who is who?

Today’s question : who is the carrot here and who is the radish?

beauty

The great photographers of life must have some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. And isn’t this the secret of it all? Nurturing what already exists inside of you without any judgement? I woke up gloomy at 5 AM after a couple of…

freedom

In our culture we talk about freedom as our highest good. The freedom to make your own choices. The freedom to do what you want. The freedom to be who you are. The freedom to say what you think. This kind of freedom is essential in our times. The way we want to live our…

the party

Stress.. I have been invited to a party. My heartbeat is up. I feel excited and terrified at the same time. Who will be there? What should I wear? I don’t own fancy clothes any more after three years on an isolated mountain. Do I have to go? Do I want to go? Why do…

the simple life

When my panic attacks peaked about ten years ago – I was 26 years old – I started to wonder : What did I do wrong? And soon after : What part of life had I not understood? It led to an expiration of possibilities, longings, dreams and false ideas. It led me to life in…

fire and chickens!

“Life is so stressful, so busy, so complicated, give me some peace!” I hear it all the time and before we moved to France I was repeating it myself. I needed to step away from all of that business and desire to get a clear view. To find my own voice again. Being caught in the treadmill…

YSL

Thank you so much to those who attended my class yesterday ay The School of Life in Amsterdam. It was fantastic! For those who were not there, here’s a clip I shared. I watch it about once a month, just to remind myself that a successful life is all about :  the encounter with oneself. Watch it here.     

holding back

Why are you still holding back? You learned how to think for yourself. Why are you not speaking for yourself? You think people will not understand? You think people need cryptic translations? You think other people do not know the transcended realms of their own hearts? How can we learn to speak about it if…

forgiveness

Forgiveness is understanding, that I may never know why we hurt each other, or which one of us needs to grow