A relationship is never the answer to your loneliness. The feelings of emptiness, unhappiness, depression and self-hate are already inside of you. Most people tend to create new relationships based not on what they want, but in response to what they perceive to lack. They look outside of themselves, saying, “when I find someone, I will be happy, satisfied, and fulfilled’.

When they do find someone to have a relationship with, it is exciting and fulfilling for a few months, or maybe a few years. When the original feelings come up again, they start blaming the other person for their loneliness, depression, self-hate and their unhappy life, and may even start to hate the other person. The other person, in turn, may dim their own light, by demanding your energy, time, and your personality.

It is their fear, their pain and their depression that starts chasing you, sucking your energy and imprisoning your beautiful free soul. You may do the same to them because of your own emptiness. This is not what you were looking for. 

NOTHING outside of yourself, not a relationship or another person, will ever bring you true happiness, fulfillment or peace of heart. You are your own hero, your own lover, your own answer to all of your prayers, and your own TRUE LOVE.

Nothing outside of yourself will ever truly satisfy you

Today is the day to become your own True Love! Start to love every aspect of yourself, including all of your Darkness and your Light. Start to appreciate and love your own personality; become your own best friend. Find out what nourishes your soul, and find the sacredness in each moment: Take a walk in the forest. Talk to the spirits. Watch funny movies in your bed. Create art, or write from deep inside of your soul. Start to embrace all that you are in your divinity.

Stop waiting for something or someone outside of you. YOU are what you’ve been looking and waiting for the whole time. Stop searching, stop demanding. Each of us is a free, sovereign spirit, meant only to share and celebrate our true essences together. Nurture yourself and listen to your inner voice. Get to know YOU! Give yourself all that you need and want as you start to become aware of yourself.

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Matavenro is an eco village set high in the mountains of North West Spain.

People who want to live harmoniously in nature have been living there since 1989. Photographer Kevin Faingnaert visited Matavenero in 2015 to photograph their way of life.

He spent a total of 3 weeks in Matavenero, which is actually one of many repopulated “ghost towns” in Europe.

The people who live there do not care for modern conveniences and strive to live a natural life.

In 1989 a group of German people looking for somewhere to live fixed up the village, they put up tents, cleared new paths and even introduced a canal to bring water in. As the years went by, word spread, and more like minded people came to live in Matavenero. Around 60 people call it home today.

A small schoolhouse is set up for the 12 children of the village, 4 hours school days consist of Math, writing and reading. There is a homeopathic doctor too. The communal gardens provide food, although some food is brought in from outside the village. The homes are all handmade from recyclable materials and built on the foundations of the old villages ruins.

“Everything brought in must be carried by donkey, horse, wheelbarrow, or on your back,” Faingnaert explains. “The only electricity is from renewable sources. All waste must be recycled or carried away back uphill. The same plastic bags appear over and over again.” In this way, Matavenero functions self-sufficiently in its mountainous hideaway. Continue reading →

Swimming in the depths of our emotional waters, Pisces the fish is one of the most sensitive signs out there. The 12th and last sign in the zodiac, Pisces are usually incredibly wise beyond their age, they would be considered an “old soul ” to many. They are very much in touch with their emotions, intuition and the artistic side with themselves.

As a Pisces-Aquarius cusp I embody the emotional water and the mental air aspects of these signs.

They Can Be Extremely Sensitive 

That is one of the weak points of the Pisces, represented by the symbol of fish, diving deep into the emotional waters of consciousness. Is is important when in an intimate relationship with a Pisces not invalidate their emotions.

Try to see where they’re coming from even when those emotional waters get murky, people feel a way for a reason. Hear your partner out objectively as you can to see the core of what they’re saying.

To be as a non-judgmental as you can is one of the most supportive things you can do when in a relationship with this sign. It takes a certain level of sensitivity in yourself to reflect that higher level of emotional awareness as well. It can be a great way to heighten your sensitivities and empathic abilities as well.

They Have A Natural Intuition

Being in touch with your emotional body allows a certain ability to read people based on their energy, body language, tone of voice and their actions.

You can’t really lie to a Pisces, even when they aren’t sure exactly what’s wrong, they can sense something is. Being honest and vulnerable is crucial to being intimate relationship with a Pisces. Continue reading →

Taking one of the most popular painkillers out there maybe linked to a decreased ability to empathize with others. A new study suggest taking Tylenol has been shown to lower levels of emotional understanding in people when they are listening to someone else talk about physical and emotional pain. The study was conducted by having some people take Acetaminophen, and others a placebo solution.

Acetaminophen is the main ingredient in Tylenol and other various aspirin labels that all cause this same effect in the brain. Acetaminophen serves as a painkiller and numbing agent when ingested. It is one of the most common active ingredients in many different drugs sold across United States.

This compound is actually found in more than a staggering 600 medicines according to the consumer healthcare products association. It is estimated that each week around 52 million people in the US alone use a medicine that contains acetaminophen.

So, does this really come as a surprise?

There are so many factors in this world that make us want to just numb out. The extreme amount of pain, suffering and injustice on this planet is enough to drive everyone crazy, then numb that feeling with Acetaminophen.

It is not uncommon for people to take 2 to 6 Tylenol pills a day for their headaches, body pain or stress. Doing this daily drastically alters the chemicals in our brain and can also wear our stomach lining over time.

This study had 40 healthy college students drink a liquid containing 1000 mg of acetaminophen. The maximum recommended amount for adults over a course of 24 hours 3000 mg or six pills a day. Then, another 40 students drank a placebo solution with no drugs in it. Continue reading →

Heartburn is a fairly common problem experienced in western society, but what is it really?

The Merck Manual defines it as “Reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus leading to localized infection.” It can be painful, as acid is making contact with the cells of the esophagus and causing a burning sensation.

Ask almost anyone and they will say the cause for this is “Excessively High Stomach Acid levels.” Extensive marketing campaigns have been launched and maintained for decades to drill this idea into our heads. As a result we have been brainwashed into believing something that is the opposite of what is actually happening. And sadly, we follow up by taking pharmaceutical drugs designed to inhibit stomach acid production.

The truth of the matter is that heartburn, (technically: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease; GERD), is due to a relaxation of the sphincter connecting the stomach and esophagus, which is caused by low stomach acid levels. The low stomach acid levels reduce the tone and tightness of the sphincter, allowing contents to flow backwards; and as a result we see the typical heartburn symptoms.

Dr. Wright at the Tahoma clinic has been testing for stomach acid levels in patients since 1976. He has found that in thousands of heartburn cases more than 90% show low stomach acid production.

Personal experience as a herbalist and experience from fellow Herbal Colleagues back up the findings of Dr. Wright. Continue reading →