How I Learned to Love Myself
'The fact that someone else loves you doesn't rescue you from the project of loving yourself.' ~ Sahaj Kohli ~
Be The Change
Tattooed across my chest are the words “Here by the grace of God go I”. On one arm, "Amazing Graze", on my other, "we only have this one life"! Who am I to judge? Who am I in this social media world to cast aspersions and make comment? Who am I to judge another? Who? [...]
Online Relationships: Who Can You Trust?
As many of you, I grew up with an internet world in full bloom. The first ADSL lines replacing old and slower connections, computer screens and televisions getting sleeker and bigger by the day. Online communities also started changing in sizes and shapes and the first social media networks were born. It was the perfect [...]
Jealousy, How To Let It Go
Italian culture can be a very jealous one. Especially for people from older generations, it can very well be perceived in a substantially different way than today. A way that sometimes goes beyond the chivalry it claims to aim at and more towards unbalanced and unhealthy relationships. The reasons behind this could be several, from cultural [...]
The Key to Creating Loving Relationships
As one of the most complex emotions known to man, we are all familiar with love in one way or another. Shakespeare once said: 'Love comforteth like sunshine after rain’. John Lennon professed that ‘All you need is love’ and the Dalai Lama taught us that ‘Love is the absence of judgement’. Most people seek [...]
Life After Grief
Watching a recent documentary on Varanasi in India, I was amazed at how differently we all deal with the concept of death. Such a dark and impassive word, I suspect that most of us would rather not consider it. Sadly, death is inevitable and grief is something we will all face at some point in [...]