Entries by Dr. Todd Stone

Kid Rule #1

Don’t Tell Me NO.  Tell Me How I Can! Water Controls Fire Water is soft, flexible, wet, cool.  Fire is hot, bouncy, fiery, defensive, passionate. Water controls fire.  But too much water puts out the fire.   Mother Earth guides water with her banks and water chooses the path of least resistance.  Kid Rule #1: Don’t […]

Non-Violent Communication

Non-Violent Communication or NVC is based on the principles of nonviolence– –the natural state of compassion when no violence is present in the heart. Non-Violent Communication begins by assuming that we are all compassionate by nature and that violent strategies—whether verbal or physical—are learned behaviors taught and supported by the prevailing culture. Cultural behaviors such […]

The Energy of Acquiring

The Five Energy Needs The Five Elements Philosophy is an observation of natural rhythms, cycles and energy flow. It is called the five ELEMENTs because it begins with the basic essences of nature, fire, earth, metal (mineral), water, and wood. A basic nature observation is the shift of seasons. Fire is associated with summer, earth […]

The Energy of Attraction

The Five Energy Needs The Five Elements Philosophy is an observation of natural rhythms, cycles and energy flow. It is called the five ELEMENTs because it begins with the basic essences of nature, fire, earth, metal (mineral), water, and wood. A basic nature observation is the shift of seasons. Fire is associated with summer, earth […]