Back when I wore strong glasses and then thick hard plastic contacts, bright lights seemed like an assault to my eyeballs. It felt like laser beams or daggers were coming toward me, and I recoiled in alarm. The last thing … more...

The normal lubrication of the front of the eyes comes from each blink spreading the tear film across the surface. We should be blinking every few seconds, and I’ve written more about blinking here. People can complain about Dry … more...

When wearing thick eyeglasses as a child, then thick hard contacts as a teen and adult, very bright light bothered me more than it did for those with no glasses. It was like my “correction” concentrated the light into a … more...

When I first started to tentatively explore the world of natural vision improvement, hardly daring to hope that this would help with my strong myopia, I came face to face with the realization that I often didn’t want to look … more...

I’m with my eye doctor, a friendly guy I’ve known for years, who usually treats me like a colleague instead of a subservient patient. I walk over to the adjacent office of a chiropractor, to notice everything there is dark … more...

I’m in an energy healing workshop, led by a teacher I followed closely for years, traveling cross-country to see her many times. She’s working with a student I’ll call Y, who has also been following this teacher for years. The … more...

Years ago an energy teacher told our class that fear and excitement are both triggered by the same neuro-chemical process, namely a surge of adrenaline. The difference between those 2 emotions lies in how we interpret this body sensation, which … more...

As a child I felt trapped behind my thick heavy glass eyeglasses, caged even. I also thought they were necessary for me to be able to see. My mother often yelled at me that I’d “ruin my eyes” when I … more...

Well-intentioned coaches or teachers or parents often demand we try new activities, pulling us out of our comfort zone. They’re hoping to help us increase our skills and experience, yet if it’s too much of a stretch for us, we’ll … more...

If someone won’t meet your gaze, it’s assumed that they might be lying to you, or being deceptive and trying to hide something. Calling a person “shifty-eyed” implies a devious character. On the other hand, the person who won’t look … more...

Many of us more sensitive types feel that being seen is the same as being judged, or criticized. Who wants that? Though we do want to be noticed and accepted in all our flawed wonderfulness, “I see you!” doesn’t always … more...

Dr. William Bates, who pioneered the natural vision improvement discipline over 100 years ago, wrote extensively about this concept. Based on his experience with thousands of patients, he realized that people see more clearly what pleases them, and less clearly … more...

As I improved my vision, it took a while for my visual confidence to improve too. I was used to not being able to see, and not expecting to see well most of the time. When I dropped something small, … more...

As soon as I power up my cell phone, I immediately go to Settings, then Sounds and Vibrations, then Do Not Disturb to turn that on. The random dings and beeps of incoming mail feel like someone is standing at … more...

As a vision coach, I often hear people make statements about their eyesight which make me cringe. They’ll say “I’m blind without my glasses!” or “Everyone in my family has bad eyes” or “Since my job requires looking at a … more...

Years ago when driving home from a long stressful day at my corporate computer job, over-focused on the traffic with tired eyes behind my -10 hard contacts, a male colleague would regularly pass me. Apparently. I never saw him! He … more...

Last week I participated in an energy healing retreat with my long-time teacher Deborah King, and noticed again that the calmer I remain the better I can see. I’ve written before about being present as it relates to vision, … more...

Many of us have the mistaken idea that pointing out our faults to ourselves will motivate us to do better. “Get that lazy fat body to the gym!” we’ll tell the image in the mirror. Then the part of us … more...

Dr. Bates, the natural vision improvement pioneer of the early 20th century, used to get this question a lot from his patients. He would reply that you have as much time to practice seeing with good relaxed healthy vision habits … more...

It has always impressed me when I see someone who can keep it together in the midst of chaos, as in Rudyard Kipling’s poem If, which starts “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … more...