Last weekend, Luca and I thoroughly cleaned the floor, window glass, handrail and furniture in our balcony. It's a very small, cosy space, so the clean-up was finished in two days after a broom, short-handled brush, cleaning cloth and cleaner arrived. Now, we have coffee on the balcony chair in the mornings, [...]
It would be healthy to have some emotional ups and downs in everyday life, but this week I've been struggling a bit to handle the emotional surge. I've been making further revisions to Chapters 4 and 5 of my thesis. These two largest chapters of my thesis have hindered me from moving on to editing [...]
Since I’ve started reading this beautiful book, The Empath’s Survival Guide by Dr. Judith Orloff (Publisher: Sounds True, 2018), so many aspects of my life have changed. I had waited for an authentic guide like this book for a long time. Her explanations of empathy are simply fascinating. She states: “I challenge the status quo and [...]
Recently, I’ve seen articles and videos on the power of personal narrative – how it contributes to your psychological well-being to look at your past memories and tell a story of your life to others. In a health research context, personal storytelling has been widely used for patients with life-threatening diseases. But I’m talking about [...]