digital-detox

From Information Overload to Awakening

/ Tricia Barker, Author of Angels in the OR / Leave a comment

What if the Information Age became the Enlightenment Age?

Every day, we scroll through facts, headlines, algorithms, and noise. But beneath it all, many of us are quietly searching—not just for information, but for meaning. For truth. For Connection. For a new way of being in community and in business. For something that reminds us we’re more than consumers, more than productivity stats, more than fear.

If love is what matters most from our time here—and I believe it is—then the technology we’ve built should reflect that love. It should connect us to the divine, not distract us from it. Imagine a digital world where more energy is spent spreading peace than outrage. Where our content feeds our souls instead of feeding our anxiety.

Fear is growing—especially among the young. One in three children today meets the criteria for an anxiety disorder. And who can blame them? They see what many adults try to deny: disconnection, environmental destruction, division, and despair. They tell me it feels overwhelming. That they aren’t sure how to help. We need to listen—and learn from them.

Here’s the miracle: they also hold the solution. Many of them are already wired for greater empathy, higher sensitivity, and a longing for truth. They just need guidance—safe space, sacred grounding, and reminders that they are deeply loved and divinely connected.

We all need that.


The Source is still here—in every time, in every generation. It’s as free and accessible as sunlight. No subscription required. And when we tap into it—through nature, meditation, breath, beauty, compassion—we become the light the world needs.

What if every digital scroll was also a blessing?
What if every post was a chance to awaken someone’s heart?
What if love and awakening went viral?

It starts with us. Let this age of information become something greater—an age of intention, insight, and illumination.

And to all the podcasters, YouTubers, healers, and quiet creators who are sharing messages of peace, insight, and love: thank you. You’re helping this shift happen. One story, one interview, one post at a time—you’re offering people something real in a world full of noise.

If this spoke to your heart, share it. Light travels fastest when passed from soul to soul.

Kindness Can Lead to Profound Societal Changes

/ Tricia Barker, Author of Angels in the OR / 4 Comments

“Pessimists say that this is a dystopian science fiction nightmare, and that human beings divided into savage tribes will end up devouring one another, like in Cormac McCarthy’s terrifying novel The Road. Realists think that this will pass, as so many other catastrophes have passed throughout history, and we will have to deal with the long-term consequences. We, the optimists, believe that this is the shock needed to amend our course, a unique opportunity to make profound changes. We can’t continue in a civilization based on unbridled materialism, greed, and violence.”
― Isabel Allende

Nature is made of inevitable cycles of birth & death, creation & destruction. However, when you orient your focus on what you can create, you naturally focus less on destruction. Everything is not going to “get worse,” unless that is your focus. If you turn your attention primarily on collapsing systems in deep need of creative, uplifting ideas, there isn’t room for the magic of creation. Your physical existence is finite. Answers are infinite. 

So, rest and relax. Open your mind to creativity. The power of your consciousness and the power of your higher self can direct energy, but you must decide what to direct into being. One act of kindness can shift an entire timeline. No matter how much has gone wrong, one kind deed matters in a sea of cruelty. That is the place where the miraculous can grow.

Near-death experiencers often bring back a message of love and unity, but humanity (and a lot of NDErs/Spiritual Teachers/Ministers) haven’t completely mastered the art of basic and consistent kindness. Can we expect greatness from the rest of society when those talking about love struggle to be loving?

I’ve talked about being gaslit, lied about, defamed, and abused/attacked by people desperate for a following in the spiritual community. I’m grateful that energy of attack isn’t within me. A clear mind and a heart that wishes success and happiness for everyone helps me sleep very well at night. But, I can work on not snapping back at a triggering comment on YouTube. I can remember that sarcasm isn’t everyone’s favorite dish. I can set boundaries with more grace. We can all work on creating from a place of kindness.

Healing is knowing yourself well enough to let the light shine through you and show up as your best self, even if others misunderstand you, even if every human being around you is triggered and ready for a fight. After deep meditations, you can walk out of fires into the most beautiful of seasons and creations.

Many strong souls set an intention to come into the world and see the light in the middle of great darkness and create something better. Believe that you are one of these souls!

“Whatever was still alive had reason for hope.” –Victor Frankl