mental health
Healing happens when we take an integrated look at our mind, body and soul ♥
… and fill ourselves with love.
How to Work Through Emotional Triggers in 6 Steps
Triggers are totally unnecessary, wouldn’t you agree? That’s what I believed until I found out how to handle them better …
Finding the Beauty to Connect with Gratitude
How can we move towards gratitude, beauty and love?
8 Ways I Am Now Gentler With Myself
What changes did I implement to feel better, more fulfilled, and more at ease? Read on to find out ….
How to Offer and Accept Help in 6 Thoughtful Steps
I used to think help was about easing someone else’s burdens. However, I am not that sure any more … what if this form of help could be harmful?
How Important is the Link Between Littering and the Future of Humanity?
Do we care too little? Can we actually care too much? I’m exploring these questions based on the concept of littering …
Did I Amplify Our Pain by Projecting My Neediness?
I never felt satisfied in life, desperately trying to fill my neediness. What effect did this have on my relationships?
Do Men Experience Emotions Differently Compared to Women?
Rarely have I seen a man cry. This made me question what was going on. Author Terrence Real provided insights. Read on for what I learned from his book.
Why Crying Every Day Makes Me Feel Happier and Lighter
I didn’t feel comfortable feeling my ‘negative’ emotions, so I suppressed them. But they didn’t go anywhere - and, eventually, they had to come out …
Without Knowing the Darkness, How Can We Experience Joy?
I numbed my emotions because I did not want to feel my pain. But is it even possible to selectively numb one emotion only? Read on to find out what happened to my joy.
I Didn’t Believe in Meditation and Now I Do It Daily
Are you struggling with meditation? And always fall asleep when you try? Read on if this sounds like you …
What kept me from connecting with my intuition when I thought I had it figured out
My intuitive voice had left me. Or so I thought …
In fact, this was about something else. Intuition never leaves anyone.
Why Feeding the Mind Drowns Out Our Inner Truth
When I live in my head space, I cannot hear the voice of my heart over the noise circulating in the whirling thought cloud encompassing my head…
How to Change the Deep Patterns of Disappointment in Self
Eckhart Tolle talks about the pain-body in “The Power of Now”. The pain-body holds a residue of every emotional pain we have experienced when in an unconscious state, i.e., when we are not in the present “Now” moment. It acts like a:
“negative energy field that occupies your body and mind.”
How to Calm Your Mind and Let Your Intuition Guide You
No offense, but my mind does not seem the most reliable consultant when making a decision. It is always scolding or warning me.
There must be a better way …
How Should I Carry My Ancestral Guilt and Trauma?
I am German. Germans hold a certain role on the world stage because of the history they carry. I cannot deny my heritage. But how to move forward from here?
Friends Do Not Talk to Me and It Hurts
It was Sunday morning and a friend had not replied to my messages. I felt like an idiot.
This was not the first time …
Are You an Empathic Soul?
Something was taking an even larger toll on my health than certain foods or other toxins: negative thoughts and unprocessed emotions…
Why Embracing all of my Emotions is the Only Path to Happiness
My therapist told me I had to connect to my emotions.
By now, I sort of knew how this would go.
She seeded the theme.
I‘d be at a complete loss about what she meant.
Next, …
Traveling into My Shadows
My therapist told me I had to travel into my shadows.
I had no idea what she was talking about.
Why should I even bother?
Walking Back into the Light
This is how my inner healing started. It was 2012 and we moved from Europe to Australia. Everyone at home was jealous: Australia! Paradise!
I hated it.