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Hearts and Circuits: The Intricate Dance Between Human Emotions and AI in Relationships

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Hearts and Circuits: The Intricate Dance Between Human Emotions and AI in Relationships

Falling in love with another human being is a complex and multifaceted emotional experience that is intricately tied to the neurochemistry

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Eileen Knott

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I Am Fine (Not)

I Am (Not) Fine The tears rolled down her cheeks in a torrent of liquid sadness. " Are you ok?" I asked, which is what we say when...

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Healing Financial Wounds: How Trauma Shapes Your Money Mindset

Eileen Knott

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Healing Financial Wounds: How Trauma Shapes Your Money Mindset

Healing Financial Wounds: How Trauma Shapes Your Money Mindset Frugality was the money mindset theme I grew up with. I wore my brothers...

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To Make a Cake, You Have to Break a Few Eggs

Eileen Knott

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To Make a Cake, You Have to Break a Few Eggs

In order for us to feel better, have more energy, be at peace or live purposefully the energetic-emotional patterns must be undone

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Eileen Knott

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The Big Box Gift From Walmart

One doesn’t usually associate Walmart with spirituality, but for me it became a temple or church of sorts, a place for deep practice, and

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The Art of Self-Expression: Igniting Personal Growth Through Effective Communication

Eileen Knott

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The Art of Self-Expression: Igniting Personal Growth Through Effective Communication

In our journey of personal growth, we often overlook this one aspect: the ability to effectively express our needs wants and desires clearly

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Kintsugi: Metaphor for Healing and Resilience

Eileen Knott

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Kintsugi: Metaphor for Healing and Resilience

This ancient technique of Kintsugi, or golden joinery, offers a powerful metaphor for the healing process.

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Eileen Knott

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The Wandering Mind and Unhappiness

I CAN’T STAND THIS! We have all been there. We are doing something we can’t wait to be done with. We are hating it. Time is moving...

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Eileen Knott

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The Nightshade Nightmare

What's a Nightshade? It's Summertime. The garden is bountiful with those tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and eggplants. But did you know they...

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Healing Dissociation: The Power of Grounding and Embodied Presence Practices

Eileen Knott

5 min read

Healing Dissociation: The Power of Grounding and Embodied Presence Practices

Female Meditator in lotus position in the sky with tree roots anchoring into rocks What is Dissociation? When I began my healing journey...

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When Our Trauma Response Keeps Us from Healing

Eileen Knott

2 min read

When Our Trauma Response Keeps Us from Healing

REASONS I GIVE MYSELF NOT TO HEAL “ I am too old” " I don’t want to go there—lets just leave it in the past” “ I’ve tried _____ and it...

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The Algorithm of Anxiety: Taming the Chaos

Eileen Knott

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The Algorithm of Anxiety: Taming the Chaos

Anxiety can be scary and threatening as it feels like this craziness has taken over and you have no control.

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Eileen Knott

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The Flower of Practice

The last thing I want to do when I am feeling bad is sit with myself. I want desperately to not feel what I feel. I want to scroll,...

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Eileen Knott

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Life and the Cosmic Pizza Chef

Life and the Cosmic Pizza Chef My meditation teacher, Shinzen Young, uses the phrase “Cosmic Pizza Chef” from time to time in his talks....

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Somatic Time Travel and Your Emotional Body

Eileen Knott

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Somatic Time Travel and Your Emotional Body

IS THIS YOUR EMOTIONAL BODY? I was listening to a webinar with Luis Mojica (HolisticLifeNavigation.com) and he used the phrase “somatic...

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There's This Sensitive Side to Me But.....

Eileen Knott

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There's This Sensitive Side to Me But.....

When I was in art school in New York City back in my younger days, we had an assignment to create a self portrait. The professor went...

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Eileen Knott

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Successful Resting

Beginning with the Mind In the Unified Mindfulness System of meditation one of the practice options is a “do nothing” technique. Which,...

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Eileen Knott

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Trust and Betrayal

Violation of our trust can occur with small incidents over time when we are children like our fear being dismissed after a nightmare

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I Feel it in My Bones: Osteo and Emotions

Eileen Knott

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I Feel it in My Bones: Osteo and Emotions

She sat, hunched over, osteoporosis wielding its vengeance of misshapen fragility. Arthritis, osteoporosis, pain and fear keep this once...

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Eileen Knott

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Do You Dominate Your Body?

Do You Dominate Your Body? We all know a narcissist, someone who thinks the world revolves around them. They are consumed in admiration...

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Hearts and Circuits: The Intricate Dance Between Human Emotions and AI in Relationships

I Am Fine (Not)

Healing Financial Wounds: How Trauma Shapes Your Money Mindset