Joel Mwakasege's articles Heal 5 Causes of Psychological Disorders Causes of psychological disorders remain ever elusive. But occasionally psychological problems occur; When our internal signals don’t work, When our maps don’t lead us where we need to go, When we are too paralyzed to move, When our actions do not correspond to our needs, When our relationships break down. If you feel safe and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Life The Additional Reason Why It Takes Longer to Heal Traumatic Experiences Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as if the traumatic experiences were still going on. Unchanged and immutable as every new encounter or event is contaminated by the past. To heal is when you realize and remember “that was then and this is now,” rather than reliving the experience over and over. The […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Interview How to Live with a Chronic Illness, Featuring Sara Norrad Joel. Talk to me about your life from kindergarten. Sarah Norrad. I think my first memory of kindergarten was crying, crying because my mom had left. So that was a shocking experience for me to not be with my mother. I do think it’s a hard moment, for the child and the parent when it’s […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal Mental Health Healing Process is More than What You Think It’s difficult. The work can take a lot of energy. If you could have solved these problems easily, I’m sure you would have done it already. And to make matters even trickier, problems with feelings often include a layer of guilt or shame. Unlike most other medical problems, when it comes to the mental health […] Written by Joel Mwakasege December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Creativity Writing How the Community Helped Me Edit 19,293 Words I have an upcoming magazine on healing. I wrote it in accumulative sessions. It combines transcripts from interviews and personal stories. At the start, it was 19,293 words, edited to 18,742 words. The Cause for Requesting Help The magazine additionally needed design and marketing. I was to do them both. Yet, I had other commitments […] Written by Joel Mwakasege October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Subscribers How I Designed a Magazine on a Budget I have an entry-level design background. This experience comes with its advantages. To hint that which seems easy to me, might not be so for you. But at times. The experience causes me to overestimate my abilities. Written by Joel Mwakasege September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Subscribers A Short Email Course on Good Writing for 21 Days A good writer uses simple and clear language. She is not afraid to speak her mind. When she writes, she is not trying to be a “writer.” She is herself, and her readers follow her everywhere. She is intentional about her decisions. She knows that unoriginality is the enemy of good writing. She understands the […] Written by Joel Mwakasege September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Series 12 Days Short Email Course: Your Guide to the Ever-Evolving World of Creative Living I've learned what I have learned. By trial and error. By walking into walls. I wish I would have a guide. To lead me when I started. To flag shortcuts and hazards of the trail. This is that guide. Written by Joel Mwakasege September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Awareness The Price We Pay for Trying to Suppress Being Aware of the Elephant in the Room, with James Pennebaker In 1986, James Pennebaker did an experiment. To prove an assumption that people pay a price for trying to suppress being aware of the elephant in the room. Written by Joel Mwakasege August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Subscribers Introducing a New Magazine I have been writing and curating stories for about a decade now. I connect more with personal experience stories than those that want to tell me what I can do and what I can not do. In these years. I have published 27,259 stories. These stories are there at beyourself publication Among the thousands, some […] Written by Joel Mwakasege August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Knowledge Base The Way to Receive Regular Updates One of the ways to receive regular updates. Is through an email letter I send every other Tuesday Another way is to read the publication directly. I also put regular updates for subscribers on a category called subscribers. The posts are not shown on the homepage. Are visible if you click here on this link […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Subscribers Email Course: Self Love a Key to Life Prosperity You can Trust Compassion is a leap of faith. There needs to be no reason or justification for it. If it’s based on reasons, it becomes a story to defend instead of an opening to experience. To say you’re compassionate to yourself because: “You had a hard childhood” or “There was nothing you could have done about it” […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Heal 5 Causes of Psychological Disorders Causes of psychological disorders remain ever elusive. But occasionally psychological problems occur; When our internal signals don’t work, When our maps don’t lead us where we need to go, When we are too paralyzed to move, When our actions do not correspond to our needs, When our relationships break down. If you feel safe and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life The Additional Reason Why It Takes Longer to Heal Traumatic Experiences Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as if the traumatic experiences were still going on. Unchanged and immutable as every new encounter or event is contaminated by the past. To heal is when you realize and remember “that was then and this is now,” rather than reliving the experience over and over. The […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interview How to Live with a Chronic Illness, Featuring Sara Norrad Joel. Talk to me about your life from kindergarten. Sarah Norrad. I think my first memory of kindergarten was crying, crying because my mom had left. So that was a shocking experience for me to not be with my mother. I do think it’s a hard moment, for the child and the parent when it’s […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal Mental Health Healing Process is More than What You Think It’s difficult. The work can take a lot of energy. If you could have solved these problems easily, I’m sure you would have done it already. And to make matters even trickier, problems with feelings often include a layer of guilt or shame. Unlike most other medical problems, when it comes to the mental health […] Written by Joel Mwakasege December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Creativity Writing How the Community Helped Me Edit 19,293 Words I have an upcoming magazine on healing. I wrote it in accumulative sessions. It combines transcripts from interviews and personal stories. At the start, it was 19,293 words, edited to 18,742 words. The Cause for Requesting Help The magazine additionally needed design and marketing. I was to do them both. Yet, I had other commitments […] Written by Joel Mwakasege October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Subscribers How I Designed a Magazine on a Budget I have an entry-level design background. This experience comes with its advantages. To hint that which seems easy to me, might not be so for you. But at times. The experience causes me to overestimate my abilities. Written by Joel Mwakasege September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Subscribers A Short Email Course on Good Writing for 21 Days A good writer uses simple and clear language. She is not afraid to speak her mind. When she writes, she is not trying to be a “writer.” She is herself, and her readers follow her everywhere. She is intentional about her decisions. She knows that unoriginality is the enemy of good writing. She understands the […] Written by Joel Mwakasege September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Series 12 Days Short Email Course: Your Guide to the Ever-Evolving World of Creative Living I've learned what I have learned. By trial and error. By walking into walls. I wish I would have a guide. To lead me when I started. To flag shortcuts and hazards of the trail. This is that guide. Written by Joel Mwakasege September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Awareness The Price We Pay for Trying to Suppress Being Aware of the Elephant in the Room, with James Pennebaker In 1986, James Pennebaker did an experiment. To prove an assumption that people pay a price for trying to suppress being aware of the elephant in the room. Written by Joel Mwakasege August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Subscribers Introducing a New Magazine I have been writing and curating stories for about a decade now. I connect more with personal experience stories than those that want to tell me what I can do and what I can not do. In these years. I have published 27,259 stories. These stories are there at beyourself publication Among the thousands, some […] Written by Joel Mwakasege August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Knowledge Base The Way to Receive Regular Updates One of the ways to receive regular updates. Is through an email letter I send every other Tuesday Another way is to read the publication directly. I also put regular updates for subscribers on a category called subscribers. The posts are not shown on the homepage. Are visible if you click here on this link […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Subscribers Email Course: Self Love a Key to Life Prosperity You can Trust Compassion is a leap of faith. There needs to be no reason or justification for it. If it’s based on reasons, it becomes a story to defend instead of an opening to experience. To say you’re compassionate to yourself because: “You had a hard childhood” or “There was nothing you could have done about it” […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
