I can only come up with one. It’s not clever to endure a difficult situation that could be changed and only repeat to oneself: »It’s fine. It’s fine. It could be worse.« Some situations cannot be changed, that’s true. All one can do in such cases is get used to it. However, there are situations that CAN be changed and those are the times to take action in addition to positive thinking. Let me give you an example. I had some lines from Louise Hay’s book hanging on a wall I was facing while sitting at my desk in my office, where I used to work: »In the infinity of life...

An American psychologist who lives in Slovenia and has recently read my book said to me: »I think society IS mental illness.« I was puzzled for a while, but then I asked: »What are mental patients then? The worst cases?« To my astonishment he replied: »No, they are just people who are more aware of it.« I answered instinctively: »I’ll take this as a compliment.« Later I gave this conversation more thought. Maybe he was right. Think of paranoia. It’s one of the core thinking patterns. We are afraid of getting old, afraid of dying, afraid of being alone. So afraid that whole...

Some time ago I mentioned in a blog that I affirm regularly: “It is my responsibility HOW to draw a line in a relationship. The reaction of the other person involved is his/her responsibility.” Today I would like to share with you a story that shows progress in real life due to the upper affirmation: The other day I tried to draw money from an ATM. I pushed the bank card into the fissure. The ATM did not react. I noticed another fissure just above the one, where my card was stuck. I realized I had pushed the card into the wrong fissure. I tried to pull it out, but it was too deep inside already. I...

Over the last years I have gradually developed the habit of saying thanks. I start in the morning. I say thanks for all the good things that happened the day before and also for the »things« that are there all the time – being happily married, having found my vocation as a writer etc. This is a part of my morning meditation called maypole exercise, which is one of the basic exercises of the Phyllis Krystal method. I do this every morning, which sets a thankful atmosphere in me for the whole day. It is one thing to say thanks for the good things, but what about the bad ones? I am grateful for the...

This is another blog on dream interpretation. May I point out again that I only interpret the impressive dreams or the reoccurring ones. I dream almost every day, thus in my opinion it would be pointless to try to interpret every insignificant dream. I might even overdo it and get obsessed with dream interpretation. That is why I have set myself the limitation of interpreting only certain dreams. On the contrary a person who rarely remembers a dream in the morning would not need this limitation of course. May I warn you that you should consult your psychiatrist first, before you start any kind of dream...