Ipek Williamson

Being in charge of everything, all the time, and not trusting anyone must be exhausting and extremely stressful. If you are a control freak, you must be feeling exactly like that.

During a peak experience, Maslow explained, the individual experiences an expansion of self, a sense of unity, and meaningfulness in life. The experience lingers in one’s consciousness and gives a sense of purpose, integration, self-determination and empathy. Steven Kotler Imagine you are in a kayak going with the flow on a fast-running river. Everything is […]

If you feel like you are having difficulty concentrating during the meditation, you are not alone. Like the trains visiting a train station, your thoughts keep coming up in your mind. Sometimes more than other times. I know you think I’m going to say that there’s an app for that. And most probably, there is […]

I have always been the opposite of a procrastinator. I always preferred to tackle first the least pleasant task and work on the most exciting the last. Just like eating the least favourite food on my plate first and leaving the tastiest part to last. But I see so many procrastinators around me that I […]

“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times . . . The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi I have just completed reading the book Stealing Fire written by my friend Steven […]

“Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good. ” Diane Von Furstenberg Starting from a young age, we understand what the word charisma means. I remember being in primary school and recognizing flawlessly which friends of mine had that self-confidence and which ones had not. Thinking back, I was never shy but […]

“Creativity comes from conscious facts planted in the unconscious and allowed to germinate.” Bertrand Russell Creativity is one of our most valued human traits. It has given human beings the ability to change the world that they live in. It also has given them the ability to adapt to changes in the world over which […]

You were born into a society that comes with many pre-installed programs. One of which being “you need to be successful for people to like you.” It starts right at primary school, if not earlier. You immediately begin comparing your progress with the kid sitting next to you. “His writing is neater than mine, and […]

You want a wonderful life, don’t you? All the difficulties you are facing to disappear. You want to be perfectly healthy. And want to be able to give generously while having more than enough for yourself and your family. There are also personal goals. And as many versions of the “definition of happiness” as the […]