“The acceptance of your own mundane existence will free you from expectations and enable you to accomplish what you, deep inside, truly want to accomplish. So you can ask yourself, before posting on social media next time: What would I be posting today if I knew that I would be the only one ever seeing it? Basically: who am I when no one is watching?”

“By setting my ego aside and fear about what people will think of me, and opening up with vulnerability and honesty, perhaps I could help someone in need – before it is too late and before they enter the burning hell of living with a burned-out brain. Trust me when I say that stress is not cool. Being “so busy” is not cool. However, being in balance is something to aim for, and my mission is to help you do just that.“

“The medical community has concluded that pain is a subjective combination of our thoughts, our feelings, and our physical sensations. In addition to this, we also know that the longer we have had the pain, the stronger we feel it. The knowledge of this makes it very difficult to treat long-term pain, since it means that we need to change, or at least challenge, thoughts and feelings that we have had for a very long time.”

“This mental and physical victory along with the ripple effect of confidence in the months that followed, reminded me of the fact that we are always just one decision away from living the life of our dreams — without aversion, fear, or limitations. And it all starts with the inner belief that Nothing is impossible. You just have to take one very first brave step in the desired direction, and the positive results and emotions are bound to come.”

“From the fourth day onwards we started practicing the meditation technique called ‘Vipassana’. It means ‘to observe things as they are’ — and not as you want them to be. We learned how to objectively observe, body part by body part, the arising and disappearing sensations within, without reacting to or judging them as good or bad, comfortable or uncomfortable. The beauty of meditation practice is that we get to access our subconscious mind, and the more we practice the faster we get to that state of mind. This is where we can reprogram old habit patterns.”

“Since we have just concluded that anxiety IS a completely normal state of being for almost all of us, we shouldn’t strive to get rid of it, but instead, become aware of it and learn to handle it when it arises. If people are not aware of the fact that they do have anxiety, and that the anxiety is in fact controlling their lives, they will not understand why they drink so much, why they crave validation on social media, or why they feel temporary fulfillment when they drive the most expensive car on the street.”