Category: Writing
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![“Call Me Pomeroy” by James Hanna [Book Review]](https://biljanaognenova.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kyryll-ushakov-4yvttq9xavc-unsplash.jpg?w=640)
“Call Me Pomeroy” by James Hanna [Book Review]
I found this book incredibly hilarious, at moments hysterical and riotous in more than one sense of the word. That’s the usual way of the book’s author. It is not the first book I’ve read by James Hanna, but I somehow ended up writing the first review about it. Hanna has a knack for writing…
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![“Women Who Run with the Wolves” by C.P. Estés: Reclaiming Our Instinctual Nature [BOOK REVIEW]](https://biljanaognenova.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wolf-1384944_640-1.jpg?w=640)
“Women Who Run with the Wolves” by C.P. Estés: Reclaiming Our Instinctual Nature [BOOK REVIEW]
Clarissa Pinkola Estés brings us back to the story of the wild woman, a story about songs, bones, and wolves. A remarkable storyteller, Jungian analyst, and healer who integrated the wisdom roots of her Mexican and Hungarian ancestry and heritage into her healing work, the author clears ages of cobwebs and removes the debris of…
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The Red Book by C.G. Jung: A Personal Journey into the Collective Unconscious (BOOK REVIEW)
The first time I saw a copy of the Red Book by Carl Gustav Jung, it was in a Zurich bookstore six years ago. I remembered I was mesmerized by this edition, which was a hardcover version of the original, with incredible images and some unusual format. But it was around $400 at the time,…
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Chapter 1 – How Isaac Got His Name
Isaac was standing on his favorite park bench, sniffing around to check the surroundings. He had never thought why his name was Isaac. “It’s not a typical dog’s name”, a thought crossed his mind. But he loved it. One day, when he was visiting his neighborhood butchery, he overheard a mother telling a biblical story…
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How to Love Someone, Body and Soul (or Love, Shortly)
Yes. It’s that time of the year again and Christmas movies are on the repertoire. A great time to talk about love, actually… shortly When we first meet a new person, our eyes see their body. We see the body as an indicator of that person’s worth and attractiveness. We don’t do this only with…
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![8 Reasons Why the Dutch Sex-Ed Model is Best in the World [UPDATED 2020]](https://biljanaognenova.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dutch-based-sex-ed-model.jpg?w=640)
8 Reasons Why the Dutch Sex-Ed Model is Best in the World [UPDATED 2020]
We have plenty to learn from the Dutch sex-ed model. Let’s start with a visualization exercise.
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A Red Ribbon Letter to a Young Woman on Her Journey to Adulthood
Read this letter to a young woman you know in your life or to the young woman that still lives within you, even if you are a fully grown adult.
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Mother-daughter Relationships: How to Perform the Healing Practice of the Women’s Heritage
Pause for a moment to think about your mother daughter relationship. Take a look back into your life and the life of your mother. Go as far back as into the histories of all women related to you, all the way you can go to picture each woman’s foremother. As you travel back into your…
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The Pink Gorilla at the Back of My Garden
This morning I went out in the back garden to pick up some basil for my pasta. And – there she was. The pinkest gorilla I have ever seen! How do I know she was a lady? Pretty easy – she gave an arrogant look at my messy hair. Just like she knows better! She…
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A Role Model from the Dark Side
I will call him the Shrew. People didn’t always like him. He had a dark side. But although I was young, I could easily grasp his darkness. My old soul was able to relate to all types of people, including dark characters. It came naturally for an empathetic character – I thought people were too…
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Red Thread – the Invisible String Connecting All Women
Without venturing into the spiritual realm, you can use the invisible red thread connection by wearing a tiny red yarn around your wrist. This will remind you of the powers you have as a woman standing on her own and in her community.
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3 Mental Health Benefits from Owning a Dog
How owning a dog can help you improve your well-being: set boundaries, respond, and ditch your neurosis.
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![Mathematics – the Imperfect Language of the Universe [UPDATED 2020]](https://biljanaognenova.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mathsthelanguage-of-the-universe.jpg?w=1024)
Mathematics – the Imperfect Language of the Universe [UPDATED 2020]
Have you heard this famous quote about God speaking through the universe via the language of mathematics? Galileo was a smart man.
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How I Built A Long-Lasting Relationship With Writing
I learned how to write when I was four. I learned the Latin alphabet by the age of six. I had short stories published by the second grade and although they were only published in the school magazines, by then I knew that I was a storyteller who got hungrier by the day. By the…
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How Berkeley Linked Magic and Science
“Rationality by itself does not solve any problems or answer any questions. Its efficaciousness depends on how we combine it with our drives, goals, and desires–and perhaps our less-linear-algorithm-based intuitions. This synthesis of the rational and a-rational occurs at the individual level of a person figuring out a problem or making a decision. It also…
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How to Manage Your Time by Staying in the Now
I remember that I wondered about time and space for the first time when I was a kid of about 4 or 5 falling asleep in my bed at night. Such a young age to wonder about so serious things! I thought – time and space are both so infinite! But still, I was both fascinated…
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How Prison Turned Manuel Bauer into a New Man
This is an ordinary human story. In a way. But not so in another. This is a story that might melt your heart. Because it tells about human victory after a time of struggle. It gives hope and courage. It looks at the beauty of the humanity. It is what makes people cry at the…
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How to Have a Good Day at Work
We all want to start the day on the high note, keep up the good energy throughout the day and avoid feeling exhausted when we take a look at the day behind. And we definitely want to have sufficient energy to keep the rest of the day rolling out and pulsing vibrantly. Often, there is…
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