How to learn from mistakes as an adult

Learning how to deal with feelings and emotions is an important part of a child’s upbringing. Were you not or insufficiently guided by your parents or caregivers in learning this skill? As an adult you can still learn this. If you want to do things in a different way, the opportunity and the responsibility lies with you. In your life now as an adult, you are capable of creating a safe environment for yourself and do things differently. You can. You may.

When you’re allowed to learn from mistakes

When we look at our society there are huge differences in how we handle glitches and someone making a mistake. When making a mistake ourselves and, when seeing someone else stumble and fall. How you cope with a mistake has a lot to do with how you feel at such a moment and, how you handle these feelings. These feelings are often related to how you felt as a child in similar situations. What if we, as caregivers and mentors, change our behavior towards children. What if we make room for and allow them to feel emotions. What would happen then, if these children become adults and have to make important decisions and make a mistake?

Fear is a funny thing

She has been through hell. So believe me when I say fear her, when she looks into a fire and smiles.

When your confidence trumps fear

You're good to go. But just when you least expect it the old familiair voices come back to haunt you once again. There they are, Mr Fear, Mrs Insecurity and Mss Hesistant. Who holds the better cards? Them? Or do you hold the trump card to silence them for once and for all..?

Hate is a useless feeling

Hate is a useless feeling. Anger, now that’s constructive. Hate, is utterly useless.

I do understand, how much something can hurt you and how it feels. How deep it can…

Emotions – Do we feel or block them?

Love and happiness, we love to welcome them in our lives. And without any hesitation we gladly surrender ourselves to them. But if fear, anger or grief shows up…

Why clearing out is great

‘Yeah right. Do you know what I’ll find? All that old stuff that I threw in my closet and that I don’t know what to do with. I keep…