Looking at some images from last summer, some memories and feelings came to my mind. I remembered waking up at 8:30 on a Saturday morning after just four hours of sleep with a feeling of anxiety over something that felt wrong and somehow negative. We had a great time the night before with my cousins whom I rarely meet in Malta. What was the problem then? What were those thoughts and feelings that I had not addressed since then or all my conscious life, but which I understand now? That morning I realised that I did not wish to wake...

Happy Eid to everyone who honoured this beautiful month! During Ramadan I was contemplating fasting a lot and here is my experience with it, what these 30 days taught me and why I feel different about myself after them. Fasting in general is good for your health, that is why there are so many fashionable diets nowadays supporting the notion of refraining from food for certain hours or/and days. It is simple, not consuming anything for some time literally gives your digestive system a good break. It helps to maintain the blood sugar and cholesterol levels. As a result your...

♥ We hear all the time that ‘life is short’, we like ideas such as ‘carpe diem’, we tend to believe that the present moment is all we have and yet we get carried away by our routines, small and big duties, plans and wishes for the future, we regret things as if the past defines us better than the present. Amidst all of this, life goes on and whether we appreciate it or not it doesn’t wait, it doesn’t look back, it doesn’t look at the future either, life is simply now. I was contemplating these matters on a...

We have all heard of that cliché and people keep sharing this notion simply because it’s true. I don’t like fixed phrases and recently I have started reconsidering all I know, all my perceptions of events, things, people’s behaviour, how I see myself. I needed to deal with some old patterns which can no longer contribute to my personal growth and I am simply enjoying my realest and best so far version of myself. Speaking of old patterns, one of mine was trying to always conceptualize everything around me and judge it based on what I consider to be good...

As humans we tend to have expectations of ourselves and unavoidably of others as well. When we or someone else doesn’t meet them that often creates pain. It can also affect our self-perception and self-worth and depending on our level on consciousness and how much we have invested in those people, it can have much deeper consequences. I used to be disappointed by people more often but with time I have learned to minimise my expectations and therefore not to create pain for myself. I try to have healthy self-expectations based on realistic goals I create and when I disappoint...