Reflections on therapy, growth, and the human experience
There are things that happened to us that we understand perfectly well in our minds, but that still live in the body as if they never quite finished. This is where EMDR comes in.
Read MoreMost couples who come to therapy are not in the wrong relationship. What brings them in is something more specific: the feeling that no matter how hard they try, they keep ending up in the same place.
Read MoreYou meet someone whom you feel inspired, whose energy lifts you up, and whom you entrust your heart. You feel stronger with their presence, a feeling that there is no substitute in this world.
Read MoreWhen I was little, the very first habit that I learned was to brush my teeth. “If you don’t brush your teeth, you’ll get cavities” that was the message I heard.
Read MoreWe spend most of our time asking questions. But we hardly take a moment to reflect what kind of questions we are asking ourselves and how does asking these questions make us feel.
Read MoreI used to see art as a hobby — something you do to pass the time. It was taught to me that way, ever since I was little.
Read More“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” — Marianne Williamson
Read MoreWhen you are travelling, you do things you’ve never done before, you go out of your current routine, and you remain continuously outside your comfort zone.
Read MoreLove is shaped by multiple influences, including media and childhood experiences. The most lasting and deeply embedded ideas about love come from our childhood experiences.
Read MoreThis summer, I went to a festival by myself while I was solo traveling. There were hundreds of people, it was late at night, and I started to feel a bit nervous, anxious, and lonely.
Read MoreSelf-help and fitness culture has created an internal “drill sergeant” voice demanding early wake-ups and constant grinding.
Read More“Pleasure disappoints, possibility never.” — Søren Kierkegaard. How easy it is to give in to cynicism and abandon dreams of new possibilities?
Read MoreTwo years ago, when relocating to a new city, I experienced unexpected anxiety. Despite having moved six times previously, logic suggested the feeling shouldn’t occur.
Read MoreIn his book “The Trauma of Everyday Life,” Mark Epstein recounts meeting with Ajahn Chah, a respected Buddhist monk who points to a glass and shares a reflection on impermanence.
Read MoreOur electronic devices, particularly social media, harm us by eliminating boredom. We remain in a constant state of stimulation, perpetually seeking the next dopamine hit.
Read MoreThe famous comedian Garry Shandling, who found solace in Buddhism in his late years, wrote to his journal: “Give more, give what you didn’t get. Love more, drop the old story.”
Read More“We seem normal only to those who don’t know us very well.” — Alain de Botton. De Botton suggests that in a healthier society, early dating conversations would include the question: “And how are you crazy?”
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