Are you an expat? Well, so am I. I think we can agree that moving to a new country is exciting but it can also feel overwhelming. Adjusting to a new culture, navigating language barriers, and building a life in a new city can bring stress, anxiety, or feelings of being a little lost. I know how it feels to navigate these changes, and I also know how valuable it can be to have a therapist in Ljubljana who truly understands the expat experience.Finding a therapist as an expat in Ljubljana might feel challenging, but it doesn’t have to be. Therapy is for anyone who wants to feel more balanced, gain clarity, or simply have a safe space to reflect. Many expats worry about language barriers, so I offer therapy in English, French and Italian, making it easier to speak freely and feel fully understood from the very first session. Being able to communicate in your preferred language is essential for effective therapy and emotional well-being.
Whether you’re adjusting to life in Ljubljana, navigating work or relationship stress, or seeking personal growth, therapy can help. I work with individuals, couples, and groups using integrative relational therapy, which combines practical tools, personal insight, and relational understanding to support your mental and emotional health. My approach helps clients manage stress, cope with anxiety or depression, improve relationships, and feel more at home in their new environment.
It’s normal to feel unsure about how to start. Finding a therapist can feel intimidating, but you can take it step by step. Often, an initial consultation is all it takes to see if the therapist’s approach feels right for you. In our first session, we’ll discuss your goals, explore the kind of support that works best, and answer any questions. Feeling comfortable and safe in therapy is essential, and if it doesn’t feel like the right fit, that’s okay—it’s part of finding a therapist in Ljubljana who truly resonates with you.
I’m certified with SKZP and EAP, which ensures I meet professional standards for ethics and practice, and I continually update my skills to provide the best support possible. My approach focuses not just on symptoms but on you as a whole person, taking into account your background, experiences, and current challenges. Through integrative relational therapy, we work collaboratively to explore your thoughts, feelings, and goals, creating a space where you can process your experiences and grow personally.
Living as an expat can sometimes feel isolating, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Therapy can provide clarity, balance, and the tools to feel more confident and settled in your new life. As someone who has experienced the expat journey myself, I know how comforting it is to have a supportive professional by your side. Whether it’s managing stress, coping with anxiety or depression, improving relationships, or simply finding stability, therapy can help you thrive personally, socially, and professionally in Ljubljana.
If you’re an expat in Ljubljana looking for a therapist, I’d love to help. Together, we can explore what you need, create a safe space to process your experiences, and work toward feeling more balanced and confident in your new environment. Taking the first step might feel daunting, but it’s also the start of a journey toward mental well-being, personal growth, and feeling truly at home in your new city.

First of all, it is not true that couples' therapy in general doesn't work. Quite the contrary really. What I do notice, though, is that there are differences between clients who come to individual therapy and those who come to couples’ therapy. These differences don't relate to differences in clients' character or personality but rather to the approach clients take to therapy. How clients approach and view therapy seems to have a decisive role to play in individual therapy often being more successful than couples' therapy. Which are the factors that negatively impact the outcome of couples' therapy?
1. Couples usually come to therapy too late. It often happens that couples seek help when their relationship is already so fraught that all they want is for the therapist to tell them that they should split up. Therapists can't and shouldn't take decisions on behalf of the couples. They can help them figure out whether the relationship is still worth saving or not. In the worst-case scenario, therapists can help couples end their relationship in a civilized manner, without too much anger, resentment, bitterness and vengefulness.
2. Only one partner in the relationship chooses the therapist. When that happens, it inevitably leads to the other partner feeling like the therapist is going to be on the side of the one who called and arranged for the session. Or, whoever chooses the therapist expects the therapist to be more understanding towards them.  Women frequently tend to expect a female therapist to be more on their side, and men expect a male therapist to side with them. Some sort of gender-based solidarity.
3. Expectations that therapists will singlehandedly resolve all problems. Couples like to transfer responsibility for the relationship onto the therapist. The underlying assumption is, "Here we are, we chose you, you're the expert, fix things." If couples don't want to save the relationship, they expect the therapist to tell them to end it. Unfortunately, that's not how therapy works. An important lesson of therapy is that couples start recognizing their own patterns that negatively impact the relationship, and learn how to solve problems together.
4. The demand that the therapist changes the other partner. It is a regular occurrence that couples come to therapy and one of the partners demands that the therapist does therapy with the other partner. So one of them comes to therapy in the role of an observer, willing to actively contribute to resolving the problems the other partner is causing, and the other in the role of a client who needs to change according to the dictate of the partner and in line with the therapist's interventions. I have already worked with couples where one walked out of the office saying, "Here you have him / her. Fix him / her. If I can in any way contribute to therapy with my opinions, let me know and I'll drop by." Again, we can't do couples' therapy with one partner only. Nor do we change the patterns of one partner alone.
5. Dropping out of therapy too soon. Most often, couples who don't want to work on the relationship and just want an expert to tell them it's better to call it quits terminate therapy too soon. They want to end it as soon as possible. Therapy is a process and sometimes it takes a long time. It's unrealistic to expect that problems which were accumulating for years or decades can be resolved in ten therapy sessions. If you feel you're not making any progress in therapy, change your therapist. Perhaps the problem lies in a bad therapeutic alliance.
Couples' therapy is most successful when partners begin therapy in time, before the relationship is broken beyond repair. It's also important that both partners assume responsibility for their respective contribution to relational problems. Both have to be willing to work on it. They need to change in therapy, both individually and as a couple. If you have a therapist with whom you get along, whom you trust and with whom you can openly discuss the most unpleasant issues, then there is no reason why therapy shouldn't work.

