Author: Justina Kevi
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Growing Pains Suck. Let’s Frame Them in a Healthy Way and Ask For Help
When things are tough, don’t forget they you are not alone. And you’re never helpless. When faced with stress, overwhelm, anxiety or any other emotion that we deem unpleasant, please remind yourself about the tools that you have – including friends.
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Nothing Changes Until We Change
Isn’t it incredible to see science confirm something different religions or schools of thought have been implying for centuries or millennia? And the case of what mindfulness, being hopeful, and managing our thoughts well can do to our physiology is exactly this case. Listen to Dr. Joe Dispenza explain how epigenetics work: how we change our physiology by how we think.
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What Can The Cold Teach Us?
The science behind cold exposure is very much real and not even that new at this point. There’s no controversy here.And it has a direct effect on our mental state! Hear more about and get inspired to take those cold showers by Wim Hof.
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Don’t Go Down The Spiral of Shame
When we’re in shame, we tend to close off. We think we’re flawed, unworthy of love and connection, and we don’t want to be found out. So what are the ways for us to leave this shame spiral?
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The Mind is Not to Be Trusted — But Its Observer Is
Working with our minds isn’t easy. But maybe we’re approaching this work in a wrong way? Listen to what Michael Singer has to say about mindfulness — and what beautiful metaphor he presents to us.
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In The End, Choose Yourself
Staying true to ourselves can be tough. Yet if we know what our values, principles, and life mission are, there is a certain peace that comes knowing this is what we have chosen.
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Expert Conversations on Trauma, Part 4: Resmaa Menakem
What is intergenerational trauma? And how do we heal in an environment that is still hurting us? Listen to what Resmaa Menakem, a trauma expert, has to say about it in a beautiful interview.
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Can We Drop One Basic But Important Expectation?
Have you ever assessed your source of unhappiness and found it to be something rather ridiculous? Even when it’s something real? If we deepen our mindfulness practice – or simply use this reminder – we can experience more freedom and lightness, even when we’re in pain.
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What Pride Month Actually Asks From Us
On Pride Month or any other month, I invite you to choose a part of your legacy to be to create a society (a community!) that is a bit more open, a bit more inclusive, and a bit more compassionate. But I hope that legacy involves speaking out for our LGBTQ community. That is nothing “in addition” to our compassion, kindness, and courage. That’s what they look like in action.
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How To Give Discomfort More Meaning
Discomfort oftentimes is a price we have to pay for the lives we want to live. They don’t have to involve politics or prisons, but it’s good to know that “a good life” will probably never mean zero discomfort. So we either try to avoid it or normalise it and see it as the price we pay for a life of integrity.
Investigative Selfism 