Better to Give
The holiday season is a time for family, fun, food and let’s not forget, giving a shower of gifts. That’s the open secret, isn’t it? We eagerly anticipate the Christmas season when we can receive presents from our loved ones. For kids, it’s a chance to get that long-desired toy; for some adults, it’s the perfect opportunity to fulfil their year-long wish list and get that new phone we always wanted.Read more
’Tis the Season
Holidays are special times for everyone, a time when school is out, and others are away from work. In France, the law guarantees employees a “right to disconnect” on weekends. We aren’t so lucky and need holidays. That is when we shrug off the drudge of our daily routine, recharge and focus on things that are more personal and less demanding.Read more
The Humble Heart
The world is a melting pot of people of many colours, cultures and circumstances. As we move around in this world, we come across many personalities and attitudes. People are of course very good at pretending. We wear masks every day and are very good at presenting a disposition tailored to give us an advantage when we need it. However, one thing that is very hard to hide, is the heart.Read more
Overcoming Stress
It’s about time we accepted it. Life is stressful, sometimes falling asleep can cause stress, think about times when you had an exam in the morning. Waking up can cause stress too when you went to bed too late the night before. Distances as small as two feet can be extremely stressful when you have to bear bad news or ask a difficult question. Everything we do generates stress at some time, so stress is unavoidable.Read more
Change of Paradigm
People often say, seeing is believing, but the world is much more than the sum of our perceptions. All of us, have considered the possibility that there is “more to the world than our senses can perceive. For example, there was a time when people were convinced that the world was flat. Believing that changed the way they lived.Read more
Thoughts That Lead to Suicide
We have all been there, the moment when we feel all hope is lost. Then comes the thought to just end it, we think everyone would be better off. The vast majority of us are able to dismiss those thoughts but some people were unable to. According to the World Health Organization, WHO global statistics, someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds. That is a very frightening reality.Read more
How Do I Open My Heart?
What if a sealed bottle of Pepsi® is submerged in salty sea water, would the salt water penetrate the bottle? What about the contents of the bottle, would it leak out? No, it wouldn’t, the bottle won’t allow anything to pass through it. Just like this, we live with our hearts tightly sealed like a plastic bottle. When our hearts close, we aren’t just keeping everything inside, we are also unable to receive anything from the people around us. Even a container with our favourite, if left sealed and untouched, the contents will eventually decay and become foul.Read more
The Secret of Studying
Let’s face it! People rarely enjoy studying let alone doing it effectively. If we can’t enjoy studying, how can we expect to do it well? If we try to start by “studying how to study,” we will find a wide range of “proven” methods and all of them guaranteed success. Nonetheless, for the people who have a problem with studying, they fail for one primary reason, they have already decided that it can’t work, that studying isn’t to for them. They are just forcing themselves to do it and this mindset makes it extremely difficult to even pick up a book and try.Read more
The Power of Words
If we think that language is only for communication, then we are very mistaken. Many times we choose to label our situation as misery and hopelessness without even realising it. The words we use can generate darkness or despair, even happiness or peace in our hearts. These seemingly useless words we use every day are either shining light or darkness into our very lives. Read more
Hug Therapy
Can you remember the last time you hugged someone? A hug is that seemingly useless act of momentary comfort that has been known to leave us with that warm and fuzzy feeling inside. We’ve all had hugs, even the most isolated and anti-social among us were hugged by their parents.Read more
