How To End The Post Vacation Blues
I hesitated if I should write about this. I didn’t want to make a big deal of something that we may say is a luxury problem. On the other hand – I can’t ignore it. Post vacation blues, post travel depression (PTD) is real. And it hurts. (It is also something that pushed me to […]
Continue readingIs Perfectionism Robbing You Of Connection And Progress?
2013 I am a perfectionist… You would never guess because I am doing lots of things imperfectly. Once this “diagnosis” was confirmed, I was on a mission to free myself from it. I discovered that perfectionism is not about doing things well. If not, what is it about? “Perfectionism is NOT about striving to be […]
Continue readingLife is a Spiral and Here is why it matters. [a quote from “The Age Of Miracles”]
“According to ancient philosophy life is not a cycle but a spiral. Every life lesson that has ever been presented to you will come back again, until you learn it. And the stakes each time will be higher. Whatever you have learned will bear greater fruit. Whatever you failed to learn will bear harsher […]
Continue reading7 Ways to Learn from the “Difficult” People
We all run into d”difficult people”. Sometimes they live in your house. Before you strangle them with your stockings, here is something to consider: If everything has its purpose, there must be a reason for this conflict . I was talking about it with my friend, Sam, some time ago. We compared experiences (before, during […]
Continue readingWhen Someone Calls You Selfish [quote]
“(Campbell) teaches that doing what someone else wants us to do is slave morality, and a path to disease and disintegration of the spirit and body. He advises us to listen when someone is speaking, not to the words, but to what is talking – it is often pride, malice, or ignorance. For example, when […]
Continue readingOur Inner Dialogue can be our Source of Confidence
“There is no value judgement more important to man than the estimate he passes on himself. The more you like yourself the higher your self esteem will be.” – Nathaniel Branden Pema Chodron writes that gentleness with oneself is a root of confidence. She calls it an “unconditional friendliness with yourself”. It’s not difficult to practice it, if […]
Continue readingHow to feel grateful, despite not having what you want.
May 18th, 2013 What happens if you practice gratitude every day? Day after day? Everything changes. I often challenge myself: Whenever I notice I lack something – I change my focus: I think about all the things I have instead. I focus on everything I have as the result of not having the other thing. […]
Continue readingCreating Breakthroughs
Do you have something you know you need to do—but you-just-can’t make yourself do it?
For me, that “thing” was writing.
Writing makes me happy and fulfilled. But for a long time, I couldn’t sit down and actually do it. My frustration was growing.
In 2012, before I launched this blog, I had so much I wanted to share. Every day, I thought, today I’ll write. And then I didn’t.
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