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She was in her early fifties.Busy.Capable.Respected at work. Her days were full,emails, meetings, decisions,responsibility that never quite switched off. By late afternoon,something in her would tighten.Not hunger.Something else. On the drive home,she would already be thinking about it the salty...
Her mind had always known how to travel.It created scenes she had never seen,places she had never been,as if imagination were her native language. At night, her dreams were rich and colourful.She flew through the air,walked through glowing landscapes,felt emotions...
She always liked to talk.And she liked it even more when people listened. She felt alive only thenwhen someone’s eyes rested on her,when someone nodded, smiled,when someone’s attention confirmedthat she existed. When others paused to think,she filled the pause.When someone...
He had lived with pain for years.A slow, steady ache in his backnot sharp, not screaming,just there. In company, it pulled him inward.At dinners, he nodded and smiled,but a thin wire tugged at his spine,reeling him back from laughter. In...
She got illand the illness kept her in bed.At first, she thought it would passBut the days kept folding into each other,slow and heavy,each one a little quieter than the one before. The same walls.The same window.The same light moving...
In the picture above, you can see a boy pulling a container filled with water. There are many people in Africa who are forced to walk many hours to collect water. They usually carry randomly shaped containers on their shoulders....
I am aware the four attention styles theory is not easy to comprehend. That is why I keep trying to make it more approachable for a lay reader. For example, in my book ‘The Magic Terrace’ I have extended Dr...
I would like to present you a very practical skill which can make your work  – and private life – a bit more exciting. It is fairly easy to learn and it is based on a flexible attention. It should...