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Nature Therapy

Deutsche Version hier.    Nature Therapy If you have never been in nature alone, in a remote spot away from people and all things man-made, you must try it. I highly recommend nature therapy. It can be magical. The more I go, the more I love it. I often hike the entire day without meeting anyone. Being completely alone is a pleasure to me. Something inside starts to settle; it is a little bit like entering a different reality. No drugs are required. Alone in nature, nobody wants something from me, and I don't want me to be different either. As I meander…

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The Ultimate Act of Self Love

Embrace Your Inner Critic With Kindness Most of us have an internal voice that is judgemental towards others, the world and even ourselves. It is often called the inner critic, ego-mind, or simply the ego. This inner critic always has something discouraging to say. It is very good at destabilizing our mood by planting self-doubt. The result is often that we feel regretful about the past and fearful about the future. What to do with this negative mental voice? Can we silence it? Should we ignore it? Fight it? Bury it under positive affirmations? There is a smoother, kinder, and conflict-free way to meet…

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Q&A: How do I start the self-love journey?

Q&A: How do I start the self-love journey? Question: Hi, I am new to the idea of self-love & self-care. My self-confidence is at rock bottom, and my anxiety is overwhelming. How do I start on the self-love and self-care journey? Answer: How to start the self-love and self-care journey is a question I hear very often. I asked it too when I started! It seems to me that most of us can't just switch from disliking ourselves to loving ourselves. Therefore I suggest you begin by noticing when you are not loving and caring towards yourself. Pay attention and notice when you…

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Self-Love & Self-Care

Most people struggle with a lack of self-worth and self-care to some degree or other. We don't know how to practice self-love or how to be available to ourselves when we are needy or upset. Not only that, but we often tend to reject particular parts of us. We want to get rid of specific unwanted habits, behaviours, emotions, addictions or physical features. How to accept what we don't like about ourselves? How to love what we reject or even despise? That is the big question! Understandably, we don't want our extra weight, illness, addiction, depression, divorce, unworthiness, anxiety etc. We hope to…

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Me, my Inner Critic & I

by Sabine BroscheI have many different voices inside. I suppose it is my mind talking. One of those voices is harsh, critical and mean. I call this one my Inner Critic: Sometimes it is so worked up and agitated – it is yelling at me. It says things like: Don't be so stupid. You are nothing special! Don't you get it? You are not good enough. You don't deserve that! And so on… So what to do with that shouty voice? I do recognise that this is what my Dad used to say to me when he was in a rage. Now it…

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Inspiration: Byron Katie

From Katie's Book "A Mind at Home with Itself"What’s it like to live without a self? Nothing happens, not even life. Everything you see, hear, touch, smell, taste, and think is already over before the action begins. My foot just moved, and as I watched it, I was only watching the past. It appeared to be happening now, but the now was gone even as I watched it. This is the power and the goodness of mind realized. I can’t even swallow my tea; it’s gone before it happens, and there’s nothing I can do about it. I look at the poster on…

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