I Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Read a poem about it. Take care, Helena Smole

Super Safe Chick

The dream represents my redundant worries and back-up plans, which know no end sometimes. Read more about the dream and its interpretation. Take care, Helena Smole

The Bias of Denial

The only advantage to waiting for an eye exam so long is that I learned about the bias of denial firsthand and I lived to tell the story. Take care, Helena Smole

My Attitude to Cleaning

I realize that cleaning is not only necessary and useful, it even possesses a meditative function. And also: today, I am aware that an apartment or a house is in fact a temple of a temple. Take care, Helena Smole

A Tempest of Worries

It ignites like a spark in your brain. It flickers for a moment and then again and again. Read the whole poem. Take care, Helena Smole

No More Bad News Please

The only thing I can do for the prevention of abuse is to turn myself into a radiator of loving thoughts through meditation. Read more about bad news. Take care, Helena Smole

If at First You Don’t Succeed …

If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. Yes, but is it really wise to keep trying in all situations? Read about my experience. Take care, Helena Smole, author of: - a fantasy novel with romance Vivvy and Izzy the Dwarf: A series about relationships - Balancing the Beast, a book offering a bright view of schizoaffective disorder ˗ bipolar or manic-depressive type

Hues of Self Help

Don’t just read, but become fluent in self help. Take care, Helena Smole

Inner Inquisition

The majority of my fears are fears of making a mistake. Had I not gone to Northern Germany that October of 1996, would schizoaffective disorder ever emerge? Read more about my anxiety. Take care, Helena Smole

The Power of Complexity

My system of coping with schizoaffective disorder consists of various activities on four different levels: biochemical, mental, energetic and lifestyle level. Read more about keeping the balance. Take care, Helena Smole

Swimsuit Season

The era of skinny girls: Live the life of an unfashionable person and let the fashionable people finally have their place in history. Take care, Helena Smole

Go with the Flow Attitude

Positive thinking in action during summer holidays. Read more about this attitude. Take care, Helena Smole

Trip to Vogel

Mountain walking offers a lot to alpine flower lovers. Read more about mountain walking. Take care, Helena Smole, author of: - a fantasy novel with romance Vivvy and Izzy the Dwarf: A series about relationships - Balancing the Beast, a book offering a bright view of schizoaffective disorder ˗ bipolar or manic-depressive type

How I Overthink About the Future

I actually spend more energy and time on overthinking about the future than I do on fixing things that actually go wrong. Read more about overthinking ahead. Take care, Helena Smole

A Prayer for the World

I send out a prayer for the world, a lot of Love in my humble word. Take care, Helena Smole

The Inclination to Tragedy or Comedy

One can write the stories of one's life two ways: turn the script into a tragedy or into a comedy. Read more about the inclination. Take care, Helena Smole

The Optimist Pessimist Realist Triangle

“In sadness hope, in gladness fear” is about probability: Even though there is sadness, there is a certain probability of betterment. Read more about probability. Take care, Helena Smole

Eros Agape Philia

In my opinion, what we strive for all our lives is a balance between the four kinds of love: Eros, Agape, Philia, Storge. Read more about love in my romance novel and blog. Take care, Helena Smole, author of a fantasy novel with romance Vivvy and Izzy the Dwarf: A series about relationships

Traditions versus Ethics

The Golden Rule or ethic of reciprocity: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” has not been altered or even shattered by the new social media. Read more about tradition and ethics. Take care, Helena Smole

Vanishing Mandalas

Buddhist monks destroy their beautiful Sand Mandalas on purpose so as to be able to commemorate the ephemerality of life and the world. Read more about my experience with mandalas. Take care, Helena Smole

The Growing Neck of the Giraffe

Mother ‘nature’ preferred the long-necked giraffes, because they could reach more branches for food. Hence: natural selection. Read more about natural selection. Take care, Helena Smole

Our Cells Are Little Fireplaces

Just like a fireplace keeps us warm, also the snail-like-slow and no-flame-fire in the cells keeps us warm. But it is a way of gaining life force too. Read more about cell respiration. Take care, Helena Smole

Out of the Forest and into the City

A new review for my fantasy novel with romance from Colleen Chesebro! Read it here. Take care, Helena Smole

Auntie Photosynthesis

Auntie Photosynthesis is a teeny-tiny creature, which lives in each and every green leave and works for us. What is she doing? She grows potatoes below surface. And she produces Oxygen. Read more here. Take care, Helena Smole

Fire and Ice

Out of the Forest and into the City is a fantasy novel with romance that deals with love relationships, but also with relationships of all kinds. Read more here. Take care, Helena Smole

Love Is ...

Out of the Forest and into the City is a fantasy novel with romance that deals with love relationships, but also with relationships of all kinds. Read more here. Take care, Helena Smole

Old and New Definition of a Strong Person

A strong person in the New Age would be somebody compassionate and humble enough to forgive. A strong person in the New Age would be somebody humble enough to obey orders of a group leader. A strong person of the New Age would also be respectful to people who serve. Read more here. Take care, Helena Smole