Post-Pandemic Goal: Smile like the Cheshire Cat Who doesn´t want to look smarter, younger, huggable or more competent on a Zoom meeting? I used to fantasize with Second Life. I spent hours pretending to breed cats. My goal was to breed one as interesting as the smiley one in Alice and Wonderland. I live in a tiny apartment, so bringing this…
Gone with the Dog It’s been 2 years and 21 days, since my Golden Retriever took her love away… She was a hyper active, golden haired dog who always chose to fetch the ball or Frisbee instead of being caressed. My aunt unofficially diagnosed her with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity). Even when we all know that such is…
Gregot & The Power of Music (Lizards as Pets) There are popular and unpopular pets, just as it happens with people. Cats, dogs, parrots, hamsters and goldfish are among the first group. On the opposite spectrum, there are snakes, spiders and other creatures that most people would agree they belong to the zoo rather than your son’s bedroom. However, some…
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…
How to create good boundaries “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.” – Brene Brown, PhD. Setting limits for yourself and honoring the limits of others is not a common thing, nor are there instructions to do it right or wrong. But as you practice, you will learn…
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…
How massage helps in recovering from drug addiction Massages probably represent the oldest therapeutic tool, which the human being has used to provide and provide a natural resource for pain. With the passage of time these techniques have been perfected resulting in various types of massage, from relaxation to affective or sensual; going specifically for the therapeutic of the sanitary…
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…
