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Category Archives: self & ego
Rumination, or obsessive thinking, and what to do when it becomes too much
Many of us believe that we are our thoughts, or rather many of us don’t stop to think whether what our minds are telling us in the form of thoughts is true or not, because the belief that thoughts are … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, brain, disorder, emergency, happiness, happy, mental health, mind, negative thinking, nomad, obsessive, psychology, rumination, spiral, thinking, universe
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Burn baby burn. What can we do with ourselves in times of coronavirus.
Who is up to what these days? I volunteer with the Hear Me App where I talk to folks from all over the world who need someone to talk to. And everyone is struggling, myself included. I’ve spent the first … Continue reading
Posted in buddhism, how to, self & ego
Tagged buddhism, coronavirus, happiness, happy, lockdown, mental health, nomad, quarantine, ram dass, universe
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Shadow Work Journal by Loner Wolf
I have been writing offline a lot lately, partially because I am working through the Loner Wolf‘s Shadow Work Journal. I highly recommend it. It’s a compilation of exercises that help you uncover your dark, repressed side. I believe that uncovering … Continue reading
How do you handle negative people in your life when they are your loved ones? #happiness
I post on Quora (you can find my answers here). The question in the title attracted my attention because this is something I am trying to figure out (my take on it is here). But it’s Rosalyn’s answer (right) that blew my … Continue reading
What are the values that define your choices and guide your decision making? #happiness
Happiness comes from knowing oneself well or at least better. Introspection is hard, takes work and can one ever be really sure that they’ve got an objective view? This year I spent a lot of time thinking about and understanding … Continue reading
Posted in how to, self & ego
Tagged escape the city, exercise, happiness, happy, nomad, universe, values
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To be happier, prioritise positive experiences on your to do list
If you find seaweed in your nether regions, you must be on a holiday 🙂 I am in my bucket list destination – Fuerteventura in Spain. Several days to pause, breathe, clear headspace, think about important things. In between being … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, happy, holiday, meditation, nomad, positive, psychology, universe
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The wolf inside. My shamanic healing experience and what I learned from it #happiness
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oeIVAQRr4Y4 It was always about the wolf. I was interested in shamanism for a while, occasionally read about it but never actually considered doing it. When I read about Lissa Rankin’s experience with a shamanic ritual in her book The … Continue reading
Posted in self & ego, video & film
Tagged happiness, happy, healing, nomad, shaman, universe
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Letting go of what was and accepting what is. Thank you for the lesson @wordpressdotcom
So apparently if like me you are a ‘zero inbox’ person and decide to tidy up, as in empty, your WordPress media library, when WordPress say that they will delete your images permanently, they don’t mean just from the library, … Continue reading
Back on the road, happy nomad
Travel is a fascinating thing. It is a space shifter that transports you into the new worlds – parallel universes a flight away. After years of parenting, financial limitations, home-work-home routine and being able to travel only as far as Europe, I am back … Continue reading
Posted in self & ego
Tagged happiness, happy, kazakh, kazakhstan, nomad, travel, universe
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Friend lost #happiness
I had a dear friend write to me the other day. It was wonderful. We have not been in touch for a while. I do miss him a lot. He is one of those angels, a friendly soul who you … Continue reading
Posted in art therapy, self & ego
Tagged addiction, friend, happiness, happy, love, nomad, romantic, universe
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How to fail better and not spiral into anxiety every time you make an ass of yourself #happiness
Recently I screwed up big time at work and panicked. It’s been a while since I experienced such anxiety when your heart races, you get tunnel vision, beat up yourself endlessly and your mind is engaged into a negative thought loop, … Continue reading
Posted in money, work, downshifting, self & ego
Tagged anxiety, cheat sheet, failure, happiness, happy, meditation, nomad, peace, stress, tips, universe
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My guide to happiness – this is what it ultimately boils down to
This is a big post for me. I wanted to summarise everything I learned about happiness. I attempted to distill it to a couple of words, concepts. It took years to get here. It took some thinking, time and several … Continue reading
Posted in self & ego
Tagged create, death, happiness, happy, let go, love, mindfulness, nomad, present, universe
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Rejection therapy as a way to get unstuck #happiness
This guy is amazing and what he did is awesome. We can all benefit from rejection therapy, or even from just being aware of what we think and feel when we are rejected or think we will be. Perhaps being … Continue reading
Posted in self & ego, video & film
Tagged happiness, jia jiang, life calling, nomad, rejection, stuck, ted talk, therapy
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Ego vs Self from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield #happiness
Here’s what the Ego believes: 1) Death is real. The Ego believes that our existence is defined by our physical flesh. When the body dies, we die. There is no life beyond life. 2) Time and space are real. The … Continue reading
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Tagged death, ego, god, happiness, happy, love, nomad, oneness, self & ego, universe
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