Am I being authentic or am I only continuously trying to keep something I call myself happy by living up to a number of conditions that at some point in time, usually a while ago, I have imposed upon what I though was myself in order to show to that something I used to call…
Read the rest...Anita is a bright young woman. Her curly, long, dark blonde hair, in which blonder streaks light up with every motion of her somewhat childlike head, shines with good health. Most days she would dress appropriately for the occasion at hand. But today she feels like taking it easy. What is the point of taking…
Read the rest...(This blog was written on the 15th of December 2011 in response to an article in USAToday, ‘Building Champions’. The paper was of that day.) I can’t emphasize enough the importance of having a Healthy Sense of Self in reaching the top level in athletics. Practice (and training) makes perfect; but over-training leads to compulsion, which in the…
Read the rest...Last night I couldn’t sleep. My husband has no problems at all. When his head touches the pillow, he is already off to his own unknown territory of oblivion. As his massive strong muscles relax one by one, they send a ripple of motion through the mattress of the already wiggly hotel bed. Even if…
Read the rest...“There is hardly anything more basic about us than whether our sense of being a ‘self’ is dependent on others’ approval, or is healthy and solid within us. Through the courage of investigating her own sense of self so deeply, and developing ways to make it more healthy Antoinetta Vogels’ highly original work has the potential to…
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