3 Important Values to Live Your Life By
By Shereen Soliman photo source “It is not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” –...
Shereen Soliman
3 Thought-Provoking Confessions of a Truth Speaking Human
“It’s not your job to like me. It’s mine.” –Byron Katie I feel lost with the world these days. I’m...
An Open Letter to ALL Therapists
The World is different these days. I am in an abundance of information and I have instant access to it at the drop of the hat. I am constantly bombarded with messages, day and night that drown out my inner voice. I’m in a state of emotional hypersensitivity and I am terrified about it. At best I am coping. Safeguarding, by locking out all depth of emotion so as not to show my true self, because I am different, I am the problem. Or so I believe. Read More...
Emotions Are a Strength, Not Something to Be Ashamed of
As I stand up, acknowledge, and validate these emotions, something weird happens. They disappear. As though, they were never real in the first place, just an illusion created in my mind. A cloud dispersing into the mist. A reflection from a mirror which turns out to be a clear window instead... Read More...
How to Unpack Your Emotional Baggage in 5 Easy Steps
After facing a chain of traumatic events in a short space of time and having an outburst of emotions to deal with; I got curious and wanted to look closer into how we process our emotions in the Western society. I discovered that we seem to be polarized in our approach to dealing with our feelings. We either don’t validate them and adopt the position of “I’m fine, really, I’M FINE” through gritted teeth or we’re encouraged to wallow in them and make an identity out of the story, whilst in the background we’re told to shove some pills down our throat to ease the pain. Read More...
How One Uber Ride Can Change Your Perspective for The Better
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” ― Stephen R. Covey This week I got in an uberpool taxi in New York and listened to some poignant words from an insightful passenger named Dante. “It’s your...
How To Get Happy With Your Valentine’s Day Singledom
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” – Marianne Williamson Valentine’s Day is...