Author: Ayla

It takes the height of arrogance and frankly, a big lack of common sense for one human being to say, it really is an excellent idea for me to tell someone else how they’re supposed to be or to live their own life. That’s just not the way healthy relating is designed to be. Healthy relating is about giving each…

I talk with a lot of people who really want to make inner-work part of their day-to-day life, who want to figure themselves out and to start living a life that is more genuine, more authentic, more inspired and more joyous. Although well-intended and, at many levels sincere about their search, I have noticed, over…

Let’s take the example of a woman who has been rejected by her parents. In some form, they didn’t really care about her – they left her with relatives, they didn’t respond to her basic requests for love and attention and warmth, they didn’t make her feel valuable, etc. This is what she has learned…

How do I heal? The first answer that comes to mind is: it depends! It depends on a whole myriad of things: your skillset, your development, your history and, most importantly, it depends on your motivation – what you focus on for your healing, is influenced by what type of outcome you are trying to…

  What does it mean to judge? To judge means to apply a personal meaning on a subject or a matter. Judging is embedded in humans as a species. The quality of our ability to judge, in many ways, determines the quality of our lives. Think about how handy it is to correctly judge the…