How to Let Go
Have you ever been told to let go of an emotion or a feeling? Were you annoyed because no one ever seems to explain how to actually do that? This summer I meditated at a Buddhist Monastery in Portugal and I finally figured out what meditation is. It is an exercise for...
Emotional Hygiene Techniques
Emotional hygiene techniques are daily practices that help our bodies return to an emotional base level faster. When you experience an emotion, like fear or anger, the amygdala (part of your brain) triggers chemical chain reactions in your body. The emotion itself...
Choose Your Mood
Mood is the term we use for the emotions that are currently dominant. If you are in a good mood, you might feel happy, joyful, excited, content, proud or any other positive emotion. If you are in a bad mood, the emotions dominating your day will be uncomfortable. When...
About Curiosity
Curiosity is the driving force behind our learning. It motivates us to find solutions to problems and invent new creations. To unleash the full potential of our in-built motivation and learning system all we have to do is allow and practice it. Key to learning and...
About Control
Our need to control ourselves and others is a learned response to fear. Emotions trigger chemical chain reactions in our bodies to prepare us for specific actions. When these actions work out, meaning they help us survive or improve our situation, our brain remembers...
Limiting Beliefs
Limiting beliefs are thoughts that hold us back. Every thought we think triggers an emotion. Over time, repetition turns the thought into a belief. You might also call it a truth or a fact, meaning an idea you do not question. The same thought triggers the same...
About Crying
Crying is an expression of strong emotions. We can burst into tears when we feel hopeless or sad but also when we are overcome with joy. It lessens stress and pain. Shedding tears is also a very special skill because we are literally born with it. Unlike other...
Habits for Life
Habits, routines and automatic actions take up most of our time. They do not just shape our lives. They are our lives. First we learn these new habits, then we practise them until they become so automatic, sometimes we don’t even see them as habits anymore, like...
How Emotions and Feelings Become Habits
You are driving your car and need to change lanes. Do you have to think about signaling, checking the mirrors and maybe changing gear? I bet your movements flow so smoothly you hardly notice them at all. Why? Because after enough repetition the act became automatic....
Negativity Bias
Ever wondered why it is so difficult to stay positive these days no matter how many resolutions you make? It’s not you. It’s them. Our societies have a decided negativity bias. The day started well. I jumped out of bed, hummed a tune in the bathroom and...