Author: Wilkinson Rebecca

The other day, Rebecca commented to her husband KC that being a “Super Feeler” was exhausting, especially when you’re prone to negative emotions like anxiety. When Your Feelings Are Your FilterWhen you’re filtering everything through your feelings and you are prone to negative emotions, your body is constantly being hijacked by low level cortisol.  Even if it is sub-perceptual, it …

Being a Super Feeler is Exhausting/How to Get Some Relief Click to Read Post »

At a recent family dinner, Rebecca’s sister Jenny playfully “forced” everyone to make art. Jenny Making Other People Do Art at Dinner PartiesWe’ve written about Jenny before because she’s taken this habit up for years now since Rebecca used to get bored at family events and would pull out supplies to entertain herself.  Others would often then join in.  Jenny …

You’re Right, You May Not Be An Artist But You Are Creative Click to Read Post »

Last month, we focused on how to tap into our intuition and trust ourselves.  But what happens if we have a gut instinct and we ignore it?  Or we follow our intuition but we make a mistake anyway? Trusting Intuition But Also Building ResilienceIt is indeed very important to trust our intuition but it is equally important that we build …

Resilience: It’s Less Important To Be “Careful” Than It Is To Be “Carefree” And Recover Click to Read Post »

Where Are is the “You” Inside of You BodyHumor us for a moment.  Close your eyes right now (or turn your attention inward if you can’t safely close them at this moment) and, without overthinking it, see if you can locate where inside of yourself you experience “You”.  In other words, if you ask yourself “Where am ‘I’ inside of …

Who Are and Where Are You? Locating the Self, Spirit, Essence, Etc. Click to Read Post »

Impact InvestingAbout 10 years ago Rebecca’s little sister Julia who’d been working in the world of finances decided to pursue a master’s degree in Impact Investing—investing into business that has positive social and environmental impact.  At the time, studying this subset of the financial markets was virtually unheard of and, for those who did know of it, it was considered …

Impact Investing–How Are You Spending Your Time, Money, Attention, Effort? Click to Read Post »

Forget what you think you know, forgive, and love.A friend of ours, Mark, dropped this little philosophical morsel into a conversation the other day.  We’ve been chewing on it since.  Although it seems to be so simple, there was something so profound and true to it.  However, those three things are probably the most challenging calls to action ever laid …

How to Use Art to Forget What You Think You Know, Forgive, and Love Click to Read Post »

Julia's Vision Board In Response to Her Year in Review

You may have already moved on from 2023, so why bother doing a “Year in Review”? Especially when the first thing that comes to mind might be either that “nothing happened” or “it was a horrible year!” So why bother? 1) Because we quickly forget our lives 2) Because when we do remember, the negativity bias is likely to highlight …

Year In Review 2023: How To Do The Review and Why Bother Click to Read Post »