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As we mature and evolve, our health and wellbeing  naturally  turn inward. This shift motivates us to reflect on the following:     appreciation of your body nervous/electrical system cardiovascular system digestive system waste (excretion) system skeletal system facia network your mind/brain/thoughts your emotional patterns   appreciation of  your people your partner your children your friends your parents & siblings your colleagues/co-workers your extended family your neighbors your local farmers your local businesses   appreciation of  what you ingest food & other substances media nature, sun, ocean, fresh air   appreciation of y our home & community peaceful (to you) beautiful (to you) clear of extraneous objects and clutter clear of unnecessary past feels like home (to you)   appreciation of  nature/the natural world around you your fur babies & ...

As an Aquarian woman, it took me a long time to understand that my deep humanitarian sensitivities and emotional intelligence are not the same thing. From my experience, emotional intelligence (emotional availability) is an activation that enables us to sense or perceive beyond the confines of our mind. This sensory enhancement provides a new language that leads to a broader and deeper knowing, and therefore an expanded intelligence in us.  What some call ‘woke’, commonly used as an insult or derogatory slur, is nothing more than a God-given power and grace that’s available to us all. This activation can occur anytime we’re open to it. For me it was introduced in small doses via friends, colleagues, and family, and then fully received as a heavenly zip-file sometime after my daughter died. Needless to say, this has been a profound process and ongoing deepening of my own humanity --  a revelatory process that has become my new normal and way of life. If you’re not...

As we learn more about the way our world and universe actually works, polarized cultural bands become increasingly obsolete.  Polarized cultural bands are thought forms that pit one thing against another. The either-or mentality or fear programs all of us were taught to operate from. These are persistent bands of consciousness that exclude the intelligence of life/nature/energy/God and of our own human hearts. Ideas like  business/profits over people/humanity, this religion is the one and only, these are the good guys/saviors, this political party over the other (and vice-versa) keep us operating in a particular band of existence that limits our God-given gifts.   Although it may appear as such, nothing in God's universe is one-sided. It is, we are, multi-sided --- mind, body, and spirit.   Anytime we notice ourselves arguing with reality or with our own deeper wisdom, that's a symptom that part of us is estranged or in exile. Bring yourself back into sani...

This post is inspired by a dear friend who many years ago commented: "you can't argue with insanity."  -- something I still remind myself of from time to time.  Culturally-speaking, insanity is common anytime someone  operates from a divided or polarized band of awareness which is what happens anytime we leave our center, our soul-self.  So, h ow do we stop our common addiction to engage in the ping-pong of changing someone's mind? #1. First and foremost, know that you cannot change anyone's mind. Minds are changed from the inside-- from the person themselves, not from us informing, telling, teaching, instructing, yelling, shaming, shouting, undermining, or any of the garden variety tactics people employ to keep you in their ping-pong  game . #2. Stop playing ping-pong. Put your paddle down and walk away from the table. #3. If the urge persists, notice yourself returning to the realm of division and polarization. Notice yourself with non-judgement, tenderly, wit...

Culture tells men that pain, fear, and anger can only be tempered through control and power-over tactics.  And so they learn to externalize and weaponize their confusion to prove and protect their masculinity.  Se lf-awareness and honoring grief are radical forms of love for brave and wise men. This is one of the most powerful and valuable lessons my dad taught me.    By Mayra Porrata | comments: mayra@solarapublishing.com  ©2026 Solara Publishing, LLC

Realize what? What you realize as you live your days is entirely up to you. You could realize from the belief that life is suffering—that life is unfair--- that life is punishing, and that would be what you realize—what is real for you. But, even a tiny crack or shift in your awareness upgrades your vision, therefore changing what you realize and where you look.  In fact, a ll of us are here realizing and riding our own wave...and remembering where to look.  By Mayra Porrata | comments: mayra@solarapublishing.com ©2026 Solara Publishing, LLC

It’s not that far a stretch to consider that if we can be tough on ourselves, we can also be soft and treat ourselves with  tenderness and kindness.   When we shift our focus away from the muck and towards beauty, we make time to pursue our dreams, live our passions, and honor the calling of our hearts.    By Mayra Porrata | comments: mayra@solarapublishing.com ©2026 Solara Publishing, LLC