The Autumn season has begun and brought with it shorter days, less sunshine and colder weather. It's the season when many people start feeling moody, blue, depressed, anxious. In short, they're feeling blah.
Sometimes we all feel less than optimal. We all go through shorter or longer periods of gloom, we feel stuck, hopeless, almost like the world has turned against us. It's frustrating to be experiencing life as a constant setback and huge disappointment. What is the best recipe to get us through those unpleasant times? Well, we all have our own tricks of beating the blues, some of them healthier, others less so. While it is completely normal for us to despair and feel pity for ourselves and our sorry fate for a short period of time, we should be mindful of not allowing that state of mind to set in for a longer period of time. What a short period is depends on the severity of our situation. Or, to be more precise, on our view and felt sense of the situation. But to get back to our remedies for feeling blue: the most important thing is not to get hung up on helplessness. Here are some of the strategies that might work:
1. Talk about your problems openly, as often as you can for a limited time, enough to get the issue thoroughly off your chest. Continuing to discuss your problems ad nauseam will only lead you to perpetuating the problems instead of solving them. Talk to your friends or a therapist. Use them as a benchmark – if they seem fed up with your constant complaining about the same grievance, then it's probably time to stop talking so much and start searching for solutions. If you don't have close friends or a therapist in who to confide, write in your journal or on a sheet of paper.
2. CBT exercise of mapping out your problem and writing down solutions for what to do if / when something happens, can give you a sense of control. Write down all your negative scenarios and think of what you would do should they come true. They rarely do but if they do, you'll be prepared. Don't forget to put down potential positive outcomes too. 
3. Allow yourself to feel whatever emotions come up. Don't actively suppress the negative emotions or thoughts. Use the mindfulness technique of simply observing them and letting them go. The sooner you get them out of your system, the better.
4. Focus on all the things in your life that you can be grateful for, no matter how small or insignificant they seem. By practicing gratitude you'll start experiencing more positive emotions too.
5. Be physically active. You need to get your body moving to increase the flow of happy hormones – serotonin, dopamine, endorphins. If possible, increase close contact with your partner. Hugging, holding hands, kissing and sex all increase the release of oxytocin. Listen to upbeat music, dance, spend time in nature. Another trick that also helps is to look at yourself in a mirror for a few minutes and smile.
6. Remember that nothing lasts forever and whatever painful experience you're going through, it will eventually end. Plan on what you wish to do as soon as it ends.
If you fear that your situation is too overwhelming and that you won't be able to handle it without professional help or even medication, don't wait too long to reach out to people who can offer it.

