James Hollis says: “Many of us were raised to be nice all the time, and nice means accommodating whatever is demanded in our environment. If you are nice in all directions and it’s a reflexive niceness – sooner or later it will violate your own personhood, and sooner or later it will violate the expectations […]
Stress often occurs due to a focus on past regrets or future worries. This exercise serves as an effective stress management tool, forcing your mind to focus on the present moment.
“There are always challenges in life. Even if you live relatively isolated, you’ll encounter unconscious humans. So you need to welcome that because every challenge forces you to become more present.
This is a really important question, and I believe that we need an answer without spiritual clichés, because the idea of “you attract what you don’t want” is often misunderstood and can even become self-blaming.
Eckhart Tolle teaches that true self-worth isn’t found in external achievements, possessions, or comparisons, but in recognising your inherent, infinite worth as pure consciousness or “Being” that exists in the Now.
For generations women have been taught to be helpers before anything else. Say yes. Be available. Keep the peace.
