My soul circle group had another great discussion this week that has stuck with me all week, so I'm expanding on it here because I think it will help others, too.

We're expecting a storm here, so I headed to grocery store to stock up. It's a habit I picked up in the Northeast. We have a fear of scarcity because things might shut down. So there I was in the supermarket for just a few things -- we didn't need much. But I saw people buying up all the bread. There were only a few loaves left. I didn't need bread, but in that moment, I felt like if I didn't get some, something bad would happen. I think that's thanks to lizard brain -- the leftover instincts from our pre-historic ancestors who were hard-wired to survive. We don't want to be left out. That's scarcity.

Then there's abundance. We're pretty materialistic in this country and we ...