Category Archives: Toaster & Fridge

All about emotions

Listening to shame

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Michaela

Brené Brown: Listening to shame

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Fearing – the song

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Michaela

Fearing is Track 3 on The Amygdaloids‘ Theory of My Mind CD on the Knock Out Noise label.

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Fear

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Michaela

Recently I read a study estimating the prevalence of mental disorders in the European population about 38%. Anxiety and panic disorders took the larges share with about 14% , followed by depression. This is about 60 Mio people in fear … Continue reading →

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Emotions and Music

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Michaela

By Now_is_here George Friedrich Handel successfully exposed Jealousy and Envy, which are the most powerful of negative emotions. Handel also depicts Narcissism in a new light: 1) Handel – Hercules ‘Jealousy! Infernal pest’ “Jealousy! Infernal pest, Tyrant of the human … Continue reading →

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Childhood and Health

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Michaela

How you treat a child, the child will treat the world… An article about the connection between childhood trauma and disease: The Poverty Clinic and the Children’s Wellbeing Manifesto Parenting for a Peaceful World

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I am your son, so I will not judge you

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Michaela

This is a very touching account of a son journey to understand the life of his parents. He also discovers a period in history that played a crucial part in their marriage.  We all have to return from where we … Continue reading →

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A question without an answer

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Michaela

I came across the myth of Parsifal and could not help but notice the rich symbolism and metaphors. Parsifal is the story of a “fool’s journey”. A young man, so innocent and humble, that he does not even have a … Continue reading →

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On Abandonment

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Michaela

Over the past couple of days the issue of abandonment came up on several occasions and this motivated me to enquire into it. As always, I will state that I am not a psychologist and I do not follow the … Continue reading →

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Shame and Guilt

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Michaela

I am not a psychologist and know little about the theories of emotions. But I encounter them on a regular basis and I know what they can do to a person’s sense of self-esteem, confidence and ultimately health. This is … Continue reading →

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Insults

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Michaela

Did anyone insult you lately ? I have been contemplating the meaning of insult and it seems to be a rich subjcet. To insult somebody basically means to make a derogatory remark, accidentally of with the full  intention to hit … Continue reading →

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