If you are looking for a parenting handbook, look no further. The Family Virtues Guide written by Linda Kavelin Popov offers you a manual that delivers the best foundation possible of how to raise a child in any culture or society. Her ‘Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves’ contain [...]
Elaine St. James – Simplify Your Life Simplification is a skill that needs commitment, practice and a plan. Elaine St. James‘ book Simplify Your Life suggest ’100 Ways to Slow Down And Enjoy The Things That Really Matter’. From household via lifestlye, finances, and job to special issues for women, Simplify Your Life covers the [...]
The translation of ‘Surrender‘ into my mother language gives me 12 different meanings, including expressions like -giving up (as in abandon) – capitulating or – giving over (resigning) Out of twelve only one interpretation comes close to a meaning of Surrender that I prefer most: To give up in favour of another The question is: [...]
This is a big one for many people to accept, because very often responsibility is perceived as being held accountable for things that happen, even if we may feel like we could not have predicted, expected or prevented them. In fact, responsibility is one of the key indicators to living authentically and taking your life [...]
It was perfect timing. Yesterday a friend of mine send me an e-mail, reminding me about choice. We are choosing everything that comes into our life – consciously or unconsciously. We choose our reactions, we choose our thoughts, we choose our job, our partner, friends, associates and we choose our emotions. In the long run, [...]
This is one of my favourite topics! That does not necessarily mean that I have mastered the art of de-cluttering - au contraire mon ami! But it is a very powerful strategy to get major results with minor effort. Clutter is as dangerous for the body as it is for the mind and the spirit. [...]
In Earl Nightingale´s classic recording ´The Strangest Secret´ he quotes Rollo May who said: The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice – it’s conformity! Nightingale then goes on to explain: And there you have the trouble today. It’s conformity! People like being like everyone else, without knowing why, without knowing where they’re [...]
Frustration, anger, sadness, resentment , a craving for vengeance or redress- when we are hurt, especially by someone we care about, respect, trust or love, those feelings come to us very easily. Often these feelings are feeding from each other, creating a downward spiral that leaves us with bitterness, as ‘victims’ and in an un-resourceful [...]
New Year’s Resolutions anyone? When I spoke to the elderly part in my family to wish them a Happy New Year, I asked whether they had made any New Year’s Resolutions. The answers were quite shocking: “I am not setting any goals, I will take life as it comes.” or “Why would I want to [...]
S – Specific and Simple Make it simple and specific. “I don’t want to be alone” is a simple statement, but it is far from being specific. With goal setting it is important to say what you want, not what you don’t want. Have you ever heard the expression “What you focus on is what [...]
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