This too is Buddha-mind. Whatever you are experiencing – experience that. If you are tired – be tired. If you are annoyed – be annoyed. Now, keep in mind that experiencing your tiredness is not the same as acting in a certain way because of your tiredness. Necessary action might be required, yes. Buddha-mind is […]

Whom do you consider yourself to be? Are you defined by your work, your role in your family or perhaps by your talents or interest? I am a psychologist, I am a mother, daughter, sister and wife. I like to paint and write and I make pretty kick-ass jam. But is this who I am?

I fell into the trap once again. I fell into the trap of pleasing, being a good girl. I was hitting some sort of everyday streak with posts here for a little while on the blog and then I lost my flow. I got busy. I went on a week of meditation, I started to

Yesterday I was visiting a place which played a big role in my life for some years. My old workplace. I have been on maternity leave for quite some time, it is more than 1,5 years now and with this break from work, so many things have changed for me. I have gotten married, I

Last night I woke up at 3 am to what I thought was the sound of someone walking up our stairs. I looked over to my side and saw my husband Tim and baby girl Lily sleeping soundly at my side. Usually, Tim will stay up later than I do, so I thought it might

It is easy to get swept away when you are having a ”good” day. At least for me. A ”good” day might mean: I’m efficient, I get stuff done, I eat well, I exercise well, I have a really nice conversation with someone, I do something creative… and the list goes on. Basically, they are

Yesterday I was struggling a lot. I was spent, I had worked too hard during the day, both with my mind and body. I went to the kitchen around dinner time and felt so overwhelmed. It was up to me to make dinner, because who else would do it? There wasn’t any food on the

If you, like me, can get pretty overwhelmed with all the demands leading a life comes with, read this. You probably already know this, but a reminder surely doesn’t hurt. If you read my other post ”To live a meaningful life” it is easy to get excited and yeah, stressed, about needing to walk straight

For some, the quest of living a meaningful life occupies them all the time: what is a meaningful life? How do you know what is meaningful? How can something be meaningful for me and not for you and vice versa? I believe the art of living a meaningful life is to ask yourself the question

As I sit down to write today I am yet again struck by how all the encounters in your life give you just the right lesson. Since we cannot take in all sensory input at a given time, we are left with no choice but to let it be filtered. In that sense, we have