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Automatisms are automatism actions or behaviours performed without conscious knowledge, intention, or control. The term spans multiple fields including medicine, law, and art, describing involuntary movements or creative processes driven outside normal waking awareness

Pierre Marie Félix Janet; French; 30 May 1859 – 24 February 1947) was a pioneering French psychologist, physician, philosopher, and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory.

Our knowledge of who we are is mediated by what we doctors of the mind call our self-schemata… cognitive generalisations derived from experience that organise and guide the processing of self-related information, and proposed that these structures may develop in particular domains of a person’s life.

A self-schema is a cognitive mental structure that organizes how an individual perceives, remembers, and evaluates information about themselves. It includes core traits like extraversion, athleticism, or intelligence that a person considers vital to their identity

Essentialism is a concept with primary meanings in Philosophy and Personal Development: the view that objects or ideas possess unchanging, inherent core properties, or the disciplined practice of focusing strictly on what matters most while eliminating non-essentials

Stress-regulation systems involve the brain (amygdala, prefrontal cortex), autonomic nervous system (sympathetic for “fight-or-flight,” parasympathetic for “rest-and-digest”), and the HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal), working together to manage perceived threats, releasing hormones like adrenaline and cortisol, and then returning the body to balance through opposing actions and brain regulation.

A “resonance field” refers to concepts where resonance, the tendency of a system to oscillate with greater amplitude at certain frequencies, becomes a fundamental organising principle, linking physics (quantum mechanics, gravity) and consciousness, often involving harmonic patterns, geometry, and unified theories like Resonance Field Theory (RFT), extending beyond traditional physics Read more

The term “phylogenetic layer” is primarily used in the context of visualizing or analysing multi-layered biological data on a phylogenetic tree, or in specific neuroscience contexts referring to the evolutionary history of brain structures. In the field of bioinformatics, “phylogenetic layer” typically refers to the addition of supplementary data to Read more

Genetic memory refers to the idea that ancestral experiences, like trauma or learned behaviours, can be passed down through DNA to influence subsequent generations’ brains and behaviours, often via epigenetic changes (marks on DNA), not direct memory recall, but as predispositions, instincts, or heightened sensitivities, seen in animal studies showing Read more

Lifelong practice, or lifelong learning, is the continuous, voluntary pursuit of knowledge and skills throughout one’s life for personal or professional growth, extending beyond formal education. It involves actively seeking new experiences, embracing curiosity, challenging oneself, adapting to change, and taking ownership of one’s development through both formal (courses, workshops) Read more