Change the narrative you tell yourself. Remove yourself from the center of everything.
When we go about our day, we tell ourselves a story about what’s happening … and at the center of that narrative is a single person. Ourselves. When I talk to myself about how so-and-so is inconsiderate or treated me badly, when...
Ancient Philosopher Walks Into a Bar… And Meets Modern Psychology.
Research is emerging that indicates that acting virtuously does more than just buy you a ticket to heaven – it can make your stay on earth much more pleasurable. Weird, right? We associate virtue with characteristics such as ‘boring’,...
What Have Changed In My Life After 365 Days of Meditation
A few years ago, when I was spending a lot of time with people interested in personal development, there was one thing I found continually surprising. On the one hand, practically everyone agreed that meditation has a favorable influence...
How spirituality or therapy can actually be a problem, not a solution.
The essence of both therapy and spirituality is proper, conscious relationship with the here and now. In therapy, we distance ourselves from dysfunctional cognitive, emotional, and behavioral patterns that we have learned in the past....
What an ego actually is…
… and why we can transcend it but not live without it. For some time now, in certain self-development circles, there has been a trend for practices that allegedly lead to abandoning or even destroying an ego—in the name of...
4 Truths About Existence That Are Difficult To Accept
If you believe that personal development is all about seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses, telling yourself positive affirmations and believing that anything is possible – you’d better leave this piece and go back to...
168 Reasons To Be Grateful
Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, taking time to be grateful reaps many rewards. Gratitude is both a skill and a personality trait – with time, it develops and matures. Six months ago when I began my journey, each night...
Is there such a thing as “signs from the universe”?
Signs from the universe. Everyone has heard about them. Probably the most prominent promoter of this idea is Paulo Coelho, the internet’s favorite writer. Coelho has written about signs, or omens, as follows: ‘Everything in life...
5 Common Myths About Meditation
Meditation. Recently, a very popular word. After years of being associated with bearded hermits inhabiting caves and sects recruiting unsuspecting teenagers during summer camps, the image of meditation has changed. These days, rather,...