Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Sometimes dreams have obvious messages; other times, they’re not clear at all. We don’t understand the message. Even if we chart the dream using the SOM framework going point by point, for one reason or another, our conscious mind still doesn’t understand. This happens to the best of us. You can ask for a clarifying…
Part 3 of 4 Someone who looked to Edgar Cayce as a model would be looking to find their own truth within themselves. The 1930s and 1940s, when Cayce lived and was at the height of his influence while he was alive, presaged the period of spiritual seeking the 1960s became. Cayce on sleep: “Sleep…
Part 2 of 4 Nobody exists in a vacuum. Society influences everybody. Consider Edgar Cayce a Western version of an Eastern yogi. He’s what a yogi would be if they were shaped by Western society. As a Westerner, it was inevitable he come into contact with people who wanted to objectively and subjectively study his…
Part 1 of 4 It can be hard to date the origin of any term. I first heard the term “evidence-based practice” sometime in the late ’90s. It’s an offshoot of “evidence-based medicine,” introduced around 1992. The idea behind it wasn’t new; the term was. Over the years, usage spread into areas tangential to healthcare. That…