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THE MOBILE TERROR and disrespect

Posted in Lifestyle, Stress, Wellness, tagged , , , , , , on July 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I searched long and hard to find a simple phone that does only calls and messages. I have found one. It does other things too – barely – but I don’t bother about that. It was the cheapest phone on the market and they will probably not exist for very long, so I better stack [...]

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BODY AWARENESS

Posted in Lifestyle, Personal development, Wellness, tagged , , , , , , on June 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I listen to many young people, and what is becoming more and more evident is this constant, incessant talk of body and weight. I am seriously disturbed by this. Like so many other girls, I grew up with a weight-fixated mother and that left me with disturbed body-notions. I was – of course – always [...]

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THE GUEST HOUSE

Posted in Lifestyle, Personal development, Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. [...]

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NoctamBulle in Paris

Posted in Scents, perfume, tagged , , , , on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

(photo from www.grandpalais.fr) On May 15 from 7 pm until 1 am the Grand Palais opened their doors to allow, for the first time, the public free access to the whole building. Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian created a collection of scented bubbles that were released in the nave by bubble-blowing machines. The air was filled with [...]

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Tao te ching

Posted in Personal development, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Tomorrow I start living the Tao. I will document this in a special blog: http://annastao.wordpress.com In this blog I will chronicle every aspect of the journey; frustrations, learning and understanding. I believe it will take about a year. If anybody else is doing, or about to do, anything like this, please share.

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FEAR

Posted in Lifestyle, Personal development, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Fear is the most effective way of control. Fear is one of the strongest emotional drives within every individual; Fear of dying, fear of failure, fear of being shunned, fear, fear, fear. One of the biggest fears in society is about money and economy; to not have enough. Upon this fear one of the biggest [...]

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SELF-HELP

Posted in Lifestyle, Personal development, Wellness, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There is a saying; “don’t give them fish, teach them how to fish”. Many people who  come to see me want a “quick fix”, hoping that I will wave my magic wand and all that is difficult will just vanish. It doesn’t function like this. We have become so used to the quick fixes of [...]

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A GREAT SPEECH

Posted in Lifestyle, Personal development, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Great Dictator, released in 1940, was Charlie Chaplins first real talking movie. In it he gives a beautiful speech that is as true and important today as it was then, the words could actually have been written today. What is surprising is that not more has happened over the last 70 years; that we [...]

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THE INVITATION

Posted in Lifestyle, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool [...]

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THE COACH

Posted in Lifestyle, Personal development, Wellness, tagged , , , , , , , on April 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Compact Oxford English dictionary says: Coach: noun 1 an instructor or trainer in sport. 2 a tutor who gives private or specialized teaching. • verb train or teach as a coach. ”A coach just has a different perspective. The coach can see what you can’t see because you’re in the forest and they’re outside of [...]

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