Digital ID, programmable currency, surveillance legislation, and “smart city” zoning all arrive with promises of safety and convenience. Yet together they form a lattice of control that could quietly replace …
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Safety and Freedom: The Delicate Balance
Canada’s government is introducing a trio of bills (C-8, C-9, and C-63) each designed to protect us from modern threats. Cyber attacks, online abuse, and hate crimes are real problems. …
DARVO: When Abusers Play the Victim
Have you ever spoken up about being hurt; only to be: told it never happened, attacked for bringing it up, and then accused of being the real abuser? This manipulative …
The Celestine Prophecy and the Energy Games We Play
Just over thirty years ago, The Celestine Prophecy became a cultural phenomenon. For me, it affirmed what I already sensed about energy and synchronicity; and its description of “control dramas” has stayed …
Cremation of Care: How the News Feed Burns Away Our Empathy
Scroll and sacrifice The altar glows in your hand And burns what you feel. What if the news wasn’t designed to inform, but to numb? What if the constant feed …
Forced Individuation: Betrayal, Shadow, and the Crucible of Empathy
When betrayal is no longer hidden but unmistakable, life collapses into a crucible. Narcissistic abuse forces shadow integration, while public propaganda during Covid deepened the rupture. In the blackened stage …
Seed Oils: A Modern Health Experiment
Not all fats are created equal. Some have nourished humans for millennia; others were born in factories less than a century ago. Seed oils lower cholesterol on paper, but what happens inside our bodies tells a different story.
Grounding With Trees and Earth
Whether you rest your palm on a living tree or walk barefoot across the earth, direct contact with nature restores balance. These simple, ancient practices calm the nervous system, uplift …
The Art of Joy: Tending the Flame With Daily Discipline
Joy is not only a feeling we wait for, but a practice we can choose. By approaching joy as a discipline, we tend the inner flame that softens grief and …
Relearning Ease Through Pandiculation: The Body’s Natural Reset
Why do cats and dogs always look so supple, while humans grow stiff with age? Thomas Hanna, philosopher turned movement educator, had an answer: our brains forget how to let …