“Forgiveness contains the word ‘give’. Why is that? Because to forgive, we need to give away (let go) willingly what was taken forcefully.” —Samwell Newman
Category: Personal Growth
How To Stop Struggling Your Way Through Life
Are you going through a rough patch that does not seem to end? Do you feel that you are on the border of burnout, or perhaps already in the middle of one? Do you believe you are out of options, out of luck, out of time? Where do you put the blame? Is it your…
Q&A – What can I do when I feel lost?
Many people have that feeling regularly in modern society, and it begs the question of why. Understanding the workings of our inner world can shed light on this gloomy topic. What the sensation and suffering of feeling lost is asking of you, is that you restore the balance within your soul and reconnect it with…
How to be Your Self
To learn how to be your Self, you will first need to know for sure who you really are. However, asking yourself ‘who am I?’ is not going to help you much. Most of us don’t know who we are, so we come up with answers that include our name. “I’m Frank”. “I’m Teresa”. But…
3 Radical Ideas to (dis)solve your Problems
Although the majority of people have grown more and more sceptical of instant solutions, we are often still hoping to find it someday somewhere, convinced that it would solve all our problems. Win the lottery, find the perfect job or house, find the ideal partner, etcetera.
How to be rich beyond your life situation
Are you convinced that you are poor or at least short of money? This belief will certainly not help and most likely even restrict your possibilities to change that. So what can you do? Being rich is mostly associated with the possession of money, but it has become abundantly clear that money cannot buy you…
The One Shift that changes Everything
Are you struggling to get through life? Are you finding it difficult to get up in the morning and start the day ‘as if it were on purpose’? So many things are offered these days to help you change your life, achieve new goals, find new connections, gain new insights. But there is one new insight, one change, one profound shift in your consciousness that you will need to go through first, for any of these other goals, connections, and insights to have a true and lasting effect… and it is easier than it sounds.
Don’t resist what is offered
“Don’t resist what is offered and accept the limitations you are given. They are naturally there to guide, challenge and even protect you. Try to see the wisdom in any unexpected outcome.” —Samwell Newman (From: “You can be the Guru!”)
Not everyone you disagree with is stupid or evil!
Actually, no-one is… or everyone, depending on how you look at it, but let’s not turn that into an ugly discussion. The digital era has made communicating over great distances a piece of cake. We can tell each other how much we care for one another through a multitude of social media platforms, but that…
How to work on your Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
What are they and how can we work on them efficiently? The two terms Self-confidence and Self-esteem are often not only confused, but they are rarely understood in a way that helps us to obtain them. In the simplest of terms, you could say that Self-confidence points to trusting oneself and Self-esteem expresses how you…