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Courage

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” Steve Jobs […]

Trust

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Golder Meir How would you define trust? Is trust about vulnerability, surrender, or loss? Is trust about presuming that someone […]

Losing

If you fail at something, you are a loser… right? I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. Anais Nin If you fail at something, you are a loser… right? If you lose a game, you are not good enough…right? If you question some forms of authority, you […]

Lock-down Madness!

Coping with COVID-19 Isolation If you have been following my posts, seminars and books, you will have figured out by now that my approach to difficult or different situations is all about changing how we see ourselves in the situation where we are experiencing the discord. I have been surfing the internet more than usual […]

Patience

How do patience and stress management go together? Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Carl Jung Here is a challenge […]

Guilt

“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn’t enough and you have to go and get shot or something.” John Lennon What is Guilt? Guilt is a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person realizes or believes—accurately or not—that he or she has compromised his or her […]

Compassion and Empathy

Compassion – The emotion that we feel in response to the suffering of others – Wikipedia Empathy – The capacity to recognise emotions that are being experienced by another sentient being – Wikipedia As a child I was brought up to be compassionate. To love my neighbour, to turn the other cheek, to be an […]

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