Richard Hanson was saying “We are Velcro for bad experiences and Teflon for good ones.” How true is that! We focus on bad experiences, failures, disappointments, mistakes for hours, days, weeks or even longer. Yet, how often do we savor and celebrate good experiences,...

The other day, while having a conversation, my interlocutor said: “I need to be self-critical, I need to judge myself if I make a mistake. I can’t just pretend that nothing happened.” How many of us don’t think the same? We beat ourselves up for every mistake we make....

Even if it seems far away, 2020 and 2021 have been an emotional rollercoaster for most of us more than usual: pandemic, working from home, uncertainty, changing habits, not seeing our families and friends, loosing dear ones, jobs and the list could continue. The...

Recently, I’ve been asked how do we move from empathy to self-compassion. You might’ve noticed getting angry, anxious, sad, worried, unsettled just by speaking with someone who’s experiencing such an emotion. Many of us are very receptive to other people’s emotions...

These last weeks, not to say these last years, most of people I’m speaking with say they are experiencing emotions as fear, frustration, sadness, worry, guilt, shame. I’m experiencing these emotions as well sometimes. I’m pretty sure you are experiencing some of these...