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The meaning of Om Mani Padme Hung mantra by Dalai Lama

I was chanting this mantra with my little one helping him relax and go to sleep when I realised I have no idea what it means. I looked it up and was blown away. Whole doctrine of Buddhism neatly wrapped … Continue reading

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Quote of the week #happiness

Happiness is not some absolute super positive state that once achieved rids you of all your problems. Nirvana, enlightenment is a result of a path ridden with obstacles, full of hard truths about yourself and lots and lots of hard … Continue reading

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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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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

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The Meditator #happiness #

With spring comes awakening. Creativity buds and blossoms together with crocuses, cherry trees and daffodils. I can’t draw so I create collages. This one is called The Meditator. In meditation there is an exercise where you imagine that you are … Continue reading

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Meditate to get the answers #happiness

I used to think meditation was some mumbo-jumbo. Retrospectively I wish I tried it earlier. How many insights could have been gained! How calmly I could have dealt with stuff that life threw at me and what better choices I … Continue reading

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Mantra for today. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can #happiness #success 

If you want to make today different, if you are starting from scratch, if you are looking for ways to re-energize yourself for doing something huge, or new, or scary, these 4 cool quotes from some of the blogs I … Continue reading

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Love crushes, obsessions, poetry… Love addiction and what pain-body has to do with it (Part 1)

Romantic love is an unachievable fantasy — Dalai Lama    Love. What a tricky, elusive, individual thing. We all know what it should or might be, we never really know if it is what we’ve got. When I was young, … Continue reading

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Patience and perspective – learning from people who piss you off

A somewhat negative post perhaps, however this information was very useful to me in the last couple of months, when I had to deal with a lot of negativity, and a few negative people. Below is my summary of the strategies you could use … Continue reading

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This week’s happiness recipe- do nothing, listen to Spotify and watch James Altucher’s TED talk

This week 3 things have been helping me to stay happy. Here they are. Brilliant post by Swati Desai on The Importance Of Doing Nothing does not appeal to me just because I am lazy 🙂  Often staying still and letting things go (this, too, shall … Continue reading

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Happiness Junkies

Can you get fixated on the pursuit of happiness? Absolutely! Happiness junkies (a good example in today’s article), fixate on it so much that inevitably lose the object of their pursuit out of their view entirely. Desperately wanting to be happy … Continue reading

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