So here is something that is slightly outside of my comfort zone to talk about. I want to share something with you that that lies very close to my heart and has had a huge impact in my life. Spirituality. It’s easy to say that religion separates us. But historically, and still for many, religion is also a reason for humans to gather. It makes large groups of people share common beliefs about the world. Through celebrations and rites, religion provides opportunities for us to mark important transitions...

I believe that the learnings we gather in life constantly change and evolve. They are not universal or permanent. I imagine these being what you would see through the window of a train on the rail called "Amalia's World". We have just stopped at Station Twenty Five. Outside the window, lots of things have whizzed past. Building relationships, setting boundaries, traveling the world, studying, entering working life, exploring tantra and other worlds, bungy jumping, facing challenges, growing stronger and meanwhile trying to understand the craziness we call Life… So...

Dear Self Doubt. We’ve been spending nearly 25 years side by side and together we’ve been through a lot. I’m grateful for all the times that you’ve been there for me and never left my side, but lately I’ve been feeling like it’s not working out between us anymore. I don’t understand why you keep complaining when I’m telling you to shut up. All you ever talk about is how useless I am and how I’ll never succeed with anything in life. I used to believe you, but I’ve...

Time - does it even exist? For thousands of years, devices have been used to measure and keep track of time. The system of time measurement that we use today, the clock and the calendar, dates to approximately 2000 BCE (according to wikipedia). Every day, people are in a hurry. We often tell ourselves and others that we don't have time, or that we wish we had more time. In a way, time rules our lives. We wake up at a specific time in the morning, hurry to be...

I was on a stroll downtown on my way to my favourite shop when four girls walked past me. They couldn’t have been more than 14 years old, maybe younger, but they were all dressed in carefully picked outfits, only the latest fashion. They all had long hair, you know that type of hair that you can only get by using expensive hair products and brushing it with a certain type of brush that doesn’t do harm to your hair. You get it… But that wasn’t really what caught...