3 things narcissists will tell you, when you stop bowing to their demands 1: That they never have problems like this with other people in their circle of friends 2: That they have always been flexible and patient with you until now. 3: That you are entirely to blame for whatever it was that happened. …
I did it again recently. I got stuck in the corner of my river of life, together with a whole lot of debris that had pushed me that way. How did I get stuck? Because of an old mechanism; the mechanism of pleasing others; thinking that the way to get love, affection and appreciation from …
Just like we write our own lives; we also write our own histories. Years ago someone in the USA advised me to start reading the books of historian Howard Zinn. Already after the first chapter my world started to change dramatically. Zinn was the first to make me aware that everything we read is an …
In the Alphabet of Daily Life; and by that I mean the routines one tends to follow in order to make things go smooth and the way you want; I find that the C of Coincidence can at times play incredibly surprising parts. Mostly I try to adopt the attitude and live by the conviction …
Are any of you updated on the score how many people actually left Facebook after the call to leave the worlds biggest social media site, for I’ve lost track. Last week there was a sudden hype; then we saw Mark Zuckerberg defending himself in front of some senators who hadn’t really done their homework; and …
The desire to really make a difference is the start of every development. How often do you really give suit to what you really want; really feel, and really think? Or do you more get up in the morning with a list of things capturing your thoughts that are expected from you; or that you think or feel are expected of you; or …
Isn’t it incredible how time flies. We are already entering our third week of Spring again with the weather forecast for the coming week sayin it will be 20 degrees Celsius; almost hard to imagine after the intense cold of the past few month. Now before we slide into the spring in summer season, it …
In three weeks from now, March 21, the people of The Hague and all other communities of The Netherlands; will be asked to choose their representatives again for their local governments. The big question is however; will people go and vote? Do they trust ‘the system’ and their politicians enough to actually have faith their …
With the sun shining bright as it did and the sky ice-blue as it was; I went to The Hague’s Scheveningen beach this weekend in spite of the freezing cold February weather. I went there to do what is called the Daily Energy Routine, a series of simple exercises designed by Energy Medicine author and …
I watched a program last night on Dutch television that brought me to tears. It was about children who get specialized education because they have what is seen as a learning disorder. They either are dyslectic or have problems calculating numbers or in general find it hard to transfer knowledge from paper to their cognitive …
