What if Laughter could move mountains? Not the polite kind. The belly kind. The kind that shakes loose what seriousness has had you gripping on for dear life. That kind of laughter changes things. Fast. When I first started getting my Bars® run (that's Access Bars® for those who find this and haven't hear of it yet) I started to laugh again. I hadn't realized that I'd stopped laughing, until it started again. And I did I laugh? Like really laugh? Like am I going to pee my

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave has endured for more than two millennia not because it offers answers, but because it describes a condition so familiar we rarely question it. In the allegory, prisoners are chained inside a cave from birth, facing a wall. Behind them, a fire casts shadows—reflections of objects carried past the light. The prisoners take these shadows to be reality itself. They give them names. They build meaning from them. They argue over whose interpretation is

I didn’t go looking for enlightenment. I was looking for relief. From the looping thoughts. From the tight chest. From the way trauma and anxiety seemed to run the show no matter how much therapy, alternative modalities, effort, or “doing the work” I put in. Then I found Access Bars®. Or maybe—it pulled me in. What Is Access Bars® , Anyway? Access Bars® is a gentle, hands-on modality where 32 specific points on the head—called “ Bars® ”—are lightly touched. Each Bars® is sa

An honest moment from someone who thought consciousness was just a spiritual thing, until it wasn’t. Have you ever had one of those days (or weeks... or years) where your brain just won’t shut up?The overthinking, the anxiety, the looping thoughts, the overwhelm...You try meditation, green juice, a YouTube video on manifesting your dream life, and still—nothing shifts. At some point, I remember asking myself: “Am I crazy? Or is there something else going on here?” That’s whe

What Does RFK and Consciousness Have to Do With Each Other? (Or: How I Used Light & Heavy at the State Board of Elections) What an odd way to start a blog, right? But that’s exactly the question that popped into my world that day as I stood at the State Board of Elections in Illinois. There I was, surrounded by voter guides, paperwork, names, parties, platforms, promises—and then… energy. Yep. Energy. Because somewhere in the middle of all that structure, I remembered one of

What if you’re not as limited as you think you are? Seriously. What if all the conclusions, judgments, and definitions you’ve been carrying around about who you are, what you’re capable of, and what’s possible for you… aren't actually yours? How much of what you’ve defined as “you” was something you absorbed from your parents, teachers, friends, social media, or even the collective consciousness? Here’s a wild idea: What if you could let all of that go and just be you? The Gi

What If More Businesses (and Schools and Hospitals) Started Using Access Bars® ? The not-so-secret tool for productivity, clarity, and actually enjoying your workday. It might sound a little “out there” to some, but here’s the thing: Schools, hospitals, corporate teams—and even professional sports organizations—are turning to Access Bars® . Why? Because it works. Yes, Access Bars® is part of the world of consciousness, but it’s not about sitting on a mountaintop chanting Om.

About my journey with the Right Body for You® tools A Body Image Conversation For years, I truly believed I was out of judgment with my body. I wasn't criticizing it. I wasn’t trying to force it into something it wasn’t. I definitely wasn’t judging other people’s bodies. In fact, I was doing all the “right” things—eating consciously, moving it with joy, being grateful. And then… my body started to shift. The shape changed. The sensations changed. The way it functioned, the w

Throwing Out Your Agenda: What If You Didn’t Have to Control It All? How much of your life have you spent trying to make sure everything goes exactly the way you planned? The right job. The perfect relationship. The step-by-step path to healing, growing, evolving...(With just the right amount of meditation, journaling, or inner work to make it all line up.) Now—be honest—has that actually created the life you know is possible? Or has it kept you in a constant loop of judgme

Just saying POD & POC is effective to remove the limitations that you stuck yourself with.

'Waiting' photo by: Kirsten Bonanza Do you try so hard to make things happen in your world only to have no results or different results than you were hoping for? Do you wonder why nothing seems to be working? What if there is no need to try? Just being yourself allows for the pieces to fall into place. Seriously, show up without expectations and see what happens! Take Burning Man, for example. Every year since 2011 tickets for this experiment in sustainable living & intenti

Set scene: It is early October 2022 in Bleiblerville, Texas at the Lazy Double D Ranch where Gary Douglas & Dr. Dain Heer's raise their Texas Longhorns and Costarriscense horses. I'm hosting Simone Milasas for Business Done Different, an Access Consciousness® workshop, and we are streaming world wide the Joy of Business tools for shifting the way you engage with commerce. The wide Texas sky and the land is welcoming more space of being and the majesticness of the sunsets r