I’d like to welcome you to my new location. We are so excited to share this wonderful space with you. Wishing you a wonderful Holiday Season!

Dr. Diana Howes Ph.D.
13804 NE 33rd Circle
Vancouver, WA 98682
360-991-8912 mobile

This is the time to let go of the “chafe”… Releasing all that has no substance or nourishment left for you. It’s time to DETOXIFY… getting rid of all the garbage that has accumulated in our lives. Purge and Release as graciously as the trees surrendering their foliage to the earth! Release is a time where we are preparing a special space inside of us that we may EMBODY our Truth to a greater awareness… that we may, in our next season, enter into VISION with the readiness and preparedness necessary to do mighty things!!!

You are a “Triune-Being”.

In psychology there is the triune consciousness:
SuperConscious = The All Mind
Subconscious = The Soul/Emotional Mind
Conscious = “Self”

We are Spirit, Soul & Conscious. We are made flesh in this world of physical matter by the vibrations that emanate from our Whole (triune) Being.

Notice I didn’t put “body” in here because BODY is a side effect of the emotional mind. Yes, how we feel creates neurochemical/physiological changes within the cells of our bodies. It is our Soul (Emotional Mind) that activates changes within our genetic structure. Afterall, the Subconscious (Soul) is in charge of the Autonomic Nervous System of the body responsible for over 95% of bodily function.

Basically, we have the body in the state we do because the SOUL is in the state it is in.
Want more non-biased documented research to understand what I’m saying… then we should talk. Otherwise, just know that your BODY is experienced as your body because the less-dense vibrations igniting the chemical peptide reactions in your body are due to the more subtle vibrations of your Soul/Subconscious.

Yes, you alone are responsible for your body. No matter what state it is in. (Which is good news because it means that you alone can effect change within it!) And shifting your Subconscious/healing the Soul is the means to truly heal the body. The Soul is the Body’s Origin.

Change Your Soul, Change Your Body!

I read an article recently by JOHN M. ALLMAN,a ATIYA HAKEEM,a JOSEPH M. ERWIN,b ESTHER NIMCHINSKY,c AND PATRICK HOFd. It is a report on the Evolution Of The Interface Between Emotion & Cognition. www.allmanlab.caltech.edu/PDFs/AllmanHakeemHofetal2001.pdf

There is an area of the brain that can identify the relationship between Emotion and Cognition. Specifically, this area can definitively show how our biology is affected & cognitive maturity is affected by our emotional state of being.
-Diana Howes

“We propose that the anterior cingulate cortex is a specialization of neocortex rather than a more primitive stage of cortical evolution. Functions central to intelligent behavior, that is, emotional self-control, focused problem solving, error recognition, and adaptive response to changing conditions, are juxtaposed with the emotions in this structure. Evidence of an important role for the anterior cingulate cortex in these functions has accumulated through single-neuron recording, electrical stimulation, EEG, PET, fMRI, and lesion studies. The anterior cingulate cortex contains a class of spindle-shaped neu- rons that are found only in humans and the great apes, and thus are a recent evolutionary specialization probably related to these functions. The spindle cells appear to be widely connected with diverse parts of the brain and may have a role in the coordination that would be essential in developing the capac- ity to focus on difficult problems. Furthermore, they emerge postnatally and their survival may be enhanced or reduced by environmental conditions of en- richment or stress, thus potentially influencing adult competence or dysfunc- tion in emotional self-control and problem-solving capacity.”

WE AS A LIVING HUMAN MACHINE (Brain & Body) BECOME BETTER AT LIVING BETTER WHEN WE PRACTICE OBJECTIVITY.
The following research shows how the above statement is biologically true, meaning, it’s our design as human beings.

It is also apparent in the research below that ADHD & lack of self control could be treated by increased practice of “OBJECTIVITY”.
The practice of “objectivity” or “zooming out” of the life-story will increase maturation (spindle cells) causing the anterior cingulate cortex to monitor performance and adjust behavior to optimize payoff.
-Diana Howes

“ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX AND SELF-CONTROL: Posner and Rothbart have proposed that the anterior cingulate cortex is involved in the maturation of self-control as the individual progresses from infancy to child- hood to adulthood. In the classic condition of lack of self-control, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the normal response to the “counting Stroop” task is absent from anterior cingulate cortex. There is also evidence of increased func- tioning in anterior cingulate cortex in individuals with greater social insight and ma- turity. Lane and colleagues found that the activity of the anterior cingulate cortex was greater in subjects who had higher levels of social awareness based on objec- tively scored tests. In these tests the subjects wrote about how they would perceive a particular social situation and how they would imagine one of the participants to perceive that same situation. The discrimination of affect in faces, which contributes to social awareness, also selectively activated anterior cingulate cortex.”

Further reading of this research also indicates: AS PARENTS, IF WE ARE NOT PROVIDING SAFE, NURTURING & STRESS-FREE CONDITIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN, WE ARE AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN’s DEVELOPMENT (of their brain development of spindle cells) THAT CAN CAUSE: emotional self-control dysfunction & problem-solving capacity dysfunction.
-Diana Howes

“Thus it is conceivable that environmental stimulation, stress, and the quality of parental care might also affect the survival and development of the spindle cells during infancy, thus influencing adult competence or dysfunction in emotional self-control and problem-solving capacity.”

With the rates of ADHD and emotional dysfunction in children going on these days… isn’t it apparent that they are most possibly a generation of children raised in conditions of STRESS, DIMINISHED NURTURING & ENVIRONMENTS where they conclu…ded they were not “safe”?

Not that this is meant to “judge” any parent. It is not. We all do what we can to provide the best for our children the best we can & know how.

But, biology does not lie. And whether a child was “truly” safe is not what matters. It’s what the child “believes”. For it is what the child determines is “so” that gets imprinted neurologically.

Therefore, I can see it is the most important thing to be a NURTURER and LISTEN to our children. It’s most important to reassure our children, even when they are seeing a reality that is just an illusion. I can see, for the sake of healthy child development (and healthy adult development) that we must encourage one another with Kindness. Kindness shows others in this world they are safe. It shows them that they are not alone… that someone cares. THE ACT OF KINDNESS will allow the neurology of a person to evolve… THEN we as a species can EVOLVE into higher states of awareness and Love.
-Diana Howes

The Season Of GRATITUDE

Now is the time to go within and reconnect to your Source of Life; in Soul. Observe the emotional barriers that you carry which disconnect you from your power. Be present and stand still, processing each feeling until it is done. Undergo this process until you are left with stillness. Allow the Restoration of your Soul connection at the time of stillness. It allows you the awareness to communicate with complete articulation & understanding. This “clearing of the inner path” is the opening to your Creative Identity.

Celebrate

Now is a great time to get that Gratitude Journal going strong. It’s simple: write 5 things that happened today which you are grateful for. Follow with 5 attributes of your Source which  you are most grateful for in your life. If we can see the miracle of a single flower every day (Buddha), then oh how wonderfully our whole life will change.

Essential Oils of the Season:  Bergamot, Geranium & Rosewood