Lisa Kentgen | Blog | An Intentional Life

Joy as an Important Kind of Resistance

Here is a piece on Elephant Journal...about how to stay engaged politically in a healthy way.

Self-Hypnosis: A Short Practice with Cumulative Benefits

Want a practice that takes less than 10 minutes a day and helps ground you in what matters most? Here is a basic self-hypnosis exercise. ...

Our Culture Is Obsessed With Winning

Our culture is obsessed with winning: just look at the amount of money cities invest in sports teams. If parents could operate like sport...

Hypnosis Exercise: Gratitude Garden

Practices in Gratitude have benefits which include: more positive emotions, better emotional and physical health, heightened enjoyment of...

Spring is a Great Time to Practice Gratitude

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." -- Marcel Proust Spring is ...

Helping Children Skillfully Navigate Their Path

The following piece I wrote for Parent.co addresses the unhealthy messages our culture sends to children, and how adults can help offset ...

ONLY CONNECT

How does the divisiveness in the country begin to heal? First and foremost, by starting with ourselves and healing the divide within. Rea...

Listen: Meditation on Openness

This 12-minute exercise can help you cultivate greater openness in order to be a more engaged, active participant in your own life.

The Fundamental Truth of Connection.

"Only connect! ... Live in fragments no longer." E.M. Forster I just returned from Cartagena, Colombia. I booked the trip on the ...

Hypnosis: Transforming Old Habits

This hypnosis exercise can help you increase awareness of falling into old, unhelpful habits – and setting your intention, again and agai...

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