Loving Both the Sloth and the Jaguar
Some time ago, I travelled to Costa Rica and had an experience that led me to reflect on the beauty of diversity. My friend and I fell in love with Costa Rica’s national animal, the sloth. Watching them move in slow motion, munching on leaves, had a profoundly calming effect. The buzz of life faded […]
How heartbreak delivers your purpose
How heartbreak delivers your purpose Maybe you’ve read the title and thought I was referring to romantic heartbreak. At least, that’s what I thought when I first read this idea in Glennon Doyle’s inspiring book “Untamed”. But no. The heartbreak I mean here is the heartbreak you get from seeing the kind of pain in […]
The importance of emotional vulnerability: example of Jake Sully in Avatar II
The importance of emotional vulnerability: example of Jake Sully in Avatar II Disclaimer: If you haven’t watched Avatar II: The Way of Water yet, you may want to consider if you’d like to continue reading, as I will reveal a small (very small) detail about the movie. It’s certainly nothing related to the main plot […]
False Dichotomies: our self-imposed limitations
False Dichotomies: our self-imposed limitations Nothing limits us more than our own mind and its unconscious beliefs. One particularly interesting way in which we, as individuals, as well as our society and culture, unnecessarily restrict our possibilities is through false dichotomies (also called either-or fallacies or false dilemmas). Excelsior University defines false dichotomies as “a […]