Dr. Janice Di Luzio

10/05/2025

Sometimes there are no immediate revelations.
sometimes there are no immediate solutions.
sometimes there is no immediate movement.

sometimes we have to sit
in the cocoon of ourselves.
sometimes we have to trust the process.
sometimes, even with the help
of guides or teachers
we still are where we are
inside of where we do not want to be.

yes, you are outgrowing the container
but sometimes you still have to sit inside of it.
sometimes, that’s just how it goes.
and then you grow
and unfold
and emerge
and still, you must wait
to dry off those new wings.
still you must wait patiently
before you fly into your now clear vision.

sometimes...
we are cocooning and becoming
for quite sometime...

but from inside the cocoon,
the caterpillar
while dissolving whispered,
‘trust the process.
trust the process..✨

~ Stasha Ginsburg
The Wild Matryoshka
Image Sarah Greenman

09/21/2025

Mel Robbin’s, “Let it go.”

09/16/2025

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08/22/2025

🎶 Music doesn’t just move us — it reshapes the brain.

Groundbreaking studies from USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute reveal that just two years of structured music training can literally rewire children’s brains, boosting decision-making, attention, and self-control.

MRI scans showed that children who participated in music instruction with the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles developed stronger white matter (improving communication between brain regions) and more mature gray matter (enhancing information processing). These structural changes were linked to better sound processing, language skills, impulse control, and focus.

Even more striking, young musicians displayed heightened activation in brain networks tied to executive function — the system responsible for planning, focus, and making decisions. In attention and self-control tests, they outperformed peers in sports programs or without structured after-school activities.

Researchers believe that music programs, particularly in underserved communities, could be powerful tools for supporting healthy brain development and offsetting the negative effects of poverty. Beyond nurturing creativity, music may be one of the most effective ways to foster emotional resilience and intellectual growth in children.

08/19/2025

The research is a transformative step toward understanding the condition's genetic underpinnings and potential for personalized care.

08/03/2025

The Enneagram is a profound tool for observing the ways in which you unconsciously disconnect from what is real and true and magnificent within you, that is, from your inherent True Nature. It is a map and a guide to deepened and satisfying self awareness, self-expression and connection with others. Now, it doesn’t get much better than that. Of course, the work is difficult and painful but staying asleep and unconscious is actually more difficult and painful, and takes more energy to maintain. Such a paradox. And yet when we begin to step into painful parts of ourselves that are doorways to true freedom, our inner critic screams “You’ll die if you go there.” The truth is, “You’ll wake up” and begin to savor your life. So, the choice of direction is in your hands. I wonder how you will play your ‘life’ cards.

07/18/2025

Why we’re more exhausted than ever…

Emily Ballesteros explains the three root causes of 'The Great Exhaustion.'

07/17/2025

A memory from awhile back…

07/12/2025

"For decades, menopause has been overlooked in both clinical research and health care policy, largely because it affects women in midlife."