One of my clients sufferred from cancer one year ago. She used to be very healthy and had regular routine for exercising before the diagnosis. With healthy life style and stable career without much work stress, it is out of expectation for her to suffer from cancer at late forties. The treatment process was traumatic …
Continue reading “To embrace impermanence in this chaotic world”
The use of social media has been part of our lives. It is common for us to see our friends in social media posting their selfies, socialising activities, achievements or anything about oneself to obtain “likes” or positive comments. For a normal user of social media, posting some updates related to one’s positive identity sometimes …
Continue reading “The two types of our illusion of an enduring self”
The recently launched Hong Kong movie, “Drifting”, may have touched many people’s hearts as it is about a stories of a group of homeless people in Sham Shui Po being ostracised and the personal belongings so precious to them were taken away by the government. In the end, the civil litigation filed by this group …
Continue reading “From the Hong Kong movie, “Drifting”, to self-compassion and compassion to others”
Many introverts admire those who are very sociable, charismatic, and belong to many different social groups. It seems that they have strong social capital and resources. These are the people who may have ten thousands connections in LinkedIn or a few thousands friends in Facebook. It is frequent to see them having social gatherings with …
Continue reading “Is being a social butterfly the only way to thrive in networking?”
Most of us have a Facebook or Instagram account and make posting from time to time about our leisure activities, our achievement, our social gatherings or our important anniversaries. It is rewarding to receive “likes” and positive comments from our friends when we made those postings. In fact, these “likes” and positive comments activated the …
Continue reading “Be aware of the trap of addiction to our ego”
One of my clients tends to withdraw socially because he cannot tolerate the emotions triggered by social events without knowing the underlying reasons. He also is addicted to alcohol drinking and tends to use alcohol as a way to escape from his intolerable anxiety due to work stress. In fact, he had an abusive father …
Continue reading “The underlying avoidance mechanism related to childhood trauma”
