“Deep sadness is sometimes almost like a certain place, a coordinate on a time map. When you stand in this forest of grief, you cannot imagine ever finding your way to a better place. But when someone can assure you that they've stood in the same spot and now moved on, it sometimes brings hope. " ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat,…
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only requirement for happiness. If we are still holding onto anything in our hearts – anger, fear, or possession – we cannot be free. "~ Thich Nhat Hanh Almost generally, many of the problems we face in life depend on our own expectations. Expectations of us. Expectations of others. Expectations of…
Hello friends! On this long vacation weekend, I decided to take a break from the much-needed self-care that we can all now imagine. We have all been pushed, stretched and challenged this year. We've all done our best, done our best and sometimes wondered if it's good enough. That's the thing in difficult times – we often make it so…
"Those who do not have the ability to live in the now cannot make valid plans for the future." ~ Alan Watts I started life a little later. Because of this, people often mistakenly believed that I was operating on a specific (and somewhat urgent) schedule – like running to catch up with the rest of the people my age.…
"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts." ~ Marcus Aurelius Rethinking is widespread. And everyone is asking us to stop. Articles like these are abundant: "7 signs that you are an overthinker" "13 strategies to stop rethinking" "9 tips to overcome over-thinking" The over-thinker in me is beginning to question the effectiveness of all this…
I was a drug addict. Yes i did everything No, my childhood was not full of abuse, I was actually a pretty happy child, and I had it no worse and no better than anyone, except maybe some "dad problems". I'm not to blame much. I know who smoked, sniffed, and popped, and it wasn't the evil angel on my…
"The greatest gifts you can give someone are your time, love, and attention." ~ Unknown The other day I saw this phrase on social media: "Spread friendliness, not COVID-19." And I started thinking about how contagious kindness is, which reminded me of a viral video I've always loved: A skateboard child falls and a construction worker helps him up. The…
"Don't look for someone to solve all your problems. Look for someone who won't let you see you alone." ~ Unknown For me, depression is like walking up a hill all the time. Most of the time the hill only has a gradient of one percent. It can hardly be said that it is a hill. I walk, run, jump,…
"Sometimes music is the only thing that distracts you from everything else." ~ Unknown All major art forms can be a way to experience a deeper part of ourselves, but there is something unique about music. Perhaps it's because music is a frequency with no physical form so it can easily become a route into the formless realms of intuition…
"Live and let live." ~ Unknown So there I was sitting in front of the Zoom meeting when it happened. The overwhelming grief hit me like a freight train. And no matter how much emotional training I tried to deepen or self-help tricks I tried to muster, nothing could stop the train at that moment. The emotions flooded me, forcing…