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Do you ever try to make forward-thinking plans, but then you get hit with surprises you never saw coming?

Martha says it seems to happen to her about once every six months… For example, because of a recent trip to [...]

Are you someone who likes making vision boards? 

They’re a fun way to direct your attention—and because whatever we put our attention on tends to show up in our consciousness and in our lives, vision boards can be powerful tools [...]

Did you know that we’re energetically connected?

We all have the ability to feel each other’s energy: if someone is happy and calm, we can feel it, and when someone is angry or dangerous, we can feel that as well. [...]

Waves of shame. They’re icky, they’re toxic, and they’re not easy to escape. 

In this episode of The Gathering Room, Martha is talking about how we can move past this particularly intense form of anxiety and swim on to better [...]

Many of us have heard about the mind-body connection, but have you ever tried sense-memory therapy?

Martha recently lost her sense of smell to a sinus infection, and instead of worrying that she’ll never get it back, she’s trying sense-memory [...]

Did you know you were born a creative genius?

All of us are, Martha says, but we are socialized out of our genius by the structures of culture. Why? Because the culture wants everyone the same, but genius doesn’t homogenize [...]