by Marnix Pauwels | okt 1, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
I love watching episodes of Grand Designs. It’s a British show that has been running since April 1999, where people are followed during the creation of their dream home. The show always starts with the plans and the dreams and the location, and usually ends with the...
by Marnix Pauwels | okt 1, 2022 | Addiction, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
I thought about sitting on a chair for two days. Doing nothing, really. As an experiment of sorts. An exploration. Without goals or things to attain. A way of being in Truth without distraction. Just sitting. Aware. The simplicity of life going by. Probably enduring...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 29, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, Coaching, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
‘After a week the backing away stopped working!’ Yeah, I get that. I get that now. This disappointed or somewhat panicked comment came to me a couple of times this week, from both clients and readers, and I’ve realized that I overlooked something critical. While...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 28, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Parenting, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
This morning I thought about dying. I was sitting on the couch in my living room, petting the cats (we start the day like that, a comforting tribal event), and there it was, the question: ‘What if I’d die today?’ In a split second, I felt the thick pain of...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 26, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Here’s your friendly reminder. Back away. Don’t fight the voice in your head. Simply back away. Don’t pick up its frantic suggestions, its loud orders, its harsh remarks. Back away. Don’t engage with the panic, the doubts, the judgments, or the predictions. Back away....
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 26, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Yesterday I talked about how I’ve become aware of many processes and habits that were mostly invisible. I wrote about my struggle with envy, how that was once a big, smelly deal, but now starts to dissolve because I catch it the moment it arises, and directly...
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