the reason you shouldn’t seek to make your days more enjoyable
We all want a life full of perfectly enjoyable moments. But sometimes that is not what we get. I want to tie back to perfectionism and our need to control our every moment, though. When we don’t get that perfect…
how to accept the bittersweetness of life?
Just a little bit smaller. Why do things have to be a big deal and perfect 24/7?. This is what my therapist told me after me being confused about how things can be just a little bit away from perfect…
how to embody your change and growth?
When we are growing, changing and, dare I say, evolving, we are going through a process in which we change our neural connections. We create new thought processes and we open up to new ideas and new versions of ourselves.…
how to make peace with the fact that you are just one more human?
We think we are very important. And that is okay. It is what we grow to believe. We think everyone cares about what we do, and that everyone cares about who we are. When you grow up in a small…
instinct, intuition, inner voice: how to trust you can change your life?
The concept of willpower is what we believe that will take us where we want to be in life. We think we have goals and then that leads to results and in between that is hard work and willpower. While…
how can we accept other people’s inner worlds?
We all have an idea of what is right and what is wrong. What makes sense and what doesn’t? It also happens that we sometimes we bump into people from other cultures or even only outside of our social circle…
how to accept the discomfort of our hard feelings?
Feelings that are hard to swallow come at all times during the year. Mostly when we least expect it. Sometimes they creep up on us and we don’t know whether to act on them or what to do. A sense…
how to slow the emotional pendulum and reach for contentment?
Let’s talk about contentment and how to avoid the emotional pendulum. It sounds exactly like happiness doesn’t it? Well, it really isn’t. In your mind contentment might feel like settling. Like not going after the biggest goal and staying in…
how does looking at life as black or white ruin the magic?
Although black and white can be pretty aesthetic, let’s remember that all black and white pictures work on a grayscale. They don’t just have black or white, they also have all the shades of grey between them. Black and white…
how does discomfort make us want to fix every detail of our lives?
“I want to fix everything in my life, my emotions, my relationships, my career and who I am” Everything. That “everything” is a tough one and let me tell you now that it’s not possible. The things we feel from…