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 […]
17Jul

HOW I LET GO OF THE NEED TO CONTROL EVERYTHING

If there were any Oscar awards for control freaking, I would have surely gotten one! Looking back on my past, I came to realize that I always wanted to have full control over everyone and everything: how people acted or felt, how my future was going to look like, and so on. During my former […]
20Aug

YOUR DREAMS ARE IMPORTANT – ASK, BELIEVE AND RECEIVE!

“You are important enough to ask, and you are blessed enough to receive.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer There’s been a lot of work and research around the Law of Attraction and the power of our minds. Looking back on my experiences, I believe this theory is real: we get what we envision, and a strong wish […]
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 […]
14Jun

I AM NOT WHAT I OWN

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation of all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle I grew up in an Eastern-European middle-class family. After the Romanian revolution in 1989, money got depreciated at such a level that, with the same amount of money my parents could buy a car, they ended up […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
14Aug

HOW I PRIORITIZE AND TAKE CARE OF MYSELF WITHOUT FEELING SELFISH

This article appeared on Tiny Buddha. “I am worthy of the best things in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it.” ~ Louise Hay Looking back on my life, I see that for a long time I struggled to take care of my own wants and needs and didn’t make them a priority. […]