VERA BIRKENBIHL

As adults, the way we express ourselves is ruining our natural feelings. Words are misused to explain something which we feel from the inside, as a primitive defence mechanism to avoid further painful feelings.

This leads us to be unaware of our true feelings, whic...

1. Compare it with the memories of other experiences, to name and define it. This is to interpret it in accordance with the the past.
2. Be aware of it as it is, forget past and future, let the present be all, and thus do not even stop to think, "I am ...

Everyone looks at money through the lens of their past experiences.

You can read what it was like to lose everything during, say, The Great Recession, but you will never bear the emotional scars of those who survived it and are now afraid to invest again. It’s impo...