Suffering. Who can avoid suffering in their life? It’s all around us. It’s even inside us. If you watch a homeless old man on the side of the pavement you would naturally feel sad for him. But only a few of us will actually do something for him. Despite what most of us think, feeling…
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Speaking up or standing up for yourself is a challenging task. For some people being assertive comes across being rude. First, we need to understand the difference between being assertive and being rude. Being assertive simply means the ability to express your point of view effectively and without disrespecting the rights and beliefs of others….
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We live in a screen-obsessed world where being an authentic self can be a little risky. We are just trying to be accepted and liked by the society we live in. The images we provide on our social media depicts who we want to be instead of reflecting who we truly are. So the question…
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How often do you feel like you don’t want to be the person you are right now? Is there a constant desire in you to redirect your life, go beyond just existing, and living a monotonous routine? To experience true joy in life you need to be fully present in the moment. If you are…
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In your daily life, you may find a day where you need to stand up for yourself. The situation can be as little as someone cutting a line in front of you or a coworker ripping your ideas in a meeting. It is okay to let go of such little things but sometimes being more…
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Ever heard of the term ‘victim mentality’? That’s most of us in the wake of many of our plights, especially the ones caused by our fellow human beings. That’s exactly what an ineffective coping mechanism feels like. You have someone to blame for the problem, you remain angry and frustrated and shouting, getting depressed or…
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Healing of your soul and mind requires a holistic approach honoring the spiritual and the personal. The problem that our modern psychology faces is that it ignores the soul and only medicates people who feel lost or broken, the people who find it hard to continue their journey as a human being. Our emotions exhibit…
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Most of us would be seized with fear if our bodies went numb, and would do everything possible to avoid it, yet we take no interest at all in the numbing of our souls. Epictetus If someone tells you to carry a sack of soil, 5 pounds in weight, on your shoulders, would you be…
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It’s never a simple task to decipher how to deal with toxic parents. The pain that comes from a toxic mother is not something we talk about enough. None of us are perfect, that includes our mothers also, but there’s a point at which imperfection becomes destructive, taking away from daughters the love, warmth that…
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Rejection is something everyone has had to deal with at some point in life. But being rejected by a parent, the one person that is supposed to naturally love and accept you, is a pain like no other. When a parent rejects you, your foundation is immediately broken. You are deprived of feeling love and…
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I want to give a chance, to you and me, to heal from the lack of nurturing from our childhood. I want to help you overcome the fear, pressure, and grief, and identify the abilities and blessings that you have today because of your mother being absent, and become truly free to pursue your dreams, as I do the same for myself.