by Marnix Pauwels | aug 9, 2022 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
This morning I meditated for 8 minutes. Half an hour prior to that, I’d woken up with a heavy feeling that made me scroll YouTube for a bit of relief, and I found this little video. It was good. For the moment. For this morning. During this session, a thought came up...
by Marnix Pauwels | aug 8, 2022 | Anxiety, Awakening, Coaching, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Another client with 15 years of anxiety. Another cathedral of misunderstandings and bullshit explanations. Another person left with hopelessness and confusion. We talk about managing the threat of the unknown. A full-time job. How restlessness sets in (reliably), how...
by Marnix Pauwels | aug 7, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
The bad news is: You can’t change this moment. What’s going on is what’s going on. What’s experienced is what’s experienced. And that includes judgments about it and resistance towards it. They’re just part of this, not on top of it, not separate from it. It’s just...
by Marnix Pauwels | aug 6, 2022 | Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
You can’t deny life. You can’t bypass it. And you can’t do it wrong. Life is not a thing that is separate from us. It’s not something we have to take care of. There’s no wrong road you can take somewhere along the line because you weren’t paying attention....
by Marnix Pauwels | aug 6, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Hahahahahaha. People are SO incredibly ignorant. And naïve. It’s almost unbearable. And it’s definitely fascinating. How do I know? Well, I am one. Just as fucking all over the place as anybody else. And I’ve fallen for the same stories, the same promises, the same...
by Marnix Pauwels | aug 6, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
To almost give up. To almost give up on a plan, a dream, on something substantial and important you really want or need to change. What does that mean? I’ve had thousands and thousands of moments in my life where I almost stopped and returned from the new and...
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