The importance of cultivating GRATITUDE in our lives “If the only prayer you ever uttered in your entire life was ‘Thank you,’ that would be enough,” Meister Eckhart. Gratitude is an essential part of your personal development and in order to have a happy and satisfying life. You will wonder if what I say is real, or if this is…
My own, Private Sundance I just had my very first film festival online. I’d been binge watching random films on the internet, like most people since the first lockdown. But surprisingly, I received an invitation to the world’s most important indie film festival in the world. Under normal conditions, I would have taken the opportunity to take my skiing pants…
My triathlon experience One of the best things about racing, is getting to sit down some time after the race and write about your experience… Every race is different and putting down on paper, at least for me, is a way of transferring and processing all those emotions. I have struggled with my weight for some time. It’s been fucking…
How to deal with the guilt of having Anxiety When we identify with anxiety, we reach conclusions about ourselves that are not true. We value ourselves based on it and this, causes us to suffer. To get out of that state it is important to learn to deal with the guilt that exists in anxiety. Guilt is an emotion that…
What is codependency? Merriam Webster defines it as follows: A psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (such as an addiction to alcohol or heroin). Wikipedia‘s definition: Codependency is a behavioral condition in a relationship where one person enables another person’s addiction, poor mental health,…
Emotional & Verbal Abuse The first thing that usually comes to mind when we think of abuse is physical abuse, but there is another form that is just as bad, if not worse… and that is emotional abuse. Emotional abuse involves any behavior, verbal or nonverbal, which negatively impacts the emotional well-being of another person. There are cases of emotional…