Tag Archives: mental health

Resilience in Buddhism, a different perspective to find happiness, joy and peace #burnout #unemployment #anxiety

Posted on May 14, 2022 by lolkin

When you find yourself in a predicament, see it from a different point of view. “Happiness is sorrow, sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty, difficulty in happiness”. If it’s so bad it’s impossible, know it too shall pass, … Continue reading →

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Overcoming challenges and growing through struggles – I will be live on May 11 #burnout #mentalhealth

Posted on May 8, 2022 by lolkin

I am going to talk about resilience and some of the challenges I had to deal with/ overcome and how I did it at 12.30 BST on May 11th. I will talk about my corporate burnout and mini retirement (1 … Continue reading →

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Precept #5 of the Order of Interbeing. The realization of perfect understanding is Bodhisattva’s only career

Posted on March 12, 2022 by lolkin

Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Leave simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need. The Eight … Continue reading →

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Choose your #mentalhealth

Posted on November 28, 2021 by lolkin
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So, a job found me…

Posted on June 18, 2021 by lolkin

After 2 years of emptiness, I am back in the energetic vortex of the Universe and things are moving again. I do nothing, yet nothing is left undone 🙂 In the end, despite all my (half assed to be honest) … Continue reading →

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 1: Face The Emptiness. Day 6: Vacuum is nature’s default state.

Posted on January 7, 2021 by lolkin
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Rumination, or obsessive thinking, and what to do when it becomes too much

Posted on June 27, 2020 by lolkin

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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Some light in the dark – positive news amidst the pandemic #coronavirus

Posted on May 8, 2020 by lolkin

In the first couple of weeks of The Great Lockdown, I have spent too much time on the news feeds obsessively reading the news and feeding my fears of uncertainty and missing out. Once the panic subsided, I have cut … Continue reading →

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Which mindset zone are you in during Covid-19?

Posted on April 26, 2020 by lolkin

I’ve seen this chart on Professor Scott Galloway’s Linkedin page (I listen to his Prof G show and Pivot podcast with him almost exclusively now) and it is the best visual summary of our mindset options during this pandemic. I’ve spent … Continue reading →

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Burn baby burn. What can we do with ourselves in times of coronavirus.

Posted on April 18, 2020 by lolkin

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 →

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