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Latest Reflections

When tough love is no longer love: Part 1

When tough love is no longer love: Part 1

Luba Kassova | February 09, 2022

I recently interviewed a wonderful woman, an executive coach and mentor, who is writing a book and whom I shall name Rose. She made me think about what drives us forward and about the psychological cost of achievement. In the 1980s and 90s Rose had broken...


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How the books we read reflect the biases we hold

How the books we read reflect the biases we hold

Luba Kassova | January 26, 2022

The books we buy are a window into our society’s norms and beliefs. The book choices you and I make offer a glimpse into our souls. In a December 2021 article in The Sunday Times, Andrew Holgate examined 2021’s best-selling books in the UK....


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“I am in everything and everything is in me” From judgement to gratitude

“I am in everything and everything is in me” From judgement to gratitude

Luba Kassova | January 18, 2022

We often spare our children the truth about the past, even when they are grown up. Our desire to protect them, and ourselves, from emotional suffering leads our own traumas and those of others before us to remain buried deep inside our family constellation....


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Disrupting the cycle of pain which does not belong to you

Disrupting the cycle of pain which does not belong to you

Luba Kassova | January 05, 2022

Growing up, I remember having a persistent fear that I would be abandoned by my parents and lose everyone I loved. I carried this into adulthood, despite never being able to trace it back to any actual situation in my early life which had triggered it. That...


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The inherited heartbreak from displaced past generations

The inherited heartbreak from displaced past generations

Luba Kassova | December 22, 2021

As I observe with horror the fate of 27 refugees lost in the freezing waters of the English Channel last month, I am drawn back to stories I have uncovered about my own family history in the past year and feelings of what it means to be a refugee for...


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Inside of us all is hidden a warrior who is just waiting to be honoured

Inside of us all is hidden a warrior who is just waiting to be honoured

Luba Kassova | December 07, 2021

What is it that drives empowerment? The key, in the eyes of prominent contemporary Bulgarian fiction writer Katerina Hapsali , lies in appreciation. I recently had the privilege of interviewing her for my upcoming book and found her life-affirming...


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The person who loves you just because you exist

The person who loves you just because you exist

Luba Kassova | November 23, 2021

Finding respite in a polarised world This blog was first published in Bulgarian in Maiko Mila website on the 17th November 2021 Warm green eyes. Soft ageing skin. A wise unassuming smile. An enveloping embrace. A smell of home, a feeling of acceptance,...


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The hammer blows to your self-worth…

The hammer blows to your self-worth…

Luba Kassova | November 11, 2021

“You may think that he’s a demolition expert (breakaway!)When he’s finished with your self-esteem (breakaway!)”George Ezra, “Breakaway” It is so quiet that all I can hear is my heart beating. One, two, one, two, one,...


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Should we worry that women writers are dominating fiction?

Should we worry that women writers are dominating fiction?

Luba Kassova | November 04, 2021

Elizabeth Strout warns us of the dangers of women writers dominating fiction in her interview with Bryan Appleyard in a recent edition of The Sunday Times (24/10/21) . Her concern is that the world of published fiction books “is becoming too...


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The White Person’s Joke

The White Person’s Joke

Luba Kassova | October 27, 2021

One Friday afternoon last year, one of my sons came home from school deeply upset at having overheard a highly offensive racist comment made by a friend “as a joke”. I couldn’t sleep that night, filled with anguish and despair. In my...


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