[3] Your Creative Environment. SPACE: Grace, Silence, Geography.
Did you read the previous posts about organizing your creative environment? Here is the one about Time and the other one, about the Mind. This one talks about The Physical SPACE. Space in your mind. Your Geography. 1. Physical Space You could be fine in the middle of a beehive. But for most creatives it is […]
Continue readingIs Forgiveness Necessary Before You Start Inner Work?
I had a talk about hypnotherapy recently and one of the listeners asked me: Isn’t it necessary to forgive others first, before we start any work on ourselves? (in hypnosis the “work” may be anything) I did not have a chance to answer the question at that time. The answer is not straightforward. In hypnotherapy […]
Continue readingMy “Balm for the Soul” Playlist
Rarely I use music in meditation, and if I do, it’s only as an intro, when I feel somewhat empty. I play the kind of music as below sometimes during yoga at home. This is a fragment of my peace evoking playlist. From dreamy and extremely calming, to awakening and playful. (those that are not linked […]
Continue reading[2] Your Creative Environment. MIND. Unlimited and Underestimated.
This is the 2nd part of preparing your creative environment. Our mind (and mindset) is a part of our creative environment. Maybe the most important one. You can read the first part, on Time, here. And the third about SPACE here. Our mind will often prevent us from making progress, creating and accomplishing our plans. […]
Continue readingFeeling Insecure? Do this to feel more confident
Have patience with all things but above all: have patience with yourself. – St. Frances de Sales We call it insecurity, when it really interferes with life. We call it a weakness if from time to time we get reminded about it. The sure thing is: Everybody’s got something. (At some point in life) How can we […]
Continue reading[1] Your Creative Environment. TIME: Guard it, and if you have to, steal it.
“You have a song in your heart to be sung, and you have a dance to be danced, but the dance is invisible, and the song – you have not heard it yet. It is deep down hidden in the innermost core of your being; it has to be brought to surface, it has to […]
Continue readingMake A Glorious Promise To Yourself.
It was a case without precedent: this year, unlike in all the previous years, I’m not inclined to write down any goals (which doesn’t mean I don’t have some sense of direction) But I do want to share with you few things I’m doing to acknowledge the beginning of the year, in case you are […]
Continue readingTake a Break From Your Creative Anxiety
The following is an essay of shameless name-dropping… Things are not easy for the artists and creatives… On one hand, we are flooded by brilliant ideas, usually in a shower, but we can’t take action on them, because we are covered in soap. At other times you are paralyzed by self-doubts, perfectionism, and the fear […]
Continue readingOne Woman’s Way To Set Emotional Boundaries + 6 more.
Nearly each of us has time in our lives, when we need to “set the boundaries” with a particular person. We do it basically… to stay sane, because in the overall picture of wellbeing, healthy emotional (and energetic) boundaries are crucial. Before I’ll talk (or remind you) about the ways we can protect ourselves, I […]
Continue readingYour spiritual beliefs and the concept of “past lives”
Your belief or lack of belief in past lives is not essential on your path of spiritual evolution. It doesn’t harm it, unless you misuse it. PLR is a tool of inner growth and learning our lessons here on Earth. As long as we learn our lessons it doesn’t matter what tools do we use.
Continue readingThe Secret To Having More Patience When You Need It Most
(the photo was taken near Tillamook in Oregon) Though I am writing this sitting on my yoga mat – my place to restore balance – the recent days were trying times for my patience. Sometimes it’s the “other people”, sometimes it’s stuff happening when I’m rushing, and sometimes it’s the heat and humidity of August […]
Continue readingHow To Practice Gratitude So It Works?
Few weeks ago in my Sunday Vipassana sitting one woman said something that got me thinking about my gratitude practice. (If that is a subject so overdone for you that you get nausea – a la Jean Paul Sartre – hearing about it, I apologize. I feel the same… but this…) Studies have been done. […]
Continue readingThree Ways Of Dealing With Fear
Fear and doubts really can delay our progress, our happiness. For example: fear can paralyze you from sharing your artwork, performing, because you are afraid of rejection and critique. Or it can stop you from breaking up with someone, who is making you miserable, because you are afraid you be always alone and the only […]
Continue readingPsst… You Are Not Alone. The Cause And The Cure For Procrastination.
[Is there a cure for procrastination? The reasons. Why it hurts. What’s underneath (and it’s not the lack of strong will) and what CAN we do about it.] I was on the plane from Phoenix to Chicago and I decided to read few chapters of “You are not so smart” by David McRaney from my […]
Continue readingHow To Use A Spiral.
When solving a problem: “When you choose RESOURCES it is an upward spiral. When you choose OBSTACLES it is a downward spiral. ” In any situation, at any time, we do have both. What is our focus on? (I think I got this from Victoria Crawford, the creator of “The Way of Discovery Path”) Photo: […]
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