I am grateful for my background, and you should be too — The other day mom got sad and apologized to me. We were decluttering my clothes from uni times that are still laying around my parents’ flat. “I’m so sorry I couldn’t give you a wealthy background.” She was looking at the clothes I used to wear with pity. “We were…

Have you been taking care of yourself? Set intentions for the next week. — Find a quiet time. Sit down, settle and prepare to reflect. First, anchor your attention to finding your focus. Anchor attention to your body and breath. Focus on your physical sensations. Relax the muscles on your shoulders, then focus on your feelings on the chest. Try to clear your mind…

3. You don’t need to be the best version of yourself when you are hurting. — I remember this award-winning short movie called “How to Lose Weight in Four Easy Steps”. If you haven’t seen the video, I recommend you watch it here. It’s a 7-minutes long watch that will hopefully put a smile on your face. Entertainment aside, the short actually presents some truth. No…

Gaining comfort from grieving loss — The last two months were hard. I lost someone important in my life. Not remembering what joy feels like. Not knowing where to head to, and why. Not having mental space for anything more than mere survival. It felt like dragging through mud most days. On other days it felt…

Learning to garden is learning to care and love. — Until now I was never into gardening. You take a plant and you take care of it. Then it dies as soon as you go away a couple of days. Why would anyone but retired people consider that as a hobby, that I did not understand. The problem perhaps was…

Allow yourself to simply be, so you have the energy to do when you’re ready. — I stayed in bed the whole morning today. I didn’t wake up at 5 AM as I promised myself. I didn’t work out, meditate, or even work. I know it’s Friday. I stayed in bed and did nothing until 1 PM. I just couldn’t. There was shame and guilt. I…

Declutter to achieve more control, sanity, and clarity in your life. — The problem with clutter is that, once you are in the middle, you don’t realize it anymore. You carry on ignoring, going around it. You get used to the disorder so much that you become the disorder. In September, I moved into a 10 squared meter room in a co-living…

When you can’t find it, let it find you. — Hard work among frost, starvation, and senseless suffering. This dominated the life in a concentration camp, yet hope transpires from every page of Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”. What surprised even the author was the discovery of human resilience. The survivors endured difficulties and found opportunities to make something…

Start saying no to yourself before saying it to others — Today Eve interrupted my early morning workout as she was walking out around 6. I didn’t realize she was crying until she approached for a hug. Eve is a hugger and full of joy. When she sees you she smiles and wishes you a good day. She asks how your…