Get out of the door!

Even if you don’t feel like it, go outside. Get dressed, wash your face, brush your hair, create movement. Get out of the door. I can’t tell for how many times I stood in front of the door, ready to go outside, but changed my mind and went back to bed, thinking “This is stupid….

Get out of bed!

It’s very good to take a day or two off to mend your heart, but be careful not to fall deeper into the pain and find comfort in it. No matter how soft the bedsheets are, how fluffy the pillow, or how warm the blanket is, you need to move! I remember my worst days…

Depression as the master puppeteer

Depression can transform you into an inanimate object but keeps the illusion that you are still alive. Manipulative, cruel, emotionally exploitive. You are just a toy depression likes to play with. It’s the poison that penetrates both mind and matter, corrupting the thoughts, modifying the chemicals in your body. It’s the alien that invades your…

Tragic fates

I had to return to the shadows. There, in a cold, dark room I find my stories. In a corner, barely lit by an old reading lamp covered by spiderwebs, lives a lonely girl whose only friends are the characters from Sylvia Plath’s “The bell jar”. Across the room, in front of a mirror decorated…

Are you reaching for your dreams?

One week and three days left of January 2022. How are you doing with sticking up to your New Year’s resolutions? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Are you having trouble just beginning the journey? Looking at the big picture, your goals always seem so distant and even impossible to attain. You can feel stuck or paralyzed…

A deal with the Devil

There are many tales around this one. Whatever form these legends take, the story’s the same: someone wants fame, money, talent, knowledge, love, power, you name it. And what’s the easiest way to obtain it? A pact with the Devil. Or so they think. The meeting always takes place at the crossroads, involving some personal…