by Marnix Pauwels | Jul 24, 2022 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
When my first book was published, in 2016, it did very well. Just before it was available in stores and online, I was on national television to talk about my life, addiction, depression, and writing. That spontaneous appearance gave the launch a big boost. It was...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jul 24, 2022 | Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
Sometimes I sit down and just blog to myself. I try out a little story. Like an enchantment, or an encouragement. I taste the words that medicate the moment. Reassurance. Self-soothing. You’re fine. This is where you ought to be. Here is where you couldn’t...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jul 24, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Parenting, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
If you don’t think about it, life is just life. Stuff happens, you have a body and dreams and fears, and you try to make the best out of it before you die. Sometimes you like what’s going on, and sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you try to change...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jul 24, 2022 | Addiction, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
I would never tell you how to live your life. What’s good or bad, what’s ethically superior. Morality. Politics. How we should treat each other. How the planet should be saved (and if that’s even a thing). Stuff like that. All those things can be...
by Marnix Pauwels | Jul 18, 2022 | Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
If there’s one cloud in the sky, there are not two. Are you with me? So there’s only one. Okay. Now what can happen is, for instance: We can dislike the single cloud, and wish it wasn’t here. But we can also wish it was bigger. Or smaller. Or more like a rabbit....
by Marnix Pauwels | Jul 17, 2022 | Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
When you say ‘I’m looking forward to something’, there’s more to it. So let me remind you once again of how special we are. How inventive, how creative, and how miraculous we are. Because looking forward to something is not purely that: it’s just as much...
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