How to Let Go

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...
About Excitement

About Excitement

Excitement is a strong positive emotion. It gives us a boost of energy and inspires fast positive action. Because it is such a strong emotion, many people have learned to tone it down or even suppress it entirely. But excitement is very powerful and once we allow...
About Guilt

About Guilt

Guilt is a feeling, meaning we are taught to experience it. Worse, we are trained into keeping ourselves feeling guilty as a form of self-punishment. This dynamic is based on the limiting belief in some societies that we were born to suffer and that mistakes deserve...
Choose Your Mood

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

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 Pity

About Pity

Pity is rude. When we pity someone, we judge them and imply that they are unable to take care of themselves. This judgement is either rooted in arrogance or just a reflection of our own limiting beliefs. If you feel pity regularly, you have also turned it into a...
About Control

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

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...
Emotions Create Reality

Emotions Create Reality

Our emotions influence how we see the world and other people, what we notice, remember and think. They create our reality by giving meaning to every event we experience. With extreme emotions, like fear, we are often aware of this effect. When I had anxiety, every...
About Crying

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...