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Sleep, Wellbeing, and Physical Health: What the Latest Science Really Shows

Sleep, Wellbeing, and Physical Health: What the...

  Sleep is often dismissed as “just rest,” but modern science paints a very different picture. Far from being passive downtime, sleep is one of the most active processes your...

Sleep, Wellbeing, and Physical Health: What the...

  Sleep is often dismissed as “just rest,” but modern science paints a very different picture. Far from being passive downtime, sleep is one of the most active processes your...

Through the Compassionate Mirror: Healing the Way We See Ourselves

Through the Compassionate Mirror: Healing the W...

As Paul Gilbert reminds us, each of us has a brain that evolved to meet the challenges of survival in small, mutually dependent groups and in times of scarcity. Our...

Through the Compassionate Mirror: Healing the W...

As Paul Gilbert reminds us, each of us has a brain that evolved to meet the challenges of survival in small, mutually dependent groups and in times of scarcity. Our...

The Wounded Healer: Transforming Suffering into Healing

The Wounded Healer: Transforming Suffering into...

Carl Jung asserted that only a wounded healer (one who has intimately known suffering) can truly facilitate profound healing in others. Drawing upon the myth of Chiron, the immortal centaur...

The Wounded Healer: Transforming Suffering into...

Carl Jung asserted that only a wounded healer (one who has intimately known suffering) can truly facilitate profound healing in others. Drawing upon the myth of Chiron, the immortal centaur...

Do We Ever Stop Needing Comfort?

Do We Ever Stop Needing Comfort?

From the moment we are born, comfort is woven into our survival. A baby’s cry is met with touch, warmth, and soothing words. But what about adulthood? Should we eventually...

Do We Ever Stop Needing Comfort?

From the moment we are born, comfort is woven into our survival. A baby’s cry is met with touch, warmth, and soothing words. But what about adulthood? Should we eventually...

Patience Before Reward

Patience Before Reward

To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate. ~ Al Gazali

Patience Before Reward

To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate. ~ Al Gazali

Grief: Understanding the Psychology of Loss and the Path Forward

Grief: Understanding the Psychology of Loss and...

  Grief touches every human life. It is one of the most universal experiences we share, yet when it arrives, it can feel deeply isolating and overwhelming. Whether the loss...

Grief: Understanding the Psychology of Loss and...

  Grief touches every human life. It is one of the most universal experiences we share, yet when it arrives, it can feel deeply isolating and overwhelming. Whether the loss...

References & Literature

The literature and the scientific articles below informed the content of our animations:

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