MindShift Moments Blog

I write about what is holding us back from a better world and life for all. Topics like the illusion of separation, outdated social norms, world systems, and the human brain are my focus. My mission is to inspire an equal, respectful, and sustainable future for all life.

 
 
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World Kindness Day and Its Impact on Global Unity

November 13th is World Kindness Day. When I first heard about this day, I was puzzled as to why we would need one. After all, being kind is just a nice way to be both for the giver and the receiver. But then I thought about it further and the potential for the betterment of society…

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Climate Change and the Illusion of Separation

2023 has been quite the year for climate change related events.

While climate change can be scary and overwhelming and some may want to point fingers, each of us plays a part in what we are experiencing today as well as what is needed to change our current trajectory.

The good news is it's not too late to avoid the worst.

It begins with seeing past the Illusion of Separation…

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Is Love an Emotion or Something More?

If I was to ask you to define what "love" is, what would you say?

Would you agree with various dictionary definitions of love (which to paraphrase) is an affection, a feeling, ultimately an emotion that can come and go depending on circumstance?

Or do you sense there is more?

What if there is a missing definition that could literally change life on this planet for the better?...

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Creating a Better World Isn’t Rocket Science

As you look around at our world do you wonder why, after all this time and with the number of achievements we have made as a species, we still haven't resolved world issues (and even our own personal issues)?

After all, we call ourselves an intelligent species so we should be able to figure this out right?

You're right, we should be able to and we absolutely can.

How?

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There is only ONE human race

When I hear the words “Black Race”, “White Race”, etc. I want to lose my mind. There is NO scientific basis for different human races. The belief in different human races is a social construct enforced with social conditioning. It has NO biological basis.

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All world issues share one root cause

When we look around at the issues facing our world today, they can appear overwhelming, complex, growing and near impossible to eradicate. It's understandable to think that way given elementary logic would dictate if the issues were easy to resolve they would have been already. Yet they are resolvable…

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The Illusion of Imperfection

The messages to strive for perfection seem to be everywhere. Whether it’s striving for a perfect body, to be a perfect spouse, to have a perfect life, etc., the message that we are somehow imperfect abounds at every turn. It’s time for a MindShift Moment…

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What Are You?

If I asked, “what you are?” what would you say? Would you say you are a wife/husband, a mother/father, an employee/employer? If those labels were removed from you, what would you say you are? Would you say you are…

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How the separation of children helped to create a shift

I imagine you’ve seen the headlines of children being separated from their parents as they cross from one man made country border to another. As a parent and a fellow human being, it breaks my heart and I am very much angered by it. As a person who’s Big-Why is to help create a transformational shift in human consciousness, I was also feeling deflated in my ability to help create…

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Man, that ONE kid who doesn’t play fair in the sandbox.

Sometimes we can look at the actions of an elected leader and think, “What the heck are they thinking?” Here we are in the 21st century supposedly evolved with countless people from all walks of life and position working hard to play fair in this sandbox we call Earth when along comes an elected leader who appears to be on a mission to…

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Do we choose our parents and if yes, why?

Have you ever wondered if you intentionally chose your parents before you were born into this lifetime? While at this time we have no way of knowing for sure, we can gain a lot of understanding and perspective if we consider this possibility. For example: What would that understanding mean to you in terms of…

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