Haragei: The Art of Unspoken Understanding

Haragei is a Japanese concept that gives us a lens through which we can view what is communicated silently between us. This profound non-verbal communication flows seamlessly in Japanese culture, defying easy translation or definition in other languages. Haragei embodies something deeper: a subtle art of feeling each other out without speaking, a means of “fitting each other” with eyes closed, in a darkness where … Continue reading Haragei: The Art of Unspoken Understanding

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Why It’s Not Such A Bad Thing To Be “Powerless”

Please note this is a partnered post and may contain affiliate links. Pixabay – CC0 Licence In a world where big things seem to happen more or less everyday, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. We’ve all grown up with messages around us telling us that we can do anything, we can change the world and that we are the future. Then we see the inequality, … Continue reading Why It’s Not Such A Bad Thing To Be “Powerless”

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How to Embrace Change

Life is constant change, Buddha and Aristotle already said it: change is a fact of life. But change has also been accelerating in recent decades. Massive disruption across the social, technological, political and environmental dimensions of our lives means that we are constantly trying to figure out how best to manage uncertainty. And for someone it can be scary. The origin of this fear can … Continue reading How to Embrace Change

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Together Is Better

‘A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however, they fell a-quarrelling among themselves, and each went off to … Continue reading Together Is Better

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Pointless Overthinking

Movie Thoughts – Perfect Strangers (2017)

This is a Spanish movie about seven friends having dinner together that decide to play a game in which all incoming notifications will be shared with the whole group (including calls and messages), leading to surprising discoveries (you can read more about it here). It’s the perfect example of how different people are and that you can never know everything about the ones around … Continue reading Movie Thoughts – Perfect Strangers (2017)