Collective Evolution

Before You Begin: Take a breath. Turn your attention to your body and release any tension. Breathe slowly into the area of your heart for 60 seconds, focusing on feeling a sense of ease. Stay connected to your body as you read. Click here to learn why we suggest this. According to a survey, 96 percent of people think they are good listeners. Yet research suggests people only retain about half of what others are saying.

Before You Begin: Take a breath. Turn your attention to your body and release any tension. Breathe slowly into the area of your heart for 60 seconds, focusing on feeling a sense of ease. Stay connected to your body as you read. Click here to learn why we suggest this. These are undoubtedly some of the most thrilling periods in human existence. We are witnessing epoch-making advancements across every scientific domain, each revelation inviting us to explore our tangible and intangible universe.

During COVID, the masses were faced with a BIG question: who do I believe when it comes to pertinent facts around COVID-19? It might be simple to say that the mainstream narrative was mostly wrong, and the alternative was mostly right, but I do believe it was much more complex than that. I myself saw thousands of pieces of content and posts in the alt-media space over the last few years that were flat out false.

Have you heard of Mappiness? It is a study by George MacKerron and Susana Mourato. It tracked 3 million happiness measures from more than 60,000 people to create the most complete picture of happiness humans have ever created. The Mappiness study asked people what they were doing, who they were with, and how happy they felt while doing various everyday activities.

Hope you had a great week so far. I was reflecting a lot this week about the importance of our overall wellness as humans. Our mental, emotional, and energetic states, and how these aspects of our energy affect our environment, other people, our thinking, and actions. I was inspired to write a reflection and include a simple yet powerful exercise to explore our own energetic state. It can act as a key towards feeling how we want to feel.

Today I want to share useful self-help tool for working with underlying anxiety, nervousness, or discomfort. I'm a big believer in having a few tools on board to help ride the waves of anxiety or big emotions, allowing yourself to be with them better. Having these tools can help reduce the feeling of anxiety and helps us build the important foundational tool of learning to self-regulate.

At some time or another we face the question of having to let go of something, someone, a job, or something we have spent a lot of time on - and it can be really tough. Today I want to talk a bit about letting go, and discuss the value of exploring these tough questions from a grounded place within our body. I've recently been faced with this question multiple times over the last couple years. And I have had to make some tough decisions along the way.

Read time: 2 minutes Today I want to discuss a common challenge many people have: the struggle to meditate. Meditation comes with many benefits, but it’s hard to experience them if you can’t seem to meditate no matter how much you practice. The truth is, some people struggle to meditate for a good reason that is often not talked about.

The question of what happens when we die has been around for ages. In this episode Joe explores a prior interview with his close friend Franco DeNicola about his near death and full death experience as we explore what may happen when we die. As with any conversation that is ‘out there’ or ‘controversial’, or that explores something in the realm of mystery or wonder, can we be curious while exploring, and pay attention to the various objections that arise while we listen?

We explore new and emerging ideas in philosophy, well-being, human potential, consciousness and more as we seek clarity and direction through heavily changing times. Virtually every aspect of our society is crumbling or transitioning – media, technology, consciousness, economies, education, relationships and more.