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Equation of Love [Official Music video]
Never in my wildest imagination did I think I’d be a Doctor and a Rockstar. This is a story all about how my first music video came about! What is the Equation of Love? Act 1. Agape – unconditional, unapologetic and inexhaustible. Act 2. Philia – connection, community, tribe and family. Act 3. Eros –…
Read More7 ways to stimulate the power of the vagus nerve
It was 2013, I was 29 years old and in peak physical shape. I had a regular meditation practice and I had been doing yoga without fail every morning for the last 3 years. You may think that I am about to mention that something bad happened. It didn’t. It just got better. Let me…
Read More5 things I learned traveling Africa Overland
Africa is a huge continent and it is often difficult to decide which countries to travel to, what is the best time and how you would like to travel. After many months of research, I decided to travel Africa overland. There was one problem however – Africa has a mind of it’s own. Here are…
Read MoreHow to circuit-break the nervous system to release pain
We do everything we shouldn’t to manage pain. It does not matter if the pain is physical or emotional, the nervous system treats it all the same. Pain is inevitable but instead of showing us how to work with pain, we are instead shown a world of rainbows and unicorns – a Fairytale that does…
Read MoreHow we make long and short term decisions
The paradox is that we are hardwired to make poor decisions when we need it the most. The more significant the decision, the more anxiety we have around it and the more likely we are to make short sighted choices. The key to decision making is not thinking it through rationally, because your ability to…
Read MoreThe merry-go-round of mental health
Stay positive, don’t give up. There is light at the end of the tunnel. We hear this all the time! Even when things are really bad we expect darkness to crawls back to its corner and hide it’s ugly face. Truth is we cannot hide our darkness behind positive affirmations. Darkness often emerges from parts…
Read MoreTrain your nervous system to Sync Brain and Body
We are born without fear, but we inherit it nonetheless. When we look at the greats however, we know in our hearts that we are one of them. All of us know what it is like to figure life out on our own. When we begin our journey, we get told to do well at…
Read MoreThe one Advantage we have over A.I is not cognitive…
Technology is an extension of human imagination. It is has enabled what was previously unthinkable. What existed at the fringes of imagination is an open source playground for the technological revolution. Such is the advancement of technology that it has the ability to integrate with the very human ability of elegance – In 2014, professional…
Read MoreAddiction to thought?
In a recent interview with Tedx Sydney I talk about the epidemic of chronic thinking. Below are my direct responses. Interviewed by Tedx Sydney writer Karla Daly (KD). KD – How does overthinking and underthinking affect us? Can we find peace in the middle of it? KR: Thinking is an Art-form that gets structured depending…
Read MoreCan we self-heal emotional pain like physical injuries?
Ancient structures are relics of our imagination. Archeology reveals a cognitive history, but perhaps thoughts are not the only products of the brain. The brain indulges in time while the body is left to figure out this moment. Culture ensures that values are passed on, yet less well preserved is the capacity of our own biology.…
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