Defense mechanisms are one of my favourite topics. Everyone has them. I have them too, gladly: My trusty vanguard soldiers that always make sure things don’t get to me too much. I wouldn’t know what to do without my defenses. Having said that,...

For a long time, I have resisted calling leaders a ‘father’ or ‘mother’, and their employees ‘children.’ I felt that was a pretty paternalistic way of looking at it, and I don’t like the notion of authority. But parallels between fam...

The U-turn begins with learning how to observe with an open mind, rather than ‘downloading’ from the past. However, mostly people are not open-minded at all, because we are full of experiences, thoughts, emotions and judgements. A cacophony of...