might like…

When there is no balance between your personal life and your work, you might feel exhausted and fatigued and even as if you were alone, without seeing friends and family often enough. People forget that work shouldn't be the most important thing in our life, although it provides us with resources for a decent living. The ambitious ones tend to work hard to achieve promotions with an intention to settle down after a couple of years. However, sometimes they get…

It’s been a tough year for New Yorkers. Deserted streets and social isolation don’t come naturally to the city that never sleeps. For some, the world turned upside down. Some relationships mended while others ended.  Now that the City is reopening, New School professor Susan Shapiro is on a forgiving binge.  Her…

Many religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism subscribe to the belief of reincarnation and approximately, one third of all adult Americans believe in past lives. The idea is that we incarnate over and over to address karma and learn and grow as souls from the experience. There are different ways to learn about our past lives but…

Abstract:  Having good rapport with our kids makes parenting easier and much more enjoyable. When we do not take the time to build rapport, our kids can grow up feeling like second-class citizens that struggle with self-esteem, self-reliance and resilience, which often becomes the underlying cause of resistance and rebellion. We do not have to agree, we can simply see and accept where each person is coming from. As we respect and…

Are You Feeling Fragmented?

Feeling Separated From Yourself?

Do you often experience emotions of emptiness, rejection, and isolation? Have there been times in your life where you've made decisions…

The current state of the world is no doubt the 'winter of discontent' for our generation. 'Pandemic fatigue’ or ‘covid burnout’ has been taking its toll on even…

It is a myth that everyone is supposed to meet a ‘soulmate’ in this lifetime. Don’t get me wrong, soulmate connections do exist, but in my work I have found…

The modern psychic medium faces the challenge of remaining true to a spiritual calling, despite the sometimes unrealistic client expectations engendered by…

How will highly sensitive people survive the new Age of Narcissism? How will empaths hold on to their sanity, well-being and inner peace, while they brave a growing toxic storm of psychic pollution in today's society. An epidemic of sociopathic attitudes, values and morals is slowly spreading like a virus through our global village. Narcissism,…

In my last article “Ignorance: The Root of All Suffering,” we discussed the first of Rishi Patanjali’s Five Afflictions (Pancha Kleshas) of Mind. Patanjali, who showed the world the path of Yoga, talks about these five afflictions as the root of all pains in life: Avidya(ignorance), Asmita (ego), Raga (attachment), Devesha (aversion), and Abhinivesha (fear of death).  Humanity has lost its vision due to this clouded state of…