Dec 30, 2020How to Receive Criticism and Still Enjoy Your DayFear of rejection is a social animal’s worst fear: when your species survival depends on cooperation, you become hypersensitive for all the clues towards or away from belonging: validation, affirmation, appreciation and reward. So when there is criticism coming at you and you haven’t done your homework on how to…Criticism5 min read
Nov 19, 2020Why Seeing the World as Victim is Hard to Change, and What You Can Do About ItHere’s why seeing the world through a Victim’s eye is hard to change, and what you can do about it: A Victim is always superior to Villains. Status is a perk hard to renounce Victim gets pity, which is a form of attention, and attention nourishes. When one is depleted…Personal Development5 min read
Jan 20, 2019Ways to Tell a Life StoryHappiness has, in part, to do with how we tell the stories of our lives. The ultimate happy ending is how we die, whether we die well or not. The rest of the story, is how we live. Life is suffering. Buddhist thought tells you so. Once you get that…Storytelling3 min read
Oct 7, 2018Why Diet May Not Be The Answer To Your HealthHealth food stores are popping up like mushrooms after rain online and offline, thriving on people’s single-minded obsession with food. What began as useful awareness that what you put in your body affects the state of your body (and mind!) …Health7 min read
Apr 10, 2018Five Reasons Why You Are Addicted to Television Series and One Big Reason Why Watching Is Good For…Five Reasons Why You Are Addicted to Television Series and One Big Reason Why Watching Is Good For You Nobody I know is addicted to documentary. Everybody I know who binges on Netflix, like I do, is addicted to television series. The difference between the two are emotions. Documentaries present…Downton Abbey5 min read
Apr 10, 2018Anxiety — causes and curesAnxiety What it is, causes, cures The earliest memories of anxiety are from my childhood, when my mother would get ready to go out and I felt an unpleasant coldness in my belly, hands and feet. When I turned eighteen I had my first full-fledged panic attack, when my heart…Health3 min read