​In recent years, I’ve come to know loss more intimately than I ever expected. Several friends and colleagues—people I admired, laughed with, leaned on—have died of cancer. Each one of them left a distinct silence behind. And more recently, a couple of my best friends walked out of my life without explanation. Friendships that once felt like home ended with no closure, only questions.
These losses have left me disoriented at times—like someone slowly peeling away pieces of a familiar landscape until I no longer recognize the view. I know I’m not alone in this experience. Many of us, at different stages of life, come to face a collapse of our social world. Whether through death, disconnection, or emotional drift, the result can feel startlingly similar: the people we once leaned on are no longer there.
We often think of grief in the context of death, but in reality, grief takes many forms. It can live in the long, echoing space after a friend disappears from your life without explanation. It can live in the surreal quiet after a once-vibrant colleague is no longer around to answer your messages. There is a special kind of ache that comes from losing people who helped anchor us to our own story.
When a person dies, we grieve them and the part of ourselves we were in their presence. When a friendship ends without reason, we grieve without closure, which can be especially disorienting. We question, we analyze, we look for threads to hold onto—and often, none appear.
There’s no manual for when the people who once shaped your days are gone. And yet, this is a profoundly human experience. Many of my clients come to therapy carrying these very wounds—sometimes ashamed of how much it still hurts, sometimes confused by how alone they feel even in a full room.
Loss of any kind shifts the way we see ourselves in the world. It forces us to recalibrate: Who am I now that this person is no longer in my life? What do I do with the memories, the habits, the conversations we never got to finish?
These are questions that don’t demand quick answers. They ask for space. For gentleness. For time.
And sometimes, they don’t need to be answered definitively at all—because not every ending is final.
In life, we part ways with people for many reasons. Some of those separations are permanent. Others are not. Life has a way of bringing people back together in unexpected ways, sometimes years after the goodbye. The shape of the connection may change, but its essence can endure.
It’s also true that some people come into our lives for a specific purpose—or perhaps we into theirs. A lesson, a kind of growth, a shared journey through a particular season. Once that purpose is fulfilled, the bond may naturally fade. It doesn’t mean the connection was superficial. It means it was complete. These relationships can still leave deep marks, even if they don’t accompany us through every chapter.
Letting go, then, doesn’t always mean forgetting or severing. Sometimes it means honoring what was, and allowing space for what might yet be—even if that includes reconnection, or simply peace with the parting.
I’ve come to realize something through my own grief: our capacity to love and connect doesn’t disappear with loss. It might retreat for a while. It might feel raw, or guarded. But it’s still there, quietly waiting for us to make space for something—or someone—new.
This isn’t about replacing those we’ve lost. Nothing can. It’s about honoring what was while remaining open to what might be.
The world doesn’t always collapse all at once. Sometimes it fades slowly, and that can be even harder to explain to others. But here’s what I try to remind myself—and my clients:

• Loss doesn’t make your past any less real. That friendship, that shared history, those moments—they mattered. You don’t need continued contact to validate their meaning.
• Closure isn’t always given. Sometimes, we have to create it ourselves. And that’s an act of healing, not resignation.
• You’re allowed to mourn people who are still alive. Letting go of someone who chose to leave is a grieving process in its own right.
• Not all partings are forever. Some people circle back into our lives in new forms. Others remain part of our internal landscape, shaping who we are long after they’ve gone.
• You haven’t lost your ability to connect. If anything, grief deepens our capacity for empathy and presence. When you’re ready, those qualities will draw the right people to you.

Rebuilding after loss—especially a social collapse—is slow, uneven, and deeply personal. You may never recreate the same support system you once had. But in its place, something different can grow: deeper self-understanding, quieter connections, more intentional relationships.
If you find yourself in that hollow space where it feels like everyone is disappearing, please know: you’re not broken. You’re not unlovable. You’re simply in a painful, very human moment of change.
And this moment, as hard as it is, doesn’t have to be the end of your story. It may just be a turning point—one where something new, even if still unseen, begins to form.

