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Choices
There are so many things that we cannot control, yet we must make choices. We make them based on a strong belief that by making the choice, we do have some influence on the future outcome. My life has been filled with such choices. I have chosen to rebel against diet culture to free myself…
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Intuitive Eating in Practice
Today I had my favorite dish for lunch – a mozzarella salad made with fresh mozzarella, tomato, and avocado slices topped with fresh basil and extra-virgin olive oil. Some slices of fresh white bread to dip into the oil spiced with salt, garlic, basil and dried tomato flakes. Pure heaven if you are into Italian…
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Stop Resisting
*** This post is a fragment of my new workbook that will become available to all newsletter subscribers as soon as it is published – you may also want to follow me on Facebook to never miss any of my projects *** Many people believe that accepting something means you don’t want it to change…
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Too Much? Too Loud? Too Big?
I was always told I am too much of something. I was instructed not to speak so much and not to sing so loud. I was asked not to be so emotional. And, certainly, I was told not to eat so much. I was too much, too loud, and too big. For years and years,…
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Mind at Sea
In the teachings of mindfulness meditations, the mind (or more precisely, the awareness) is often described as a vast, calm sea. Sometimes teachers will also use a metaphor or a lake or a sky. In meditation, as we focus on our breath, sensations in the body or other experiences happening in the present, we can…
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The Monster Inside
Being a fan of a fantasy genre, in the tv series (based on a book series) “His Dark Materials”, I have very much enjoyed the concept of daemons connected to their human counterparts in a form of an animal companion. In that alternative universe, part of the human soul is simply separated into a physical…
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The power of re-committing
I am happy to be back to my usual routines after a very long summer break. It was a very joyful and relaxing time for me. I spent much time in nature, having long walks, sailing, and just resting and reading books. A perfect holiday for me 😎 However, this unstructured free time does not…
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Healing through belonging
We are social beings; we all need to belong. We literally get ill from loneliness, and we heal by reconnecting to others. I have experienced this phenomenon many times in my own life, as I am sure, most of us did. Even the most introverted of us, those who balance their energy by hiding away…
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Impossibility of pure neutrality
Today I would like to propose a slightly controversial viewpoint in the body-image discussions on body positivity versus body neutrality. I believe that the balance for living, breathing beings can only achieved when there is constant movement around some “neutral” point. It is difficult, or maybe even impossible to move in one direction without additional…
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The scariest thing
Most of my life I have been driven by fear. This motivation to avoid danger, to avoid isolation, to avoid sadness, to avoid loneliness, to avoid judgement, to avoid any kind of smaller of bigger trouble – was the main reason for everything I have accomplished. Indeed, I even feel an overwhelming fear when I…
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