All of us, in one way or another, have been there. An unexpected situation crosses our path, and we are literally slammed by reality. The situation can have many faces—the death of a loved one, a serious disease, disability, betrayal, divorce, unwanted exile, parental alienation, bankruptcy, war, and natural disaster, to name a few. It may take the form of an emotion or sensation that becomes unmanageable within us—loneliness, frustration, the feeling of disconnection from others, emptiness, une...

Believe me when I tell you that our inner stories can alter the course of our lives for better or for worse.

Let me tell you a story about someone I had the opportunity to work with in my one-on-one sessions in Bogotá. Larry was born in Colombia to a wealthy family. Although he never lacked money, he lacked warmth and a loving relationship with his parents, especially his mother.

Don’t get me wrong; his mom was not dead. She just wasn’t there for him or for any of his brothers and sister...

For me, life allows us, through different experiences, to recognize our internal contents. The different experiences we have externally with others are mirrors that reflect that we must work on ourselves in order to be more authentic and transparent.

A question I receive often during my crystal sessions is: What can I do to transcend the conflicts in my relationships and improve those relationships?

Recently, I received the following specifics relationships questions in a single week: Ho...

“Listen, I think we need to be more loving and affectionate with one another. We would really benefit from creating that environment together, because we both really deserve this and need it to be happy together.”

David Wygant, Naked! How to Find the Perfect Partner by Revealing Your True Self

When was the last time you talked like this with your partner or potential partner?

According to the calendar, this second week of February is the week of love, the week of Cupid’s arrow hittin...

Do you hope to be your best, most authentic, crystalline self?

Have you enjoyed this blog’s exploration of this topic? Do you want to improve how you interact with the world at large and with those in your life? Do you hope to be living out fulfilling, expanding crystalline relationships with your loved ones, families, and others in your world—to have a crystalline life? Do you wish to uncover what lies at the roots of your own suffering in order to heal yourself—to ensure that you are reson...

Recently, I decided to have a mindful experience with my quartz crystal. I just wanted to become aware of all the information out there that my unconscious was exposed to without my awareness. It just so happened that, at the time, I was traveling from Santa Barbara, CA, to San Francisco.

During my Uber ride to the airport, the radio played in the background, like a low whisper accompanying me on my way. I was able to listen to the radio and caught a variety of programs, from political to en...

Master Buddha said, “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense.”

Just as no one else can tell you which crystal you will work best with to enable your most authentic experience, no one else can tell you what belief systems resonate most closely with your authentic—transparent—self. In other words, although we are aware of our views and consequent interactions with our surroundings and...

Have you gone to a crystal store and had the shop owner or crystal healer recommend a specific crystal for a specific use, only to later check in a crystal book and see that it has different recommended uses? On top of that, if you check several books, you will find even more meanings and uses for a single stone. Plus, for each teacher, the crystals have a different meaning and use.

For me, this tendency to assign purpose and/or meaning based on the crystals creates mixed feelings or contrad...

The New Year holiday celebrates the beginning of a new cycle. It’s a time to symbolically start afresh. What time could be better to let go what no longer serves us; to resonate with our transparent crystalline selves; and to remain open, in an “expanding mode,” to integrate others’ transparent perspectives.

How many times along your path have you thought you owned the truth? Have you questioned this truth? Have you considered whether truth (singular) is something that can be known—whether o...

Myths play an important role in our lives. As metaphors, they aid our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. They empower us to expand our worldview. Myths are stories we can understand that enable us to think about our own stories in relation to how other people live their lives.

Each of us has the stories of our parents and our families. On a larger scale, we have the stories of our gender, generation, culture, philosophy of life, occupation, and so on. And we all share the gr...