by Marnix Pauwels | Jan 24, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
If you drink too much, JUST quit. If you are depressed, JUST realize you are caught up in rumination. If you’re always worrying, JUST remember that it’s not really helpful. If you want to change things, JUST do it. JUST. Justjustjust. Yeah. The word that is also...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jan 24, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
Zooming out. And zooming out some more. There’s the old addicted me. The old pitiful whining winer. Bye! Zooming out. Zooming out more. There’s the ‘life is against me, it’s so unfair!’ guy. There’s the smallness. The tightness. The darkness. Zooming out, zoooooooming...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jan 23, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, Coaching, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
Addictions can ruin your life. They can turn you into a mindless monster, even. But they are not a problem. Or THE problem. Addictions are a fairly helpful solution to something deeper, and that is your unwillingness to be with discomfort. Really happy and fulfilled...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jan 15, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, Coaching, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me, Uncategorized
It’s extremely helpful to get to know your moods. It means the difference between automatically falling for them and being swallowed by them, or becoming aware of what’s going on and keep a bit of distance. When I say ‘moods’ I guess I mean every single...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jan 12, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
When I quit drinking after decades of severe abuse, I thought life would become easy. Boy was I wrong -though not completely. Eventually, yes, eventually life became easier, sweeter, more joyful, and simple. Eventually. But not at first. The thing with drinking or any...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jan 12, 2022 | Anxiety, Awakening, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
‘I’m afraid I’m not living my best life.’ Or most successful life. Or ultimately fulfilling life. Or most adventurous. Those are mental platitudes that open up worlds of anxiety. The fear we can feel around being in the wrong place doing the wrong thing can be...
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