by Paul Burns | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
In Neuro-Psycho-Theology, Dr. Paul Burns, Soul Metrics founder and executive director, and Dr. Ken Logan, clinical psychology professor at George Fox University, share their ongoing conversation about our relationships with God through the lenses of neuroscience and...
by Paul Burns | Apr 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you using your energy for growth or protection? How you answer this question can be the difference between a life full of vitality with a robust immune system and fearful, ever-diminishing life with a weakened immune system. Cellular biologist Bruce Lipton was...
by Paul Burns | Apr 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
A team of neuroscientists, led by Tania Singer, at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, studied the relationship between certain parts of the brain and the capacity for empathy. What they found is that the main obstacle for having empathy...
by Paul Burns | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Neurological research on empathy began, like so many scientific discoveries, out of happenstance. In 1990, researchers in Italy were researching the brain activity of Macaque monkeys. They attached electronic nodes to the monkeys to monitor their brain activity as...
by Paul Burns | Mar 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
As a result of social distance, you may be feeling off balance right now, maybe even reeling emotionally and physically. It’s not just because of fear of this worldwide pandemic. The authors of A General Theory of Love provide us with a way of understanding how we are...
by Paul Burns | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Rev. Dr. Paul Burns Soul Metrics’ Executive Director, Founder, and Spiritual Health Coach My friends, Soul Metrics serves a growing community of people who are taking steps in maintaining and developing their spiritual health, which includes not only your...
by Paul Burns | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is nothing like a worldwide crisis for observing human nature. I will bet you have all observed these three categories of responses to the Coronavirus: 1) panic, 2) denial, and 3) courage. And this is nothing new. You will see these three responses in any...
by Paul Burns | Mar 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Our world has experienced a tremendous amount of change in a relatively short period of time. Most of it is totally out of our control. Change happens and the pace is growing exponentially. Our human response is to resist it or even try to stop it, if we can. I...
by Paul Burns | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you smiling right now? Perhaps you have noticed how, when certain people walk into a room, they seem to have the ability to change the whole emotional climate of the room for better or for worse. Some dampen the spirit of the room while others put a smile on...
by Paul Burns | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every year many Christians mark the beginning of Lent by having their foreheads marked with ashes with the sign of the cross. The minister pronounces, “Remember that you are dust and to dust, you shall return.” It is a solemn service, and people come...
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