Mountain Rose Trading: Healing & Arts

11/09/2025

Truth

Nothing is a coincidence...

11/05/2025

✨ A Sacred Cycle Completed — 8 Years and 8 Months ✨

This past week, I packed up my bead shop and therapy space — eight years and eight months of creation, service, and transformation — and brought it all home.

As I carried each box, I could feel the energy of completion. The double eight — infinity mirrored — reminded me that this isn’t an ending; it’s an evolution. Every thread, every stone, every memory has come full circle to rest exactly where it belongs: within my own energetic field.

There was pain for a moment — old patterns of stress and survival surfacing — but it wasn’t fear. It was recalibration. My body was simply aligning to this new truth: I’m no longer operating from fight or flight. I’m creating from sovereignty, safety, and love.

Some clients have fallen away, and rather than worry, I feel peace. The ones who are meant to walk this next path with me will come — those who resonate with this new vibration of home, healing, and wholeness.

I may be “behind” on classes and courses, but I’m living the lesson — trust, surrender, divine timing, embodiment. The calm I feel tells me everything is exactly as it should be.

After 8 years and 8 months, I didn’t just move a business.
I brought my work, my purpose, and my heart home.
A cycle completed. A new one begins. ♾️

11/05/2025

Truth!

Think deeply, rewire naturally, live vividly.

The human brain is remarkably impressionable. Neuroscience shows that it cannot fully distinguish between imagined experiences and real ones. Every vivid thought, mental rehearsal, or creative visualization activates the same neural circuits as if the experience were actually happening.

This means that imagining an action, like practicing a skill, facing a challenge, or even recalling a memory, can physically strengthen the brain’s pathways, improving performance and emotional responses. Athletes, artists, and leaders often use visualization techniques to enhance real-world outcomes because the mind reacts as though the scenarios are real.

The implications are profound: positive thinking, mental rehearsal, and focused imagination aren’t just abstract exercises; they literally shape the brain, reinforce habits, and build resilience. Conversely, negative or fearful thoughts can also reinforce unwanted patterns, highlighting the power of mental focus.

Every thought is a form of practice. When we imagine, the brain is learning, rewiring, and preparing, a reminder that mental landscapes can transform reality itself.

11/01/2025

Wow!

The Bear Who Carried the Light of the Earth

In the northern silence, where the stars burn like whispers of forgotten fires, there lived a great white bear who was older than the first dawn. The elders called her Nanuq-Ara, the Keeper of Light. She was said to wander between the worlds—half in the realm of spirit, half in the soil of the living—her fur woven from frost, moss, and memory.

It was told that inside her chest grew an entire forest. Pines, birches, and tiny blue flowers glowed softly beneath her ribs, nourished by the heartbeat of the world. Every step she took sent roots deep into the earth, and from them, new life always followed. To see her was to witness the breath of creation itself.

But the world began to change. The nights grew warmer, the rivers thinner. The forest inside Nanuq-Ara began to flicker like a candle at the end of its wax. The animals, once safe in her shadow, wandered lost beneath strange skies. The humans, too, forgot the old songs—they built fires that did not honor the flame, and spoke words that carried no spirit.

One winter, when the moon hung low and red, the bear felt the ache of the earth in her bones. She climbed to the highest ridge of the world, where the air was thin and stars bent low to listen. There she sat in silence, her fur shimmering with the light of the dying forest within her.

For seven nights, she neither moved nor spoke. And on the eighth, a single tree—tall, golden, and alive with fire—grew from her heart. It reached into the heavens, its branches piercing the veil of the sky. The stars themselves drank from its glow, and for the first time in centuries, the aurora danced again.

The forest within her burned bright once more—not with destruction, but renewal. Rivers began to sing. The ice remembered its shape. And the people below, waking from their long forgetting, saw the light upon the northern horizon. They knelt, not in fear, but in awe.

From that night on, the elders taught a new story: that the bear still sits beneath the sky, her spirit rooted in the heart of the Earth, her breath rising as mist each dawn. She carries the forest within her so that we might remember—light is not a gift to be taken, but a living flame to be guarded, fed by our kindness and respect.

If you ever walk beneath a winter sky and feel warmth touch your face, though no fire burns nearby, it is said that Nanuq-Ara is passing. Her light travels quietly, reminding all who listen that the Earth still breathes through those who love her.