So many people unnecessarily fret about problems and conflicts and little things that don't truly matter. They agonize over it, lose sleep over it, feel anxious or depressed, even hopeless sometimes. They feel that life keeps throwing them a curveball for reasons unknown. They feel like victims of some grand scheme, always on the losing side. However, all they need is a change of perspective.
Problems are a part of life. There's no need denying it. Just like the sun doesn't always shine, so too, life can't be peachy all the time. True, some people do seem to have a larger share of problems to solve, compared to others. Some are perhaps really born under an unlucky star. Yet, there are few people whose destiny is that bleak and unavoidable. For most of us, life is actually pretty good if we think about it.
There will always be things that upset us, other people who get on our nerves, situations we'd rather avoid, calamities that we certainly never wanted to experience. Much can be prevented or averted in life, but some things, situations or people seem to follow us. And they will continue following us in one shape or form until we learn how to let go of our script patterns and start reacting differently. Our first response is almost always to complain, feel sorry or angry. Why, oh why do I have to be dealing with this? Why is this happening to me? Well, maybe because we need to learn a lesson. One of the biggest lessons in life is to deal with adversity of all kinds, with life management if we put if short and simple.
Why waste time complaining and worrying if we can grab the proverbial bull by the horns and get busy resolving the issue?
Another reason people stress frequently is the fear. Sometimes a specific fear, sometimes a fear of the unknown. Sometimes they even fear feeling afraid. The best way to defeat fear is to face it. More often than not, our greatest fears never come true. And if they do, they're not half as bad as we expected them to be. Mostly, we survive them which in turn makes us liberated of an unknown power that was holding a grip on us, and it makes us stronger.
So, to wrap up this year, I invite you to take some time for contemplation and introspection. Turn inwards and tune out the external noise. Reflect on what it is that is worrying you or freaking you out. Analyse the problems and fears, deconstruct them, take them apart bit by bit. Take a look at them from a third person's perspective and ask yourself: "If I only had one more year to live, would I worry about that specific issue?" Most likely you wouldn't. Stop wasting time, energy and emotional fuel for things that don't deserve a second of your attention. Choose your battles wisely. Let go of everything that's bringing you negative energy. Face your fears, admit defeat, if need be, stop clinging to things that are bringing you down. You deserve to be happy in life, carefree and liberated of fears. Focus on yourself, not on other people. You can't change other people or make them love you, you can't make them understand, you can't convince them. Live life as you want it not as others dictate you to. Stop being the victim. Get out of that mode. If you've painted yourself into a corner, you can paint yourself out of it.
Enter the new year without old baggage. You have the power to break the ties that bind you to old traumas and negative people. Remember, you are the one creating your own destiny. Have faith in yourself.

The title might sound a bit ridiculous because where else are you supposed to be than where you went. Yet this saying also reveals one of the fundamental philosophical truths of life, for lack of a better word. A truth so basic and simple that we tend to forget about it. So, what exactly does this concept have to do with therapy? Well, believe it or not - it represents one of the basic lessons in therapy, and in life.
One of the main purposes of therapy is to help clients deal with their problems, find solutions and introduce change in how they think, react or behave. Most often, these problems arise in interpersonal relationships, be them romantic, friendly, family, neighborly or work. Sometimes, problems appear because of the intrasubjective experiences, which is just a fancy word to describe the relationship we have with ourselves. To be more specific - you have to make peace with who you are, with the stupidities you did in the past, with all your baggage. You need to learn to love yourself.
In therapy, we focus on changing what we call maladaptive patterns of cognition, emotion and behavior. Often, when we succeed in modifying these patterns, clients' relationships change as well. However, it happens that no matter how much work we put into personal growth or how many dysfunctional patterns we let go of, the same problems persist, albeit to a lesser degree. The first obvious solution in that case, though not necessarily the easiest one, is to end relationships, change jobs and move house. Kind of a radical solution, true, but effective. Sadly, not always. How could it be?
Well, a change of scenery can bring about immediate change, at least in the short run. Whenever we move, change jobs or relationships, we hold back a little at the beginning. We don't usually let our personality shine in all of its light and dark facets. We're more cautious in expressing what we think and want. Once we settle into our new life, though, old patterns tend to emerge. Hence, wherever you go, there you are. Unresolved and partially resolved issues, or those that have been just glossed over for cosmetic reasons, will come back to haunt us. People and situations will appear in our lives, and they will be triggering. We will start acting in a similar, if not exactly the same manner, as in the past. Some of it will have to do with unresolved issues with specific persons, which means we'll be experiencing a transference in our new relationships. Some of it will have to do with our own maladaptive behaviors. That's why it's really important that in therapy we go deep and introduce profound changes. Change has to be felt and owned, or else it remains something purely superficial.
Wherever you go, there you are, with all your positive and negative traits. Wherever you go, your personality follows. Therefore, if you notice that you're facing the same kind of problems wherever you go, it's perhaps time to go back to therapy.

