Toxic parents should elicit moral disgust. It’s disgusting when those who bring a child into this world, abuse, neglect, and maltreat their helpless dependent little ones. However,  as the noted author Pia Melody has pointed out growing up with shameless parents makes you carry shame for them – YOU become shame-filled. This happens through the […] The post Harness Disgust To Expel Shameful Inner Voices appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

King Charles’ cancer diagnosis did come as a shocker for many. Despite our medical advances, cancer is often fatal in the long run. Thus, the news of someone having cancer brings on a sense of doom. One feels a deep sense of powerlessness at the thought of its possible outcome. A vibrant life is prematurely […] The post Is Prince Harry Responsible For King Charles’ Cancer? appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

How can a mother kill her own child? This is the outraged reaction to an Indian mother, Suchana Seth allegedly killing her 4-year-old son. According to reports, Suchana strangled her son and then put him in a bag, and tried to flee to hide her crime. Killing one’s child, filicide may seem rare but, in the […] The post Filicide: Psychology of a Mother Murdering Her Child appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

Last month, again I made one more of my serendipitous discoveries – bamboo leaves. Through some fated algorithm, I came across the benefits of bamboo leaves, namely, it is high in silica.  What I was surprised to discover was that silica is critical for the formation of collagen which predominantly makes up our fascia. Ever […] The post The Benefits of Silica-Rich Bamboo For Scoliosis appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

I feel I am inching toward the state of self-actualization. Gone are the days when I woke up being sucked by rumination of the past. Instead, my thoughts are focused on the desire to become more and more what I can do, to become everything I’m capable of becoming. After nearly 5 years of working […] The post Healing – The Path Towards Self-Actualization appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

Expectations can keep us stuck. Hoping for some outcome, despite clear indications – that’s not what will happen can lead to frustration and resentment. I have been trying to free myself from my misplaced expectations of others. At the same time, de-programming myself to not live up to the oppressive expectations of anyone. In processing […] The post Getting Unstuck From Our Expectations appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

There is no doubt that we live in a muscle culture. We are obsessed with muscle and spend a great deal of our lives building and developing muscle. In fact, from gyms to supplement companies, it is commonly believed that there is an industrial muscle system that promotes muscle on many levels and in many […] The post The Energetics of Fascia, Free Flowing Chi appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

Relentless regret is often felt by survivors of childhood trauma. Particularly after we have managed to distance ourselves from the source of our pain, we get into get stuck in rumination loops of  – if only I had or I shouldn’t have.  We wish we had done things differently and rue wasted time and effort […] The post Don’t Let Regrets Ruin Your Present, Embrace Amor Fati appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

Memory reconsolidation is an important aspect of trauma healing. Remembering, accepting, making sense, and shifting those painful memories where they belong – in the past. You don’t forget traumatic memories, however, it moves into long-term memory where even when you remember them, you will no longer feel physiologically triggered. You may momentarily think,  I survived […] The post Memory Reconsolidation: Shift Trauma Memories To The Past appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more

Schemas are mental maps we unconsciously form as we grow up. Right from birth onwards, our brain creates schemas or ‘cognitive frameworks’ to categorize and organize semantic memory. They help us quickly navigate similar future encounters. Having these encoded shortcuts can make life, less taxing but it could also be problematic.  Because we make snap […] The post Change Your Schemas, Change Your Life appeared first on MindKind Mom ..read more