What Are The Akashic Records?

I have a confession to make that might be obvious to you if you’ve been following my work over the last few years: I am a big proponent of spiritualism. This naturally conflicts with my desire to explain the science behind all of the things I preach on this blog. I want you to know the science because I want you to understand how the machine (your mind, your body, your nervous system, your spirit) works. But every now and again there’s a practice I lean into that hasn’t been adequately measured by science—can’t, actually, be measured, yet, because the tools for such measurement don’t yet exist.

TOOLS, SPIRIT, MINDKillian LopezAugust 28, 2020Akashic Records, Spirit Work, Spiritual

How Mysticism Can Help Us Make Sense of this Collective Grief

I once heard grief described as ‘love that has nowhere to go.’

From a somatic psychology perspective, this makes sense. Grief is often experienced as a sort of restless sadness—a longing for something permanently out-of-reach. But what if we gave that love a place to go?

TOOLS, MIND, SPIRITKillian LopezJune 13, 2020Collective Grief

Unblocking the Narrative "Nobody Takes Me Seriously When I Don't Look Perfect"

Yesterday I was about to post a video to Instagram, but stopped when I saw my reflection in the camera. Because I’ve become a pro at recognizing my reactivity, I decided to be honest with my community. I asked my Instagram community if they wanted me to share what it looks like when I reprogram an unhelpful narrative. They said yes! So here we are.

4 Steps to Mastering Growth with Conscious Connection

Having a strategy for self-regulation makes growth feel safe. These four simple steps will help you return to resilience the next time you’re off your game.

TOOLS, MINDKillian LopezMay 2, 2020conscious connection, acceptance, awareness, surrender

Incompetent Ingrid: Putting a Face to Shame

The other day, in my Are You Open to Receiving post, I shared a journaling exercise I use whenever I notice any triggering "I am..." voices wafting through my brain.

These painful "I am..." statements show up in our psyches as shame.

I thought it might be helpful for you, if you're wanting more clarity on all of this, if I walked one of my recent shame triggers through the exercise. I personally learn better through examples, and I assume I'm not alone.

TOOLS, MINDC KillianFebruary 7, 2019

Are You Open to Receiving?

As February crops up—a month that for some reason got pegged as the most romantic—I'm compelled to talk about 'intimacy.' Not in the culturally normative 'physical' sense; I'm talking about a much broader form of intimacy that can be shared between friendships, family members, and that cashier you've never formally met but keep running into at the grocery store.

TOOLS, MIND, COMMUNITYC KillianFebruary 5, 2019Healing, intimacy, receiving

A First-Hand Account of the Power of Inner Child Work

I'm going to start this post with a story.

I liken it to my self-love 'origin' story, at least in the sense that it may have been the first time I really understood that I was (a) responsible for my own growth and (b) capable of achieving it. At the end of this story, I'm going to offer a tool that you can try at home. With any luck, you will achieve a similar feeling of enlightenment, love, and self-forgiveness that I did.

TOOLS, BODY, SPIRITC KillianFebruary 2, 2018Gratitude, Happiness, Inner Child, Inner Child Work, joy, Self Healing, Self-Love, Visualization, wellness

Is Your Window to the World as Bright as You Think It Is?

Imagine your world view as a window. With blinds.

Each blind presents an obstacle, of which there are many. The bright spots between the blinds represent the little joys, the moments of happiness, the feeling of connection and synchronicity—frankly, all the elements people allude to while trying to convince you that "life is beautiful."

TOOLS, MINDC KillianJanuary 31, 2018Gratitude, Gratitude, Happiness, joy, Optimism, Perspective

How to REALISTICALLY Disconnect for Productivity

I write for a living. Unless you never went to school or learned how to read (in which case, if you're reading this: you are a miracle), you know that writing is a process. You get waves of inspiration accompanied by long pauses of dead space. "What's the best way to phrase XYZ?" or "How do I make that transition less dorky?" You get it.

TOOLS, MINDC KillianSeptember 21, 2017cordcutter, disconnect, how to, productivity, realistically, Self Care, wellness

Enter: The Void

TOOLS, MIND, SPIRITC KillianMay 16, 2017Courage, critics, Darkness, fear, feelings, Happiness, Judgement, meditation, mystical, self-help, Self-Love, void, wellness