Emotions and feelings

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Is your life hard?

Sometimes life just seems hard. It seems so real that it is hard.Why do we think that?Because it’s not easy! Not comfortable? Not going well? Not what we want?We are […]

Respect yourself and feel those emotions.

I know I’ve written about emotions before.................. but often people ask me – how to feel emotions. Mainly because they want to learn a way to do away with them! […]

Emotions might cause sickness

Emotions – those feelings!Did you know that emotions are at the core of many diseases? Check out Gabor Matē and Bessel van der Kolk and other well known physicians.And yet, […]

The Chaos of the World

The world is in chaos.Wars and genocide and climate change and poverty and colonisation and abuse and people losing jobs.Government systems not doing what they are supposed to.Out of your […]

Coping with Busyness

This morning I sat in the gazebo listening.To the stream behind me trickling, tickling, flowing.To the birds chattering.To the stillness.To the occasional loud voices from an overnight party next door […]

What happens when someone says something that hurts you.

It happened to me a while ago. Twice! And what did I do? I froze. It felt like a shock. And I didn't respond how I would have liked to. […]

Fear. Is it really that bad?

Fear can be positive, yet we want none of it.Fear can protect us, yet we would sooner not have it.Fear can be excitement, yet we view it as negative.Take the […]

Happiness

How is your life going? Are you happy?You know, there is a difference between feeling happy and being happy.Feeling happy is that lovely feeling we get at times. Feels light […]

Caring for yourself.

Caring for yourself.This is not simple. Not as simple as having a massage now and then. Not as simple as having time to read a book. Not as simple as […]

Fear can limit one’s life

Did you ever read that book “Feel the fear and do it anyway”? I did. I owned it for years but didn’t reread it. Nice idea. Nice concept but it […]

Feelings Are Annoying

Feelings are annoying. Well, some of them are. It would be nice to feel happy all the time. Isn’t that what we really want? It’s so painful when hurt feelings […]