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The popular saying implies that it is better to deal with someone or something familiar than to deal with what you do not know because it might be worse.
I understand that there’s always an element of risk when one tries new experiences, but to me, the saying sounds more like an invitation. An invitation to stay in the (in)famous comfort zone.
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60% of the time! That’s all! You can stop reading now. Go ahead with your life and try to think positively 60% of the time.
Now, seriously. So far I have run into way too many people who claim that the most important path towards happiness and fulfillment is chasing away all the negative thoughts, as if they were crows in your garden.
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What is most valuable in life? We will probably never know before it is too late, maybe some of us do… and sometimes we get a second chance.
The following article is about the thoughts which haunted a friend of mine when the doctors thought she wouldn’t survive her serious illness a few years ago. Yet, fortunately, she survived and now she knows a little more about herself than we would ever know about ourselves. Continue reading →
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I often get the impression that there are things not worth fighting for. It could be a dead-end job, a relationship, craving for the attention of people who just don’t bring value to your life. But can one just let it go!?
Blogs (not unlike this one) advise you to fight for your dreams, but at the same time, one can be objective and reevaluate one’s dreams carefully. Are they really the best for the person in question? Continue reading →
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In my therapy practice, I often meet people who have so much creative potential and desire to develop it, nevertheless, the everyday life and work doesn’t permit them. I call them artists without a craft.
Just as rebels without a cause, theses artists feel the desire to create, but usually don’t know where to start. But being creative doesn’t mean that you are a genius in some artistic field. Continue reading →
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Fake news! It is hard to imagine the world without them, because believe it or not, human communication is full of interpretations and phantasies.
We engage the others by creating stories about reality that is not as objective as we see it, because everyone interprets it, in a way.
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“I look outside the window – the curve does not look flatter to me”
A few days ago, I heard a hilarious new version of Bohemian Rhapsody, after 3 weeks of lockdown we all hope to see changes, and statistically we do, not enough but some.
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To be entirely honest, it took me a while to start this blog post. First of all, I had plenty of time to prepare, but I didn’t.
My biologists friends were extremely concerned before February for the possible pandemic… Continue reading →
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I am not sure if there are many skills in interpersonal communication as important as the art of establishing your own physical and mental territory – probably there aren’t. Establishing boundaries is a fundamental part of the development of every healthy relationship in your life.
But what exactly is “establishing boundaries” and why do I call it art?
