To walk through life as an atheist is to carry the burden of both freedom and fragility. There is no script, no grand design to follow—only the choice to create purpose and hold onto what is beautiful, even as the inevitability of loss whispers in the background.
7-minute read
Do you have dreams? Little dreams big dreams, fantasies, plans, hopes, passions?
People often assume that some dreams are difficult (or impossible) to fulfill because they lack something – talent, ambition, or financial means. But what are the real obstacles? Continue reading
8 min read
The era of instant gratification brought us a new plague – the illusion that one can make choices without experiencing life.
Listening to the people who come to my practice, I realize that there is a great fear of time-wasting. Continue reading
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My male friends and counseling clients often ask me what women want during sex. Well, telling just one thing is like claiming that there is one sexual position that is simply the best. It’s not that simple!
But then again, some men are just better lovers. What makes them good? Well, here are a few points that could shine light on this topic:
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Let’s face the truth: there are no perfect people, and even if there were any, we would hate their guts. Do you feel irritated when someone constantly tries to seem perfect?
Perfectionism related to appearance, knowledge, abilities, etc. is often off-putting. Nevertheless, envy is not the reason why we find it alienating. Continue reading
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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 toward happiness and fulfillment is casting out negative thoughts as if they were a flock of crows in your garden.
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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, everyday life and work don’t permit them. I call them artists without a craft.
Just as rebels without a cause, these 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.