Olga Lehmann, PhD
What a broken tea bowl taught me about repair & letting go
I didn't look for it. My time for Kintsugi and its wisdom on repair and letting go took me by surprise. Or, I'd rather say, by...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Dec 8, 2021
- 9 min
Existential optimism in the COVID-19 times,Take 2. Wait, do we actually have the luxury to forget?
The exhaustion I feel, swaying from verge to verge for days, months, and now almost two years cannot be faithfully expressed in words. I...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Mar 21, 2021
- 5 min
Spring rebirth. Or a not so SHORT STORY on motivation
So it is, the official beginning of the spring and the world day of poetry. This is one of my favourite days of the year! However, today...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
SHORT STORY. On finding the right cheer leaders.
My little nephew Matthias, two years and a half, has a crush on me, and it´s reciprocal. He´s in Colombia, I am in Norway. So, I´ve been...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
SHORT STORY. Happy birthday Viktor Frankl💜.
At the very young age of 16 years, during my first undergrad year, I kept asking all these questions to my professor of history of...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Mar 18, 2020
- 1 min
What does the porcupine say?
Existential optimism in the corona times. Take 2. You might or not have heard of the Porcupine(hedgehog) dilemma, by the German...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Mar 13, 2020
- 7 min
Existential optimism in the times of coronavirus. Take # 1.
In Norway, we have now been asked to stay home until further notice, in order to minimize the spreading of the coronavirus. As a...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
(Somehow) SHORT STORY. On grace.
Trust the uncertainty of new beginnings, she says. The wise voice within, sneaking into the script of the worrier who also inhabits me. ...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Aug 3, 2018
- 11 min
A path towards Emotional Agility: how it feels like. Take # 1
A path towards Emotional Agility: how it feels like. Take # 1 I like words. I feel talented with words. I mean, I like poetry and all...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Mar 30, 2018
- 5 min
Open letter: a farewell to welcome the unknown
Open letter: a farewell to welcome the unknown. NOTE: This is an exercise of therapeutic writing, part of my process of moving on from a...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Mar 15, 2018
- 2 min
Short story: paths
There I was, sitting at my classroom in Kristiansand, wondering why my students weren't there. Were they studying for their...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
Short story: on a child's cry (Jeg vil ikke dra hjem)
I just wanted to go home. But where is home? The direction homeward is fuzzy these days, or somehow incomplete. No matter what choice I...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Jan 2, 2018
- 1 min
Short Story: Question
When one has the soul of a writer, may one have the belief (or might it be a powerful intuition?) that if one writes something beautiful...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Jan 1, 2018
- 3 min
(Almost) SHORT STORY (Yeeei, they are finally back)
It’s the last day of the year and I’m flying home to Norway from home-Colombia after a fast and incredibly touching visit, to be with my...
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Olga Lehmann, PhD
- Aug 14, 2017
- 1 min
Short story: loosen laces
I finally found them, 70% off, my white--and pretty Scandinavian fashioned white shoes. I've been wearing them ever since last Thursday....
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