I’m constantly on the lookout for deeper meaning and understanding of life, with a particular focus on psychology and mental health. I’m forever a student of life, and they say the best way to learn is to teach. So here are the lessons of life I’ve been learning.
- The Most Important Knowledge
- Four Approaches to Make New Year’s Resolution Work
- No More Hidden Agenda
- To Exist and Connect
- The Question of Why I Exist
- Why I Make Music (Even When It’s a Bit of Pain)
- A Martyr Turns in His Resignation
- Feelings as a Gauge of Life
- The Risk of Light
- Seen as You Are
- Best Revenge to the Bad-Feeling World
- Midnight Oil “In the Valley”
- What Did 2020 Teach You?
- Risk and Reward Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
- Birds Born in a Cage Think Flying Is an Illness
- Forgiveness Must Come after Anger
- You Can’t Receive the Attention That You Can’t Give Yourself
- The Quality of Questions
- Path Upward Is Dark
- You Can’t Leave Behind What You Hate
- Music as a Gift to Songwriter
- Fear of Light
- Life Is What Happens on the Way
- Wishing the Hard Times Away
- What I Learned from Eddie Van Halen
- The Choice to Show Up
- The Parallel between Body and Mind
- Be Careful What You Are Validating
- Validation Comes from Within
- Relationship Are Built on Common Grounds
- Good News: Your Mind Is Not the Source of Truth
- Remove the Lid on Happiness and Power
- You Don’t Have Inner Demons. You Have Inner Children in Distress.
- Emotional Muscle and How Understanding This Helps You
- Being Heard
- Embracing the Hurt Breaks the Pattern
- The Biggest Obstacle
- The Root of All Problems
- One Toe in Bliss
- How to Receive Criticism
- What My Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Represents to Me
- Ari, Don’t Settle for “Good Enough”
- The Parable of a Rock (n) Roller
- Your Thoughts Are Your Currency. How Are You Spending It?
- Your Feelings Don’t Reflect Reality
- Why It’s Important to Get Used to the Feelings You Desire
- Why I Choose to Do What I Shouldn’t
- How Rock n Roll Empowers Me
- Why Singing Along Is Good for Your Soul
- Time Crunch? Don’t Skip Good Habits, Just Make Them Short
- How I Am Becoming Less Botherable
- Seek “Proud,” Enjoyment Will Follow
- Looking for My Song to Sing (3 Key Questions in Any Pursuits)
- Chris Cornell and Suffering in Silence
- How Your Hidden Story Focuses on the Empty Half of the Half-Full Glass
- Using Music as Your Mood Regulator
- Prepare to Attack, Then Wait
- 7 Upsides to Painful Experiences (and One Powerful Queen song)
- What Do You REALLY Want?
- How I Shed My Internal Block to Enjoy Life
- Good Life Is to Feel Everything Freely
- The Aim of Art
- Improve Your Life by Letting Music Change How You Feel
- Making Friends with Disappointments Can Transform Us
- Inspiration Is for Amateurs
- Art Should Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the Comfortable
- Rock n Roll Is a Sane Reaction to an Insane World
- What Is Your “One Thing?”
- You Win by Showing Up
- Do You Like the Music or the Musician?
- 3 Personal Development Lessons We Can Learn from Slash
- Work in a Way That Works for You
- “Just Keep Swimming”
- Dare to Be Disappointed
- Are You Afraid of Being Happy?
- If You Live with a Person Suffering from Depression
- Bonding and Music
- Can You Form a Habit of Feeling Good?
- The Higher Purpose of Music
- When You Are Too Riled Up by Societal “Problems”
- Benign Childhood Events Can Still Hold You Back
- What’s Good about This, That I Don’t Yet See?
- Everything Is an Experiment
- What’s Holding Me Back from Singing
- What It Means to Grow “Emotional Muscle”
- Passion, Habits and Music
- Do You Cry Listening to Music?
- Why We Suffer
- Two Ways in Which Music Helps You Manage Your Mood
- Emotional Muscle, Music and Becoming Better at Getting What You Want
- Music as the Mood Regulator
- What’s Wrong with Positive Psychology?
- My Word of the Year 2017: Surrender
- What I Intend for 2017 (Part 2)
- My Word of the Year 2017: Glide
- How Sensitivity Contributes to Your Loneliness
- Let’s Talk about Your Antennas
- Leave the Path Open
- How Your Emotional Backlog Colors Your View
- How Tom Volkar’s Coaching Changed My Life
- Are You Lost in Your Drama?
- The Upside to the Downside
- Five Signs of Suffering: Something Is Wrong Here
- How Michael Brown’s “The Presence Process” Impacted Me
- Are You Holding Back?
- How to Unblock Yourself
- Mastering the Art of Life
- Life Is a Kind and Patient Teacher
- Can’t Create What I’m Not Capable of Creating
- What Challenges You?
- Two Steps to Heal Stuck Emotions
- The Emotional Backlog and Music
- Context Is Everything
- Where to Start If You Want Things to Change
- How to Figure Out the Ideal Distance
- Willpower Is a Rechargeable Battery
- Life Is an Experience
- Survival, Redefined
- From Surviving to Thriving
- Reflecting on What Happened in Paris: Rising Above Extremism
- Whisper of the Heart
- The Common Ground between Promoting a Band and Job Hunting
- The Fine Line between Truth and Manipulation
- Happiness Lies in Unchained Emotions
- What We Get Used to
- Not anti. Pro.
- Listen to death metal, don’t kill anyone
- Beneath the surface
I love so much the way you write, the way you think, and the way you make music!
Oh thank you Maria!😊