The world can be a disheartening, disappointing, uncomfortable, or incomprehensible place to be in. Some things which hold precious value for us seem to be a mere after-thought for others. Because we care about those precious things, we are left wounded by the indifference towards our […]
The gaze of another person upon us is a powerful thing. Exposed to this scrutiny, unable to control what the other sees nor how they make sense of how they see us, the strange and delicate dance of seeking and averting, pulling and pushing, displaying and […]
Strange are those moments of contrasting emotions: happy and sad; smiling with tears; deeply in love and deeply immersed in loss. Strange moments, but not uncommon. We are, after all, complex beings. Our fundamental needs may be simple, but our ways to address and fulfill these […]
The great gift of imagination bestowed upon human beings can also cause us great pain. Being able to imagine something opens up new ways to learn and to explore. Being able to imagine something different from what we concretely experience right here can give us strength […]
The self-actualisation process for Abraham Maslow, the individuation process for Carl G. Jung, the search for meaning through logotherapy for Viktor Frankl, and the philosophies of various spiritual pathways endorsing a holistic worldview of conscious development are effectively shades of one main idea: life is movement […]
For all the wise words from our elders that ‘life is change’ and that ‘without change there would be no growth’, change remains a rather awkward and uncomfortable experience. Change can be unexpected and dramatic – in those instances, it seems only natural to fear change […]
We often feel that chaos is a general fact of life: small or dramatic, those chaotic moments make us lose our mind, our centre of gravity, our ground, our foresight, our calm and peace. Anything goes, and how overwhelming can this be?! Chaotic moments are peculiar […]
If we imagine our life as a book, then it is undeniably a page-turner: not merely because it comes with its twists and shockers and thrills and poetic moments; but also because it forces us to pick the corner up, fold the page over and move […]
Dedicated to Lili Words can hardly depict the beautiful feminine, but here is to honour Her and to remind us all of what we owe Her. The beautiful feminine exists in many shapes and forms: the loving arms of Mother (our human mother, the person who […]
To live, we must be brave. It takes courage to live. What makes us who we are is how brave and courageous we are in the face of hardships and obstacles. In brief, to live means to be strong. After all, that is the most commonly value of our days [...]
Deep in winter, cold temperatures, mornings still dark, wind blowing leaves through naked trees – to go out means to wrap yourself up in layers of clothing (hat, scarf, gloves, boots, coat) in order to face the elements, when the earth reminds us that cold rain […]
Mind – body – soul: they are what makes a living being what he or she is. Leaving the soul for another discussion, let’s look more closely at the relationship between mind and body. I have suggested previously that mind and body both mean well (to […]
We generally entrust our mind to be our guide in life: to process information, assess how we feel and determine what we need to do. The mind is a wonderfully powerful and refined tool that enables us to make sense of the world we live in […]
‘Love yourself’ is a motto of our days. It is spread across covers of magazines, emphatically discussed on the net and on the screen, and is the central message of much of the self-help literature. Surely it is good advice, sensible and straightforward to apply, with […]
We have just passed the Autumn equinox, when day and night are of equal length (just as they are at the Spring equinox). At this point of the year, everything comes to a perfect balance: no more, no less, just exactly what needs to be and […]
Much has been written about the disenchantment of the modern world, usually dated (in Europe at least) anywhere between the Enlightenment and the advent of the industrial society, if not much earlier. An unshakeable faith in the mind’s ability to understand everything, to control and master […]