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Our wish to be thinner…
For many of us, the wish to be smaller starts early on in our lives as we internalize diet culture’s messages that link thinness to worthiness. It is not the only wish we have of course. We wish to be rich. We wish to be curvy or sexy or muscular, all depending on our gender…
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In the dieter’s house
I am spending Easter break with my family in Poland. Among other things we enjoy doing together, one of the major ones is of course feasting. We have dinners and brunches, we have cakes and traditional Polish Easter breakfast. The food tradition in Poland is just as important as in any other country. For any…
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Know YOUR why
The concept of intention or motivation is not a new one – all we ever hear is that if we have a strong reason for achieving something, we can reach that goal, no matter what. Although there is a question of privilege and access to resources, I am going to put aside that part of…
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Grief and Love
In my journey of self-healing and my liberation from the diet and hustle culture that I tend to write a lot about, I have discovered that these two emotions, grief and love, seem to be each other’s siblings. When we lose, what we love, we encounter grief. Working through grief, we rediscover the power of…
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Rest & Digest 😋
Have you ever asked yourself why it is sometimes so difficult to take time to rest? I have noticed my inability to take breaks and rest properly a long time ago – probably around the time I moved to Denmark. Having spent most of my work life up to that point in the US and…
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Changing our beliefs
One of my favourite coaching / therapy tools, inspired to a high degree by cognitive behavioural therapy is The Work of Byron Katie. I like its simplicity and that it is free to use by anyone on a smartphone app. I think that it is particularly powerful when combined with the RAIN practice of Tara…
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Needs or wants…?
As definitions go, these two concepts have very different meanings. Needs are usually defined as necessary for survival or things you cannot live without – for example food or sleep. Wants are nice-to-haves desires that are not necessary for survival – for example a house with a garden and a dog. However, as correctly pointed…
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Nothing lasts forever…
One of the main Buddhist teachings is that of impermanence. The loss and change are the only constants in our lives. Nothing is fixed and nothing stays the same for long. We all experience it in our lives but often try very hard to make things stay the same if we like them. We value…
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Be 1% Better (To Yourself) 😉
Whether you like this incremental improvement concept or not, the reality is, that regardless of the success area, most big successes are achieved in small, even tiny steps. We are often told that we can achieve anything by sticking to this 1% improvement rule. Here lies a logical error – just because some great things…
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