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In this week's video, I share some new thoughts around an old teaching that helps people understand how their brain functions, and what we can do to get it back on track when things get messy.
Watch the video to be guided through something both playful and deeply transformative: a new way to relate to your brain — one that doesn’t shame it, suppress it, or let it run wild like a toddler in a candy store.
Let me take you back a few years.
I was sitting at my desk preparing for a conference call, my heart thumping wildly in my chest as I thought about all the people I was about to let down because I was drowning in a life of my own making, and I remember thinking, “This is not what my life supposed to feel like.”
I had been praying and meditating, teaching spiritual psychology, and talking about living a balanced life for years, yet my brain still ran the show like a high-stress executive: evaluating risks, calculating social dynamics, replaying moments, and freaking out about the unknown.
That’s when I began to notice something essential.
The brain is a beautiful liar.
Not malicious—just protective. Like an overbearing, anxiously loving aunt who’s convinced that the world is out to get you unless you play small, stay safe, and stick to the rules.
But there was a problem.
Playing small was killing my spirit and only letting me see a portion of the truth.
There was a time I thought I had to keep every part of me in check, listening to the internalized voices of others that decided to give up the big dreams and settle for the life that kept food on the tables and a roof over our heads.
The Clinical Therapist. The Conscious Mother. The “good girl” daughter. The one who “should know better.” My brain loved these labels. It thought they kept me safe.
Spoiler alert: they didn’t. They just kept me arguing for my limitations - they lept me small.
So I started melting.
Not in the burnout kind of way (been there too), but in the way that old ice does when spring starts whispering its arrival.
I began melting the boxes.
The box labeled Mom.
The box labeled Therapist.
The box labeled Spiritual Seeker.
The box labeled Keep it all together, even when you’re falling apart.
I let it all start blending. Messy. Honest. Alive.
And in that mess, something incredible emerged: a whole self. A self that could parent from presence, lead from alignment, teach from humility, and rest without guilt.
That’s what this week’s video is all about.
How we begin to understand our brain through a new lens—one that honors the nervous system without bowing to its every demand.
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How the three parts of your brain each have a job (one plans, one scans, one protects)
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Why your brain is wired to keep you alive, not liberated
- How to get aligned to the Ocean of Consciousness rather than trying to master it or get pushed around by it
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A simple, embodied gesture exercise you can do right now to ground the teaching in your body
Yes — it’s interactive.
Yes — it’s powerful.
Yes — it might make you giggle (you’ll see why when you tap your forehead and say: "This is my captain.")
Your Turn:
Here’s what I’d love for you to sit with this week:
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Where in your life are you still letting your brain run the show?
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What does it sound like when your “inner overprotective aunt” speaks up?
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And what would it take to make friends with the ocean instead of fighting it all the time?
We’re Not Here to Survive. We’re Here to Expand.
Expansion isn’t about getting rid of parts of yourself.
It’s about bringing all of you to the table — including your beautifully complex brain — and saying:
“I see you. We’ve got this.”
Let’s melt the old ways. Let’s lead from our captains. Let’s get our brains on board with our soul’s mission.
Yours in The Ocean of Consciousness,
Dr. Saira
P.S. If this teaching resonates, share it with someone who’s been stuck in survival mode. You never know how one forehead tap might change a life.
P.P.S. Wanna meet up in person? Join us for our live event on June 7. More details here.
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