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20 Most Recent Post Titles with Excerpts
A bare list of links to the last 20 blog posts with linked titles, author and date, a short excerpt, and a continue-reading link.
A person is like a kingdom or a system: physical, mental and emotional processes and happenings need to be brought in harmony within itself and with the outside world. You are the ruler of your own system. Everybody has the right and the duty to be the ruler of that bit of “life” that has…
Continue reading...Let us all work on Restoring our Sense of Self, men and women alike! With a healthy Sense of Self we know we do not need what somebody else has to make us feel better about ourselves. We all are the same yet each one of us has certain things that are unique, each family…
Continue reading...Next time, when you look at your baby or toddler, make sure you take a holy oath. Grant this new born human being, the space in your mind and heart to be considered a unique, potentially independent human being in stead of using her as a means to fulfill your own needs and wants. That…
Continue reading...Mare Pacifico Usually I have problems getting the number of hours of sleep that most people seem to get. But as soon as I do sleep well enough to consider myself a normal person, and I don’t feel the immediate need to work on myself to even feel remotely okay, the urge comes up to…
Continue reading...Like every year, Maria passed her Christmas holidays on the beach in Mexico. To her and her family, it was a good way to escape the Christmas rat race. She never understood what people liked so much about Christmas anyway. How they could agree on spending so much time, energy and money flocking to shopping…
Continue reading...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…
Continue reading...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…
Continue reading...(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…
Continue reading...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…
Continue reading...“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…
Continue reading...Some people get involved with big institutions like “Dahn Yoga” or “the Military” because it is so hard to manage yourself and then, at least, it is done for you. You learn a certain skill and perform that within the confines of that entity. You pay respect to those who train you to become good…
Continue reading...V The important Question: What Are You All About? (This is part 5/5 and a continuation of the blog post “Why Some People Never Get Depressed,” a comment on Geoff Watts’ article of 1/31/12 in the BBC Online Magazine. The last sentence of part four was: … I suggest that no cause has been found because…
Continue reading...IV Depression Only Hits a Certain Group of People…Are you in that group? If so, here is what you can do about it? This is part 4/5 and a continuation of the blog post “Why Some People Never Get Depressed,” a comment on e online BBC News Magazine of 1/31/2012 in which Geoff Watts asks: “Why do…
Continue reading...III When “Feeling-Good-About-Self” as an addictive motivation is blocked This is part 3/5 and a continuation of the blog post “Why Some People Never Get Depressed,” a comment on e online BBC News Magazine of 1/31/2012 in which Geoff Watts asks: “Why do some people never get depressed?” The last sentence of part two was ……
Continue reading...II. On becoming dependent on (virtual) parental approval This is part 2/5 and a continuation of the blog post “Why Some People Never Get Depressed,” a comment on e online BBC News Magazine of 1/31/2012 in which Geoff Watts asks: “Why do some people never get depressed?” The last sentence of part one was: ……
Continue reading...I. My Own Experience With Depression Forced Me to Find Answers. The following 5 blog posts are a comment on an article in the online BBC News Magazine of 1/31/2012 in which Geoff Watts asks: “Why do some people never get depressed?” Actually, I have an answer! My answer is based on 25 years of…
Continue reading...“Working with Antoinetta Vogels has provided me powerful insight into my own physical and psychological ailments. Through frequent discussions with her, I am learning to find and restore my sense of Self. Antoinetta is extremely passionate about her work in helping others, and she frequently takes time out to check-in with how I am doing,…
Continue reading...Far away, in a country hidden in a valley covered by fog, lies a village called Struggletown. It’s a village like any other and most villagers live a reasonably happy life: they work, do what needs to be done and on the weekends they usually find small pockets of time to do what they truly…
Continue reading...Today, as I was struggling for peace of mind and tranquility in my soul by trying to find a balance between ‘me doing’ and ‘me being’, I thought how wonderful it would be if I were strong enough to stand up against the drive that keeps me in the ’doing’ mode most of the day.…
Continue reading...Insomnia interferes with a lot in your life but it is also a great way to get to your real self (I experienced). As such it is a blessing disguised as a curse….I have a long history of “perceived Loss/Lack of Sense of Self if not professionally active”, to the point of 20 years of…
Continue reading...20 Most Recent Post Titles
A bare list of links to the last 20 blog posts.