Before You Begin

I created this blog as a space for reflection, learning, and gentle exploration of the human experience. It is divided into three sections — Mind, Body, and Raw Thoughts — because all three are part of life, healing, growth, and self-understanding.
In the Mind section, you will find articles about how the mind works: the processes behind thoughts, emotions, habits, behaviours, limiting beliefs, stress responses, and inner patterns. Psychological theory, therapeutic approaches, and scientific studies inform these articles where relevant
In the Body section, I share insights gathered through years of experience in fitness, wellbeing, lifestyle, and personal development. These articles explore topics such as movement, stress, energy, habits, self-care, and the connection between the body and the mind. Where appropriate, the information is supported by research and evidence-based understanding.
The Raw Thoughts section may feel different. It is more reflective, intuitive, and unfiltered. Life itself inspires these writings — art, literature, human behaviour, personal observation, emotional experience, silence, beauty, discomfort, contradiction, and the questions we sometimes carry without easy answers.
This is where I go beneath the obvious question and explore what may be happening underneath our behaviours, relationships, fears, choices, and ways of seeing the world. Not everything here is meant to provide an answer. Sometimes the question itself is worth staying with.
Every person is unique. What resonates with one person may not be right for another. Please read these articles with curiosity, discernment, and personal responsibility. Take what is useful, question what needs questioning, and leave what does not feel right for you.
This blog is not here to tell you who you are. It is here to offer ideas, insight, perspective, and perhaps a bridge back to yourself.
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The Devil Said “Checkmate.” He Was Wrong.
In Moritz Retzsch’s 1831 work The Chess Players, later widely known as Checkmate, a young man sits opposite the Devil.…
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About filters
1. The Rejection Filter: When Silence Feels Like Abandonment Have you ever sent a message, received no reply, and felt…
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Settings.Numbers.Standards.
Stop whatever you are doing right now and imagine, just for a moment, the following scene. It is an ordinary…
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Dystopia: The Inner Mirror
A dystopian film is not something you watch with a light heart. From the very beginning, a dystopian film introduces…
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Where Is Your Red Hat?
One day in the forest, the bear and the wolf decided that the rabbit was becoming a problem. He was…
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Why is frustration good?
Why is frustration good? If you find the article’s title intriguing, you’re right. If today you feel frustrated, and maybe…
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What Are Filters — and Why Do They Matter?
Have you ever wondered why two people can go through the same situation and walk away with completely different stories?…
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The Wicked Bible in Your Mind
In 1631, the royal printers in London, Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, made a mistake that went down in history…
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Your Body Can Do More Than You Think
For all the years I worked in fitness, and later as a health coach, I heard almost every explanation for…
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About filters
1. The Rejection Filter: When Silence Feels Like Abandonment Have you ever sent a message, received no reply, and felt…
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Settings.Numbers.Standards.
Stop whatever you are doing right now and imagine, just for a moment, the following scene. It is an ordinary…
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What Are Filters — and Why Do They Matter?
Have you ever wondered why two people can go through the same situation and walk away with completely different stories?…
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The Wicked Bible in Your Mind
In 1631, the royal printers in London, Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, made a mistake that went down in history…
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Your Body Can Do More Than You Think
For all the years I worked in fitness, and later as a health coach, I heard almost every explanation for…
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The Body Knows Its Friends
“A healthy person has a thousand wishes. A sick person has only one,” says an old proverb. Have you noticed…
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The Devil Said “Checkmate.” He Was Wrong.
In Moritz Retzsch’s 1831 work The Chess Players, later widely known as Checkmate, a young man sits opposite the Devil.…
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Dystopia: The Inner Mirror
A dystopian film is not something you watch with a light heart. From the very beginning, a dystopian film introduces…
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Where Is Your Red Hat?
One day in the forest, the bear and the wolf decided that the rabbit was becoming a problem. He was…
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Why is frustration good?
Why is frustration good? If you find the article’s title intriguing, you’re right. If today you feel frustrated, and maybe…
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I see you
“I see you” stayed in our minds after we watched Avatar. This greeting, inspired by Indigenous traditions, did not mean…
Insights, guidance and thoughtful reflections on hypnotherapy, mental wellbeing, personal transformation and life experience.
Written by Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist Mirela Rumega

