The Age of Anger

There is so much anger on the planet these days that it is accumulating in what Phyllis Krystal calls a thought form. We only need to get a bit angry at somebody/something and we feel a huge wave of anger all of a sudden. It is because we subconsciously connect to the thought form of anger. What can we do about it?

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Trying to Avoid Mistakes

»You cannot spend your life trying to avoid the mistakes I have made. You have to make your own.« This is a line from a movie. It is a piece of advice a mother gives her grown-up daughter. (Laws of Attraction with Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan) Being a light comedy the movie still has some important messages in it. I would like to concentrate on the upper quotation. Many times we are so afraid of making the same mistake our parents did …

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How to lead a quality life with bipolar disorder?

I have worked with the books of Louise Hay and with the Phyllis Krystal Method, but there are many others. The important thing is to pick one and take it seriously. Some people tend to collect certificates of seminars attended like one would collect stamps. What really counts is daily practice. No one is going to give 'daily showers' to our minds unless we do it ourselves. Other people can only teach us various methods…
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The best things in life happen…

… when you don’t get what you think you want. (M. de Montaigne)
After 450 miles of motorway my husband and I arrive at Adelboden, Switzerland. A personal catastrophe for great planners like my husband and I – we set up the tent in rain and five minutes later the sun begins to shine.
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The Habit of Observing

I used to be so immersed in my worries while walking in nature that I almost would not have noticed a stone I would have stumbled upon. Let alone noticing something in the distance. But I kept walking, even if I was not really there. I felt very strongly that one day my excessive thoughts will ‘think themselves out’. And eventually they did. Read more: http://www.helenasmole.com/2011/the-habit-of-observing

How to Be a Loser and Survive?

It is actually easy – you will probably never experience a burnout. No, I am joking. But seriously: Who defines a person as a loser? The person herself/himself or others? What are the basic criteria for this kind of a definition? Or is the word 'loser' just a label, almost a curse? Read more: http://www.helenasmole.com/2011/how-to-be-a-loser-and-survive

The Stigma of Eastern Medicine

When East and West meet:

http://www.helenasmole.com/2011/the-stigma-of-eastern-medicine