What if the Dark Night of the Soul (DNOTS) isn't what we think it is? The spiritual community has blown this concept up. It’s very popular. They treat it like a required stage of purification or a necessary stop on the hero’s journey. They tell you it’s a time of surrendering to divine will, making it sound like a painful, inevitable rite of passage. But what if it can easily be avoided? Let’s look at the list of DNOTS symptoms: - A sense of emptiness and meaninglessness - Feeling lost - Intense sadness or despair - Physical fatigue, brain fog, and trouble concentrating - Social withdrawal and isolation - Loss of interest in former activities - Feeling of stagnation With a degree in psychology, I can tell you these are the exact clinical characteristics of depression. I could pull out the DSM 5 right now and diagnose that list as depression. What if the dark night of the soul is just a self-diagnosis of depression? The problem is people are self-diagnosing a mental health slump as a Dark Night of the Soul to make the suffering feel holy and purposeful. This makes people think they have to go through this misery like it is a badge of purification honor. I'm a two-time Master and Champion of the Dark Night of the Soul. OOoof. If only I knew then what I know now. The foundational Buddhist principle states that life involves suffering, not because life is inherently bad, but because of attachment and impermanence. Life is going to life. No matter how healed, awakened, or high vibe you are, you will encounter the inevitability of the human experience: loss, disappointment, sickness, aging, and change. The initial pain of these events is unavoidable. But the suffering is optional. According to Buddhism, suffering is prolonged by our reaction to that pain and what was, versus what is. This is where choice comes in. No matter how healed you are, life is still going to life. We are here to have a human experience. But how quickly we recognize the suffering and turn it around will decide the length of time we suffer.

This category is where we explore the crossover between science and spirituality — the space where your biology, your energy, and your consciousness all meet. Here, we’ll be sharing perspectives, insights, and teachings about: - how frequency impacts the body - the science behind intuition - nervous system patterns & emotional imprints - healing from both a biological and energetic angle - how thoughts and vibrations shape physical outcomes - bridging genetics, energy work, and consciousness - the “why” behind the spiritual experiences you have Kelly and I bring two different but complementary lenses, so you’ll see posts from both of us here — intuitive, energetic, scientific, and practical. If you have questions, curiosities, or insights about the connection between body, mind, energy, and spirit…this is the place to share them.

Sweating isn’t just about gym performance. It’s one of your body’s primary detox + immune pathways. So if you never sweat (even during heat or movement). It’s a metabolic warning. This can signal: — Lymphatic stagnation (your drainage system is backed up) — Nervous system dysregulation (stuck in survival mode) — Low thyroid or mitochondrial energy production — Impaired toxin clearance If your body isn’t sweating, it can increase your long-term cancer burden. 3 of my favorite things to group together are vibration platform, the infrared sauna and Jax's teachings.

What your sneezes say about nervous system calibration. Depending on the state of your body, your nervous system decides how many sneezes you will have based on baseline arousal of your nervous system. 1 sneeze means you are hypo-responsive. You have an underactive nervous system. You are parasympathetic dominate. This often indicates depression or dissociation. 40% of single sneezers felt more depression than the 2 sneeze group. 2 sneezes are ideal and means you have a balanced autonomic nervous system function. This is the perfect harmony of parasympathetic and sympathetic ratio. This means optimal nervous system regulation. 3+ sneezes equals overactive nervous system. This is the sympathetic dominance pattern. You likely have some anxiety, are hypervigilant, and have micro trauma responses activated. Triple + sneezers showed 55% more anxiety disorders than double sneezers. Changes in the number of sneezes indicated nervous system shifts before conscious awareness. Someone going from double sneezes to triple + sneezes is tilting toward sympathetic dominance and more anxiety like symptoms. Single sneezes means someone is heading towards withdrawal or depressive symptoms. Most people never know that their sneezes have been telling them about the state of their nervous system for forever.

Are allergies impacting your nervous system or is your nervous system causing your allergies? I am asked this after people begin to understand how their body tells a story. The answer is actually both. It is a continuous loop. Under normal circumstances, your autonomic nervous system is the driver. It actively swells the tissue in your nose to close one side and open the other. It does this on purpose to force your brain to switch gears between resting/parasympathetic nervous system and focusing/sympathetic nervous system. But when you have a physical blockage in your nose, like allergies, stuffiness, sinus inflammation or a deviation, that feedback loop breaks. Your brain relies on the sensation of airflow to confirm that your nervous system has switched. If you physically cannot breathe through the side your brain is trying to activate, the signal never is transmitted. If your left side is blocked, you lose the feedback loop to your parasympathetic system. Your body can’t get the clear signal to rest and digest, so you stay stuck in a wired, anxious state. If your right side is blocked, you lose the connection to your sympathetic system. You struggle to trigger the alert response, leaving you feeling foggy or unmotivated. The nervous system tries to drive the car, but without that airflow, the wheels aren't turning. This is the classic chicken or egg story. Are you allergies or stuffiness cutting off your nervous system OR is your nervous system causing your allergies? Try this test, plug each side of your nose one by one and breathe in. Which side feels like less air flow?