The way we relate to food can serve as a powerful mirror for how we approach pleasure in all areas of our lives. More than just a nourishment, food often carries emotional significance, influencing how we experience and process feelings. Whether we consciously recognize it or not, how we eat and how we feel about […]
When it comes to fostering lasting change in well-being habits, whether that’s through physical activity, nutrition, or mindfulness, it’s easy to get caught up in pushing our own version of what works. As coaches, fitness advocates, or wellbeing enthusiasts, we often promote the routines we believe in. But here’s the hard truth: simply imposing our […]
The common emotions I encounter in my coaching work are uncertainty, anxiety and stress. Stress caused by things happening quickly and there is simply too many things to handle. Life is reactive and people lose their focus and feel frustrated because of constant changes and redundancies. It seems that people feel stuck in a situation […]
A child’s feeling always communicates a need. Shame arises when our needs are not met in early interactions and we are not met with them. We ourselves internally turn our backs on our needs if we learn to think that they are not important. Shame maintains a false self-image: various beliefs and perceptions of one’s […]
I’ve been following the discussion around the weightloss drug Ozempic. One side condemns the use of the drug and accuses overweight people of a lack of self-discipline and willpower, and the other side justifies the use of the drug by saying that it was the last possibility and an opportunity to lose weight when all […]
You often hear that people wish for balanced well-being in their lives. I personally believe that there is no perfect balance. Life is constantly changing different phases that include different events. Life is then balancing between these different stages and events. Since well-being consists of so many areas, when one thing is right, another area […]
There is an invented name for doing less or simplifying life – downshifting. Interesting detail is that we tend to define and name everything. Downshifting is considered a trend where upper middle class people can decide to do less and enjoy more leisure. For some, downshifting is a tick in the box, a stage […]
https://norayrjola.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/NY.mp4 I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the episode of Ulla Jones, Minna Ruusuvuore and Liisa Holma’s Lähtijät podcast, which discussed a culture that does not suit you. An inappropriate culture can mean different things to people. In companies, it can happen that the management starts working on an organizational change, in which […]
We have adopted a mentality of a superhuman. We no longer even see how much we have things going on in life. A lot of doing has become our “default-mode,”our the normal way of working. We are always busy and talk a lot about it. Being busy has become our identity, our way of living. […]
Why Quick Fixes Don’t Lead to Sustainable Wellbeing – And What You Can Do Instead In today’s fast-paced world, many of us are looking for quick fixes when it comes to our health and wellbeing. The allure of simple, fast solutions is tempting, but more people are starting to realize that these shortcuts don’t […]
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