How do you get back to your happy place when you feel overwhelmed with all that’s going on? I recently read about the medieval practice of torturing people by being “drawn and quartered” This outdated technique, which was intended to inflict great amounts of pain on its victims by pulling their…
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Have you found your Ikigai? Ikigai is a Japanese concept. Iki means “life,” and gai means “value” or “worth.” Gai comes from the word kai meaning “shell.” The concept dates back to the Heian period (794 to 1185), when shells were considered valuable. Thus, Ikigai is about finding value in one’s…
I read a superb book some years ago. Let me share something I read in it, with you. You have a photo album or albums, right? Doesn’t matter if it is digital or the physical kind. In these, you keep memories of happy times. Maybe there’s a photo… … of you…
A psychologist, who taught stress management, walked around the room. As the class watched, she picked up a glass of water and raised it. Everyone assumed she would ask them whether the glass was half empty or half full. But she surprised them by smiling and asking: “How heavy is this glass of water?”…
Book review of Happiness is all we want by Ashutosh Mishra “Happiness is all we want!” by Ashutosh Mishra offers an almost step-by-step guide to a happy and fulfilling life by addressing the three pillars of our existence, our mind, body, and spirit. I recently received the book “Happiness is all…
Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it. One day, a horse suddenly came galloping down the road. It looked like the man on the horse had to get somewhere really quick. His friend, who was standing by the roadside, shouted, “Where are you going?” And the man…
Time passes in a flash, but gratitude lingers on in a lifetime.” – Christine Ang Much of October went by in a blur. Or that’s how it seems like to my somewhat clouded vision. I feel somewhat disoriented, probably because of the flu. Have you noticed how, when there’s a viral…