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How To Free Your Mind [the kind way]

I already shared how to free your mind the crazy way, the selfish way and this is the kind way: Assume the best about people. OMG, I am realizing now this is also totally crazy! Except… except that it’s working. Do it from time to time and feel the freedom. Think of the last person […]

Stop Avoiding, Start Creating.

I have a new mantra that has a power to change my perspective. It changes my energy in an instant, and through this – my actions, and through this – the outcome. The mantra is: Stop Avoiding. Start Creating. I’m explaining below what made me coin it, but first let me give you few examples […]

How To Transform What You Don’t Like About Yourself

I recorded this 10 months ago (annoyance alert: I talk very slow on videos) Sometimes, like everyone, I find something within me I don’t like. (I’m so happy it’s a rare occurrence these days…) In this video I described an experience of fully accepting a problem that was hard for me to solve. A counterintuitive thing […]

What Can You Do When You Feel Judged All The Time?

“Life is a process of self-discovery and self-acceptance. It’s so rewarding. You never know what else you will accept and appreciate about yourself, when you take the next turn.” -I think. We are paralyzed by the fear of being judged. We feel discouraged, and rejected when we FEEL judged. How do we know people are […]

First steps to realizing your Heart’s Desire

[ This is about: Moving your forgotten heart’s desires from the back burner to the front. Testing your desires. Does it have to bring you money? The one sure thing to knock down any obstacles. Fulfillment vs disappointment.] There is a dream, a desire, sleeping in the back of your mind. It can be really […]

39 Life’s Lessons on my 39th Birthday.

This is “what I know for sure” at this point. I expect that with time it may change. I encourage you, not necessarily to read my list, but to create your own. Maybe you will be surprised how much you have learned, and how many things still remain to be learned. 1. Some of our […]

How to Spot a Good Listener [and How to Be One]

“We need to look before we take the vulnerability leap, and choose carefully who we open up to. If we share with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of a flying debris in an already dangerous storm.” Brene Brown Why is it important to talk to the right people, especially if […]

Three Routes to Self Discovery. [Personal & Professional Application]

Since the ancient times (at least since Upanishads, Luxor Temple, Temple of Apollo at Delphi) to the present day career advisors, we are urged to know ourselves. Why is it important? Lack of knowledge about who we are, what we are able to do, what we need, what’s our mission, what are our values – can […]

[Relationships] How to Create a Permanent Bond

Sometimes we are convinced that if we were more lucky or have more chemistry, or chose a different partner in the first place – all our relationship’s problems – wouldn’t exist. And that might be true. Especially if we’ve got into the current problematic relation for all wrong reasons. But even if you are a […]

Do You Crave Simplicity? Start Here.

There comes a point in life when we want to leave everything and fly. (Maybe it happens between spring and summer, maybe when we move from summer to autumn, or maybe it’s completely unrelated to life’s chapters.) This is the time, when you realize you carry too much with you. You look at the past […]

How To Handle Your Anger.

Are you open to talk about anger? Specifically about your anger? Never feel it? True – we are able to train our mind to be free, most of the time, from the draining and negative emotions. Ask anyone who practices mindfulness. Anyone who rewired their brain to focus on positive. But the “bad” emotions are still available […]

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 […]

Life Is a Spiral and Here is why it matters.

“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 consequences. […]

Three things that sabotage our happiness, success, and creativity.

Though there is no actual final destination, deep inside we know if we are closer to being frustrated or fulfilled. Very often we sabotage our own happiness, success, creativity or relationships. There is a lot of inner work that goes into discovering the truth about ourselves, and I doubt now if this work is ever […]

Boost Your Happiness

Last week I mentioned that we always have something of value, even if we don’t have what we wanted in the first place ( the idea only sounds rebellious, if we don’t try it ). Today I want to share two projects that will help you to get creative with the idea of gratitude: With […]