Happiness Becomes You, by Tina Turner

I read Tina Turner’s book ‘Happiness Becomes You’ in December 2022. It was much, much better than expected. I wished that Tina had applied her talent to writing her own lyrics.  She had mentioned in interviews before that her life had been filled with sadness, and that she wanted to bring joy to her audiences,Continue reading “Happiness Becomes You, by Tina Turner”

Around Conflict Addicts

“Who are these people whose admiration you seek? Aren’t they the ones you are used to describing as mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?” – Epictetus “Pay attention to your own gut when you’re in someone’s presence, or when you think about them.” – Bill Eddy, High Conflict InstituteContinue reading “Around Conflict Addicts”

Truth Is Like Water

The knowledge that comes to you without fanfare can change your life or move you so deeply that you begin to trust yourself. That is why the loudest, most repetitive, most elaborate voices have less power over the mind than something that is true — even when the truth is quiet and familiar, yet cutsContinue reading “Truth Is Like Water”

How Do You Contribute To the Web Of Life?

Confidence grows from contributing to the harmony in the web of life. It is not a showy type of confidence that you can push on others in order to prove a point and that crumbles before a challenge, rather the opposite: the confidence that lets you feel at peace, makes you available and able toContinue reading “How Do You Contribute To the Web Of Life?”