What you listen to actually shapes how you think — and it can even change your mood. The frequency of a sound can directly impact your mental state. In some countries, sound frequency is even used to help heal trauma. Places like India, China, Japan, Tibet, and Indonesia use sound healing practices to support people dealing with anxiety disorders and PTSD. If you think about it, you probably already use music to shift your mood without realizing it. For example, most people wouldn’t feel...

There has been a lot of negative stigma surrounding cannabis that I want to debunk, along with several other extremely helpful drugs that America has historically demonized as a means of control. Most people don’t know that the body naturally produces a compound similar to THC. It is a fatty‑acid neurotransmitter called arachidonoylethanolamide, also known as AEA. This neurotransmitter is released when the body experiences joy, bliss, or stress from injuries. Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, has...

Knowing who you are is truly about identity, and to me, that is absolutely everything in this life on earth. I live day by day in a society that reminds me of my identity whether I like it or not. I am often discriminated against, and as someone who reads energy very well, I can sense it immediately—sometimes through the look of disgust on someone’s face when we first meet. First impressions are unique stamps in time; they reveal key aspects of a person that you will always remember, shaped...