coaching
March 11, 2023
When performing a task that you find highly enjoyable, it is common to lose track of time. This also often happens when, for example, we are intensely absorbed in the rhythm of our favourite songs or doing sport. In all these cases, one is experiencing a state of Flow. The first psychologist to discuss Flow […]
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December 5, 2022
When we experience emotional pain, it must be felt and perceived. At such a time, the attitude that helps is: “Pain, come and stay with me; I am here to listen to you”. So I surrender myself to the pain. What we must not do is attribute a cause to the pain (I am in […]
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November 29, 2022
Wie gehst Du mit Herausforderungen um? Die Geschichte geht so: Eine junge Frau ging zu ihrer Mutter und erzählte ihr von ihrem Leben und wie schwer es für sie war. Sie wusste nicht, wie sie es schaffen sollte, und wollte schon aufgeben. Sie war es leid, zu kämpfen und sich abzumühen. Aber es schien, als […]
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October 31, 2022
Inspire and be inspired…
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Be Inspired and Inspire…(German&English) Eine chassidische Geschichte von Martin Buber Die Äpfel Eine arme Äpfelhändlerin, deren Stand nah am Hause Rabbi Chajims war, kam einst klagend zu ihm: »Unser Rabbi, ich habe noch kein Geld, um für den Sabbat einzukaufen.« »Und dein Äpfelstand?« fragte der Zaddik. »Die Leute sagen«, antwortete sie, »meine Äpfel seien schlecht, […]
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October 21, 2022
While complaining creates an unhealthy person, looking at the things that work produces an activation of the creative energy of the brain. Creativity is the cure; it is the one that activates the mechanism of healing and our uniqueness. Always walk towards what makes you feel good; self-healing is only possible if our eyes change […]
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September 25, 2022
I am a dreamer. Not in the sense of detachment from reality but in the sense that I am a great believer in the power of imagination, creativity and dreams and that everything is possible and achievable with the proper decisiveness and commitment. Indeed I am a dreamer, relentlessly optimistic, and appreciate my limits. Using […]
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September 2, 2022
On cultivating talents
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On cultivating talent and what we can learn from plants. There is a plant called the Titanka (or Puya Raimondii), the Queen of the Andes. It reaches a height of 10/15 m, is found in Peru and Bolivia, and lives above 4000 m above sea level. What is so remarkable about this plant? Well, it […]
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August 9, 2022
In English and German According to Aristotle, happiness is the purpose of life. (In philosophical language, happiness means the fundamental purpose of life (according to the doctrine of eudemonism). The word happiness recalls eudaimonia, which in turn means the success of your demon. What is your demon? Your ability, your specific one, your vocation, your […]
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July 24, 2022
Grow through adversity and what we can learn from lobsters. I was inspired by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD (A lifelong Process Growing up) when writing this text. The lobster is a soft mushy animal that lives inside a rigid shell. The rugged body does not expand as the lobster grows. And how does the […]
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February 28, 2022
Italians have a saying: La mente mente (The mind misleads). Is your mind very good at predicting the worst-case scenario – all the time? Those who fall into the spiral of catastrophic thinking are mainly those who already suffer from generalised anxiety, but not only. In an uncertain and distressing period, such as the one […]
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February 25, 2022
Fear of the unknown?
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If the fear of the unknown prevails, there is a simple and effective recipe to use. Often life forces us to make significant, sometimes even radical, changes. We feel catapulted on an unknown planet on which we have no point of reference. Everything is new, and we don’t know if it will do us any […]
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February 11, 2022
What are you waiting for?
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“… why did we wait for anything? — why not seize the pleasure at once? — How often do preparation, foolish preparation destroy happiness! “Jane Austen, Emma If I get a new job, I’ll be happy; if I lose weight, I’ll be satisfied, if, but, when… but when is when? You want it so badly […]
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