Dr Shirley

02/05/2026

https://drshirley.ca/blogs.html

We must accomplish greatness to feel we deserve a place in the world. When we get there it still won't be enough. We are not comfortable with the calm silence that comes after we achieve our goal. We...

02/05/2026

11/23/2025

https://www.ecotherapyheals.com/what-are-phytoncides/ Forest bathing has more than peace and quiet to offer–it’s also full of nature’s aromatherapy immune boosters, phytoncides.

Among the many benefits of forest bathing highlighted in recent studies, the effects of phytoncides are one of the most compelling. Find out what the fuss is all about.

08/11/2025

When we’ve been living in cycles of healing, growth, and emotional upheaval for a long time, our nervous system gets used to a constant undercurrent of “something to work on.” When that dissolves, stillness can feel strange… even empty.

It’s not that life has become boring — it’s that the absence of emotional turbulence leaves a quiet space we may not yet know how to inhabit. In that space:

1. The drama drops away — and with it, the adrenaline.

2. Your senses recalibrate — little things, like a warm mug of tea or a beam of sunlight, start to stand out more.

3. Meaning shifts — instead of chasing “what’s next to fix,” you begin asking “what’s next to enjoy?”

Remember this is NOT depression. The “boredom” is really the nervous system learning that safety can be the new normal. Once you adjust, that stillness starts to feel more like spaciousness and creative possibility rather than emptiness.

08/05/2025

https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/11/disorders-of-love/

Could the whole array of psychiatric diagnostic categories really be expressions of the failure to love and to accept love?

07/26/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phL0RLKL8bc

The Secret team has created a visualization tool, "The Secret to You", which you can download for free and play every day."The Secret to You" has been especi...

06/09/2025

No matter what happens, you can fly again.

She’s got dirt on her wings, but she’ll fly again