Have you ever wondered what makes your room, yours? You know, the debate about the difference between a house and a home… After all, if you move your furniture to another room, is that room yours straight away? Well, not quite, because it’s not about things, it’s about smells and the little details like […]
As it happens in most relationships, there is a love hate connection between meditation and senses too. Of course, as in every other situation, it’s up to us to do the math. Will the love define our practice, or will the hate pull us back? For sure only love would take our meditation routine […]
Few years ago, facing serious trouble sleeping and being against any form of medication, I tried, desperately and cautiously, a meditation for good sleep. The practice was suggested to me by a therapist and my hopes about it weren’t very high. However, I agreed to it, since, for weeks, there was no other way […]
It’s no secret that I enjoy diets, or rather that I really enjoy eating … Opposites attract, right? Once I find a diet that I think is beneficial I go a little crazy on research and try to stick to it as strictly as possible. Because of my thyroid, my metabolism is not as […]
In my early twenties, I used to consider stress therapy more like a fancy practice. The concept of stress was so foreign to me that nothing would make me take mental pressure very seriously. Not that I wasn’t stressed out at all; I mean, I must have had also, back then, deadlines and troubled love […]
There are leisure time products that make a real difference in our lifestyle. They worth the investment which, by the way, is far from being a fortune. But spending a bit on these items every now and again, could be saving you a fortune of priceless wellness. Habitually, we buy all sorts of things […]
An easily misunderstood concept is that the lack of mental illness means mental health. Oh, well, sorry to shake that one, but that belief cannot be further from the truth! Furthermore, its implications can potentially be very damaging and, even worst, such a belief can lead to actual illness. What Is Mental Health? […]
Exams preparation is not only about hard studying, but it is also about working with anxiety. How did I get to this conclusion? By finding myself unexpectedly right in the middle of a frustrating confusion. As I bite into my favourite matcha brownie in Shoreditch, I suddenly get an overwhelming feeling of stress and […]
I remember my first meditation class with a bitter sweet taste in my mouth. It happened 12 years ago and it led me nowhere other but into a deeper state of anxiety than I was already experiencing. Back then I had a pretty big appetite for self-destruction manifesting in all sorts of unhealthy relationships, […]