Managing one's own emotions and those of others is a form of labour. Some people get paid for this work (e.g., flight attendants). However, often the effort that goes into becoming an emotional management expert goes unnoticed and stays in the invisible background of what appear to be naturally flowing relationships. But what about another …
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Do we always choose the road or does it also choose us? I mean a metaphorical road, a life path. Is our relationship with the path more like with a person or an object? Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash If I want an object, I can go and get it, provided there are no …
Valentine's Day is coming and it will not be the same as last year. The 14th February was not the same back in 2020 as it will be in 2021. Just as about everything else in our lives, on a global and local scale. And yet - life finds a way. Just like water, it …
This Friday I share with you a nice little video on "The Three Requirements of a Good Relationship". It offers us to purify and truly simplify our relationship expectations down to the very core of what we really need from a good relationship. As it turns out, these three 'ingredients' might just be it. If …
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