Befriend isolation in the challenging times of Covid-19
“Don’t try to calm the storm. Calm yourself. The storm will pass.” ~Buddha Facts and how to turn this challenge into an opportunity The year 2020 came with a challenge of unprecedented scale: Covid-19. We are often looking outside, seeking safety on the outside: in the government, authorities, medical establishments. However, rich or developing countries […]
Meditation and thoughts
I have coached over 2000 people determined to commit to developing themselves with the help of meditation. For someone who is new to meditation and not only, one of the most common beliefs is that when one meditates, there will be absolute freedom from thoughts. That thoughts will stop completely and often the definition of […]
Practice forgiveness to experience less procrastination
When going through a process of self-reflection, I am looking at something I’ve faced before – the procrastination existing in my life. Can you relate to that? I am sitting at my desk and methodically going though what is holding me back at different stages in life and inevitably leading to procrastination. It’s the: lack […]
How I learned to design my thoughts
Meditation and design are creative tools to invent yourself “I just got an idea! A great idea! Wow! What a sensational idea! I think I’ll be very successful with this idea!” In the field of design, and, well, I’m an industrial designer, we know this situation as the “Love Syndrome at First Idea”. It is a […]
The Inner-Work of Positive Affirmations
“I Am Safe” but “Am I Really?” Positive affirmations are not about suppressing reality nor about using a mask to cover up what’s “really underneath”- on the contrary, positive affirmations are powerful assertions that are meant to open up a dialogue with the experience of embodying the ancestral and everlasting universal question of Who Am […]
Learning to Live Your Best Life as a Highly Sensitive Person
Being highly sensitive can bring with it a number of challenges. For example, many sensitive people find it hard being around others when they are eating because of the noise they make. This can mean that they often feel isolated or sad. Being highly sensitive can also have advantages. If you are able to manage […]
Going back to the roots is finding the meaning
Chasing appearances is moving away from the origin, from the meaning At the time of inner discovery, appearances are transcended. If we call truth to the changes that seem to occur in the superfluous world, this will only be due to our mental bias or confusion. When the mind exists unperturbed on the road, nothing […]
The gifts do not exist
What is a gift? Is anyone born with a gift? Does the gift exist? For philosopher Lucien Sève, it doesn’t. I learned about gifts in two moments in my life. First, in my childhood, in a patriarchal and Christian family, I learned that I, by drawing and painting better than my peers, had a gift. […]
6 Ways to Boost your Appreciation
In the previous blog, I talked about giving without expectations and how the ego-mind is depending on the outcome of our actions to feel happy. Today I would like to share how our daily practices boost the capacity to appreciate what we already have. First things first… The simplest things can become your greater gifts. Why […]
Change: like it or not, forever necessary
We resist and often resent changes. But change is the key to life, because, despite change being seemingly painful, it’s forever necessary. What I fear, keeps me safe Most of us tend to settle in our comfort zone, we are afraid of the change or something new. We tend to get used to the rut […]