Author: Justina Kevi
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A Reminder For When You’re Stressed
Taking care of ourselves when we’re moving through discomfort is not a luxury. We can live without luxuries but we can’t go on if we’re constantly burned out. Here’s my reminder on why it’s important to be kind to ourselves when things are tough and how certain things that seem unimportant become the base for us to go on from.
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How to Have Better Relationships?
The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships: so if relationships are at the cornerstone of how we feel, how can we improve this area of our lives? How can we deconstruct what there is to be improved (or, rather, worked on) in the first place?
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Esther Perel: The Relationship Therapist You NEED to Listen to
Eroticism, infidelity, the changing role of marriage, the increasing expectations we have for our romantic interests, how to keep that passion alive, and so much more: during decades of her practice as a therapist, there is a LOT Esther Perel is willing to share with us.
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A Simple Exercise To Move Through Discomfort
I understand it’s not enough to say “just normalise discomfort”. OK, cool, but how do we do that? What can help us to take that uncomfortable action? Luckily, there are some practical tips here.
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Expert Conversations on Trauma, Part 2
What happens to us in our childhood shapes the way our brain develops. How we respond to the world is how it makes sense for us to respond to it. Trauma – including neglect – plays an enormous part in all this. In the second article in this series, see what Dr. Bruce Perry has to say.
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One Small Habit with Big Science Behind It That You Might Want to Try
Are there simple and easily formed habits that can push us towards being more compassionate with ourselves? Is there an “easy way’ to start the journey of being kinder to ourselves? Of course – many. Here’s one of them.
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Something to Open Our Hearts
I think that sometimes someone’s presence and kind words are enough to remind us that a life of love and inner peace is possible. On the first day of this year – or on any other day – we can get that radiating kindness from Thich Nhat Hahn.
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Are You Ready to Normalise Discomfort?
I was thinking to myself: what would be the message I’d like to hear on the last day of the year? Or on the first one? Or…at any time? This is that message.
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Expert Conversations on Trauma, Part 1
Trauma is real and at this point well researched. Yet it’s a topic so complex that we have to refer to experts if we want to have any constructive conversation on it. And why not go straight to world-renowned ones? We start with Gabor Maté.
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The Second Season of Investigative Selfism Podcast Is Here!
After a long break, I’m very excited to tell you that my podcast – and my videos, clearly! – are back. The learning and unlearning didn’t stop, nor did my desire to share everything with you.
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