by Vesna Westbrook | Jan 15, 2016 | Blog
The last decades have seen much press on a more-or-less new approach in the field of life counseling. Over the years, Philosophical Counseling has become a global movement with different schools of thought, and resulting different approaches. But what exactly is...
by Vesna Westbrook | Jun 14, 2015 | Blog
Lately, I have been reading Pema Chödrön’s “When Things Fall Apart”, a Buddhist perspective on facing chaos, fear, and death (in its various forms.) Pema mentions addiction as an escape from our fear of death, and I found myself suddenly wondering about the word...
by Vesna Westbrook | Apr 3, 2015 | Blog
Would you say you perform any kind of ritual in your daily life? Unless you’re the initiate of a coven or some elusive lodge, chances are you’ll answer this question with “No.” The average civilized, educated, more or less privileged modern Western person...
by Vesna Westbrook | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog
there’s a crack in everything that’s how the light gets in (Leonard Cohen: Anthem) According to some Buddhist teachings, there is inevitable pain in life. Buddhists call it dukkha, translated as “suffering”, “unsatisfactoriness” or – interestingly enough –...
by Vesna Westbrook | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog
The saying goes that every person you meet can be a teacher for you. That is true to some extent: Everyone comes with their own story, their own background, their own approach to life. Sometimes, we learn a lot from people who live the seemingly complete opposite of...
by Vesna Westbrook | Oct 27, 2014 | Blog
“Success” is ubiquitous. If you listen to the media and life coaches, everybody wants it. If we don’t watch it, we’re being served 101 different recipes for success. But if you talk to your friends, some actually seem to fear it. Let’s...