10/31/2025

Truth!

In the quantum world, observation itself carries power. Scientists have discovered that when particles are watched, their behavior changes a mystery known as the observer effect. Some researchers and psychologists see a fascinating mirror to human experience: what we choose to focus on can influence how we perceive and interact with reality.
Our thoughts aren’t just fleeting ideas they’re forms of mental energy that shape our awareness and direction. When we give attention to fear, doubt, or limitation, our world begins to reflect those states. But when we shift focus toward growth, curiosity, and possibility, we begin to notice opportunities and outcomes that align with that mindset.
The observer effect reminds us that attention is creative. What you observe within yourself expands. By becoming mindful of where your focus goes, you hold quiet influence over the reality you experience proving that even awareness itself can be a force of change.
Sources: Stanford University, American Psychological Association, Scientific American, NASA

10/30/2025

This is cool

For decades, scientists believed that once brain cells were lost, they were gone forever. But new research has shattered that belief. A team of neuroscientists has discovered that the adult brain can regrow lost neurons — and the trigger isn’t drugs or surgery, it’s sound.

Using specific sound frequencies, researchers activated dormant neural stem cells in adult brains, encouraging them to regenerate into fully functional neurons. These sounds aren’t music or noise, but carefully designed therapeutic waves that stimulate brain tissue at a cellular level.

In lab tests, adult subjects exposed to these frequencies showed improved memory, cognitive function, and neural connectivity. Brain scans confirmed new neuron growth in areas once thought permanently damaged. The treatment was non-invasive, drug-free, and incredibly precise.

This discovery could open the door to treating conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, and age-related cognitive decline. Instead of trying to slow brain damage, scientists are now focused on reversing it — with sound as the key.

What’s most astonishing is how natural the process is. The brain already contains the tools for repair. Sound simply reminds it how to use them.

Unlike traditional therapies, sound waves don’t rely on chemicals or implants. They pass gently through the skull and awaken the brain’s own healing systems.

This breakthrough offers new hope for millions struggling with memory loss and neurological damage. Healing may no longer require invasive tools — just the right vibration at the right frequency.

The brain, once thought rigid in adulthood, is now proving to be dynamic, adaptable, and full of untapped potential.

10/26/2025

This!

Every cell in your body is listening to your mind. What you think shapes what your body produces. Stressful thoughts trigger stress hormones that can impact your health, while calm, positive thinking releases compounds that promote healing and wellbeing. This powerful mind-body connection shows that your brain isn’t just a thinking organ—it’s your most potent pharmacy.

Science increasingly confirms that mental states influence immunity, inflammation, and even cellular repair. By managing your thoughts and emotions through mindfulness, meditation, and positive practices, you can literally change your body chemistry and improve long-term health.

Your mind holds the key to unlocking your body’s natural ability to heal, protect, and thrive. Every thought is a choice, choose wisely.

10/24/2025

Truth

Your Thoughts Are Rewiring Your Brain Right Now

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that self-talk, the way we speak to ourselves, can physically change the structure of the brain, for better or worse. This discovery proves that our inner dialogue isn’t just mental noise; it’s a powerful force shaping how we think, feel, and even heal.

Scientists found that positive self-talk can strengthen neural connections linked to confidence, focus, and emotional stability. When you encourage yourself, your brain responds by releasing chemicals that enhance learning, memory, and motivation. Over time, these repeated thoughts literally rewire your neural pathways, reinforcing optimism and resilience.

But there’s a darker side too. Negative self-talk, filled with criticism or fear, can activate stress circuits in the brain, increasing levels of cortisol and shrinking areas linked to emotional control. In other words, how you speak to yourself can either build your mind, or slowly break it down.

This research highlights a powerful truth: the brain listens. Every word you think or say becomes a signal your brain takes seriously, shaping your reality at the cellular level. It’s like sculpting your own mind with the chisel of thought.

The implications are profound. With mindful awareness and intentional positivity, we can literally train our brains to become calmer, stronger, and more compassionate. It’s not magic—it’s neuroscience.

So the next time you talk to yourself, remember: your brain is listening. Choose words that heal, not harm. Because the story you tell yourself today becomes the person you live as tomorrow.