[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246285″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]i’d been feeling a lot of ‘running around like a headless chicken’ energy lately. if you have too, keep reading. if not, but centring yourself sounds like a good idea, please do so anyway. as reading is my way of processing, i was looking for something to...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246269″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text] we say that making mistakes is human. but when they do happen, we’re quick to point fingers and hope we’re not somehow held responsible. so what is it about error that makes us have these irrational thoughts and expectations? that’s the question the following two reads...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246330″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]‘quiet’ by susan cain is one of those books that is so hyped, one just expects to love it—at least if you are an introverted idealist who loves reading in general and psychology in particular. but to my surprise, i didn’t. now, don’t get me wrong, i...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246340″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]’tara schuster’s ‘buy yourself the fucking lilies’ is equal parts memoir and self-help book. this is a combo that i usually enjoy very much. in life, things don’t always work out the way we want them to, and i find it refreshing to hear stories from people...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246344″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]ever read a book that made you nod along and roll your eyes within the same chapter? welcome to my journey with ‘never split the difference’ by chris voss. the pitch that pulls you in the premise of this read is simple: former fbi negotiator chris voss...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”245946″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text] have you ever read a book that made you feel like someone looked deep into the most hidden parts of your soul and said, “ok, i got you. let me write a book just for you”? no? me either. until now. i have never read a...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246287″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]so far, cal newport’s work has easily made it onto my tbr because his titles really speak to me. but somehow, i just never seemed to reach for them in the end. until now. my mind has felt very scattered lately, and since reading is my process,...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246123″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]’maybe you should talk to someone’ is my kind of book. it ticks all the right boxes: it’s smart and funny, honest and touching. it gives me all the good feels, and it’s narrated by a badass female voice. that voice belongs to lori gottlieb. in her...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246286″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]my inbox and i have had this hate-hate relationship for quite some time now. it just keeps sending me mail, and i just keep quietly resenting it for it. i try to ignore this never-ending to-do list written by other people (*) to get my own work...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246114″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]in her fifth book ‘braving the wilderness’, brené brown tackles true belonging. and how this surprisingly involves, first of all, to belong – and be true – to ourselves. a manual for today’s world and with that, it seems as if brown has written a manual on...
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