Parenting is an art A demanding one because it is the grail of happiness. If we get it right in early childhood we can expect happier adults with more health and emotional wellbeing. Unfortunately, the

As a mother I’ve always wanted to teach my children to live with the unknown of life. I wanted them to be unafraid to live, to feel at ease with the unexpected because life is unpredictable. In other words,

When I was young I used to think that therapy deals largely with those who are distressed and tries to help them feel relieved and happy. Now I know that therapy is mostly about helping a person to dwell

Relationships are important in our lives and I believe that if we are not happy in our relationship we can’t attain “Eudaimonia”. When people face death, they usually tend to feel sorry for the words they

Whatever happens in the present moment is eternal. It’s the eternal sense of Now. We live in a present continuous tense, in a rhythm of pure presence in which time dissolves. And when you can make time

I was raised by two authoritarian parents. Discipline in my house was forced strongly. Spanking was the most common method of punishment, not teaching. Rules, obligations and tasks were imposed on my sister

We all have a little voice, an inner voice as we call it, that lives inside us and sends signals of existence from time to time, but it is often not heard. It is our own small compass that doesn’t really

So we’ve talked about empathy and empathic listening which make us a better listener, a greater counselor, a more useful friend who can facilitate the other’s path and make them move forward effectively.

Narcissism is an excessive interest in or admiration for oneself or one’s physical appearance and/or one’s own abilities. Extreme selfishness, excessive self – love, vanity, even grandiose view of one’s

Everyone tells you that a meaningful life is the key for a happier life. I couldn’t agree more. Everyone clarifies the importance of being able to follow our calling and our heart. I couldn’t agree more

Relationships have become difficult and too much to handle nowadays. People give up easily or never really commit themselves since they are not prepared to risk finding themselves in a situation which

I used to be a fault finder. It wasn’t my fault of course ( ! ) it was my dad’s fault because when I was around 7 we used to play a game together. He recited a story and I had to find the faults. That,

There is nothing more basic on cycling than riding the bicycle. In other words, you can’t ride a bicycle except by riding one. That seems idiotically tautological but that’s how simple life rules are.

There are three forms of comparison: Positive - (e.g clean) Comparative- (cleaner) Superlative - (the cleanest) When I was younger, I aimed for superlative degree and always failed, or maybe, on a second

Empathy IS active listening. It’s a skill of great sophistication that we should all practice in order to achieve better relations with our beloved ones. It’s about reflecting feelings and paraphrasing

Imagine you are travelling, happy and restful on a boat, and you see in the distance an iceberg. What do you do? Well, you bring the binoculars to have a closer look. But what is it that you are looking

In my country it is important to study foreign languages. English is our first obligation and then there is an option usually between French or German. I learned English at home with private tutors and

The tortoise and the hare, one of Aesop’s Fables, is an account of a race between unequal partners and has many interpretations . In the fable the speedy hare leaves the tortoise behind, as one would expect,

A group of young adults came to my office the other day trying to sort things out when crisis banged on their door concerning a project they were working on for their college. They have a brilliant idea,

When I was young I wanted to be an interpreter. Interpreting is a very difficult task because it needs absolute focus on what is being said in order to convert words from one language into another. I liked