26Apr

5 POSITIVE LESSONS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

This post appeared on Tiny Buddha. “What is to give light must endure the burning.” – Viktor Frankl The world is facing challenging times of crisis. Closed borders and travel bans, quarantine, shortage of food supply, scary news, and much fear. Viruses don’t care about status, money or fame, spreading from state officials to famous […]
26Apr

5 PRACTICES THAT HELPED ME STOP BEING A PEOPLE-PLEASER

This post appeared on Tiny Buddha. “If you spend your life pleasing others, you spend your life.” – Cheryl Richardson Looking back on my life, I came to realize that I spent quite a high amount of my precious time trying. Trying to be perfect. Trying to be appreciated and liked by everyone else around […]
27Jun

YOUR MIND HAS POWER

“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence. People don’t realize that now is all there ever is: there is no […]
20Apr

HOW WE CAN STOP ARGUING AND START UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER

This article appeared on Tiny Buddha. “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” ~Rumi One of the most common sources of conflict among people is in the way we communicate. Often times, conflicts arise because of the variety of our opinions and beliefs, and also from the way we […]
24Mar

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

I will never forget the day I was told I had to learn how to love myself. It came like thunder. Loving myself? Wasn’t that supposed to be selfish? I couldn’t really say I had a good relationship with myself at that time. I had no clue about who I was and what I really […]
07Mar

HOW TO RESTORE OUR FEMININE ENERGY

I spent 15 years of my life in the corporate world and used to define my human worth through my profession and the social status on my business card. At the time, building a successful career meant the world to me. I was keeping myself busy all the time, always in a rush, wanting to do […]
02Nov

WHAT HELPS ME COPE WITH DIFFICULT EMOTIONS

“One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. “One is Evil – It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. “The other is […]
22Aug

OUR WORDS HAVE POWER (SO SPEAK KINDLY TO AND ABOUT YOURSELF)

This post appeared on Tiny Buddha. “I monitor my self-talk, making sure it is supportive and uplifting for myself and others.” ~ Louise Hay Three years ago, I ended up with no work in a foreign country. I was almost depressed, as I didn’t know what to say when people asked questions about my profession. The […]
16May

HOW TO SILENCE YOUR INNER CRITIC AND GROW STRONGER

“When there’s no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.” – African proverb Have you ever heard an inner voice telling you disempowering things, like “I don’t think I can make it,” “What if I fail?”, “I’m not that smart, ”I’ll never have that,” “This is too hard,” “This is too big […]