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I must admit that it’s a pleasure to hear someone say that I look beautiful—despite my conviction that it’s purely a subjective judgement. But it’s a fragile compliment when it pertains to my features alone, because it is not from within me that this beauty arises—it was a gift from…

I just learned a new term: “compassion fatigue.” This is what nurses, professional caregivers and first responders experience when they’re too tired, too sad and too stressed to feel normal compassion for their patients. It’s also known as secondary traumatic stress (STS) and is characterized by a gradual lessening of…

In 2011, I woke up and realized everything I thought I knew was wrong. For as long as I can remember, I have been running. Waking up in the morning and running to the gym. Running to the hospital to support my mother, who battled cancer for 13 years. Running…

In newborns or neonates—infants up to four weeks of age—there are three states of wakefulness; they are called active alert, crying, and quiet alert. The quiet alert state is characterized by bright eyes and the infant being visibly content and free from distress. Previous research has suggested that infants are…

Successful executives who are part of the 1% (the wealthiest, most influential in society) often think they’re special and destined for great things. This life view is often self-fulfilling. It’s probably the single most common characteristic among these most successful leaders—they truly believe they can make a difference.

In the past I’ve had the pleasure of meeting accomplished composing, recording and performing artists, including George Harrison, who told me that the Transcendental Meditation program helped to awaken and sustain creativity. More recently I’ve become curious about the personal qualities of a musician’s perception and expression and the unique…

For me, adolescence was a time of seeking for spiritual guidance. My family wasn’t religious—my father, who had been raised Roman Catholic, didn’t want to saddle us kids with the restricting yoke of formalized religion. Nevertheless, our parents instilled in us a strong moral compass, and we were taught to…

It was a distinct joy to meet Marty Mann (1904-1980) when she attended a 1972 conference I’d organized in New York City so that alcohol and drug abuse experts could meet with Maharishi to learn about the application of the TM program in their fields. Marty was the author of…

How can omnipresence be hidden from view if everything is made of it and it is everywhere? To begin to understand this, we need to look at what physics has revealed. Physics teaches us that nature is structured in layers. At the source of the world’s layers of diversity there…

Karin Mizgala is co-founder of Money Coaches of Canada, a national network of fee-for-service money coaches offering a holistic approach to money management that includes helping people get clear on what is important to them and how to connect their finances to their core values. Karin is also co-founder of…