Category: Relaxation

The Seven Candies of Power – The Story Begins

Long ago, in a world of brightness and colour, there was a land called Mirra. It was not just a single town, but a patchwork of many places, hills and meadows, tiny villages with lanterns swinging on every post, old stone bridges over gentle rivers, and crooked forests where the trees hummed softly in the … Continue reading The Seven Candies of Power – The Story Begins →

Feeling Safe Comes Before Feeling Happy – The Biology of Healing

Most people think the way to escape anxiety or depression is to do more: exercise, work hard, socialize, or change how they think. Activity can help, but there’s a deeper biological truth beneath it.Before the body can generate real happiness, it must first believe it is safe. 1. Two Systems in the Human Body Human … Continue reading Feeling Safe Comes Before Feeling Happy – The Biology of Healing →

Mental Illness is NOT Emotional Illness – Here’s the Difference

In everyday language, mental health has become a catch-all for everything that hurts inside. Depression, anxiety, burnout, even heartbreak all get bundled under the phrase “mental illness.” But that phrase is misleading. It hides an important truth: thinking can be healthy while feeling is sick. We need two categories, not one. Mental illness and emotional … Continue reading Mental Illness is NOT Emotional Illness – Here’s the Difference →

Feeling Good is Like Washing Your Hands: Emotional Health Is Not a Moral Issue

There are certain conditions in life which, if present long enough, will cause emotional pain in a human being—no matter how intelligent, spiritual, moral, or resilient that person is. Just as drinking poisoned water will cause illness regardless of who you are, so too will emotional suffering arise from specific, predictable environmental and physical conditions. … Continue reading Feeling Good is Like Washing Your Hands: Emotional Health Is Not a Moral Issue →

Existence Is NOT Suffering: The Truth About Life

Introduction For thousands of years, many traditions—especially within certain spiritual and religious systems—have claimed that existence is inherently suffering. This idea, often repeated in slogans such as “Life is pain” or “Existence is suffering”, has shaped countless minds and lives, becoming a cornerstone of some philosophies and spiritual practices. But is it actually true? This … Continue reading Existence Is NOT Suffering: The Truth About Life →

Comforting Thoughts on Death

Death terrifies because it confronts us with the unknown. Will we cease entirely, dissolve into nothing? Will we recycle into new forms, or step into a world beyond this one? The mind cannot map it, and so it trembles. Yet there are reasons for comfort. In nature, nothing is lost. Matter decays but becomes soil; … Continue reading Comforting Thoughts on Death →

The External Is A Shell – Focus on the Internal

Whether we are talking about relationships, or effectiveness in therapy, or true happiness. The thing you must remember is that the external: beauty, muscles, body, money, material wealth, and so on - is all a shell. The shell might look good, but the real important thing we must know is what the fuck is inside … Continue reading The External Is A Shell – Focus on the Internal →