How long have you been battling the same situation? Solving the same problems? Facing the same dilemmas? How far did you get?
When we're in the process of hanging onto something, no matter how unhealthy it is for us, we tend to get the tunnel vision. We only see what we want to see. We focus on the narrow picture and refuse to see the bigger one. We get sucked into the vortex of negative emotions, self-fulfilling prophecies and dead ends. It's draining and leading us absolutely nowhere.
I'm not talking just about relationships, though we tend to fail most frequently and most miserably exactly in our interpersonal relationships ... the relationship with ourselves included. I'm talking about a wide array of areas where we simply refuse to let go, out of some ill-conceived belief that if we try long and hard enough, things will fall into place. Often, they do, if we put enough time, energy and dedication to a cause, be it relationships, career, hobbies or whatever else you got stuck on. However, there are moments when we need to admit that things are just not working out and just move on, instead of going round in circles. This kind of a situation resembles a toxic codependent relationship. A relationship which you're sort of trying to escape from or rescue at the same time, come hell or high waters. It's exhausting, frustrating, pointless.  
Anyhow, we need to learn how to let go. Sometimes things are just not meant to be, and that's OK. Many people believe that letting go of an obsession, for lack of a better word, signifies defeat. Actually, quite the contrary is true. Knowing when to let go and accepting it is a sign of maturity, a sign of a new level of personal development, when we're no longer trying to prove a point to ourselves or other people.
When we let go, so much energy is left to be directed into things that bring us joy and excitement, instead of bleeding us dry. When we say goodbye to things that no longer work for us, we make space for new things to come into our lives.
So, let's try to let go, for real, of the one thing that was bringing us sorrow. Let's give life a chance. Let's open up to new possibilities. There are so many out there that we haven't thought of out of sheer concentration on solving "that problem". Well, life has a lot to offer, but it doesn't offer us limitless time. Hence, stop wasting time and start doing what brings you joy. You've had enough problem-solving. There's no shame in cutting your losses and moving on. You've learned your lesson. It's time you declutter your emotional life. And if you have difficulty decluttering your emotional life, you can always start decluttering your closet and drawers. Give your life some much needed oxygen to breathe. Stop rehashing the past, move on, and create a better future for yourself.

Many people who come to therapy ask me if they should lower their standards when it comes to finding the right partner. This applies to women in particular. If a man is single after a certain age, he is still considered an eligible bachelor. If a woman in her 30s or 40s is single, she's considered weird. There must be something wrong with her, right?
Wrong! Many women are single because they have learned from previous experience and are no longer willing to tolerate just about anyone in their life. Nor are they willing to endure with clenched teeth or on the verge of tears the many annoying things their partners bring into the relationship. It's ok for women to become a bit more demanding when it comes to choosing an intimate partner. If society hadn't put so much pressure on women and burdened them with a myriad of expectations, most single women wouldn't even be considering lowering the bar. However, thanks to other people's judgments, many do start to question themselves and their choices. Hence the question, "Should I lower my standards?"
There is no one-size-fits-all reply to it. Each woman should consider for herself what really matters for her in a relationship. Which are the qualities she seeks in a partner? Which are the values that must be shared? Does her partner's life plan need to align with hers? What is non-negotiable in a relationship? Those are the issues where standards shouldn't be lowered. Surely, there are areas where concessions and compromises are possible, though they aren't necessarily obligatory. Listen to your heart and mind and go along with what they're telling you. Trust your instincts.
If you feel pressured by society to no longer be single, then by all means don't lower your standards, raise them! If you think that you might be a bit rigid in some areas, try to soften your approach. If you're considering just caving in because you don't want to be alone, ask yourself what other solutions are possible. A friend with benefits, an exclusive lover who lives in his own apartment, just a friend to keep you company, other options?
Being single isn't always easy but it certainly beats being in an unhappy relationship. Sure, it's nice to be in a relationship, yet you can have a wonderful life being single as well. You've got but one life, make the most of it. 

Could jealousy be beneficial in a relationship? Is it true that you're not really in love if you never feel jealous? Is it possible for jealousy to have a positive impact on your relationship or is it nothing but a destructive factor? Is jealousy an expression of your own insecurity or is it an expression of your mistrust of your partner? Are jealousy and envy one and the same?
Envy usually crops up on you when you notice that someone else has something that you desire. Jealousy rears its head when you experience fear of losing something or someone close to your heart. It's completely natural to experience jealousy every now and then. Very few people have such a high level of self-confidence to never even think about a possibility of their partner cheating on them or leaving them. Perhaps they don't even care about it. Most people, though, feel jealous at least on occasion. In particular when they see their partner paying too much attention to another person. They often start questioning themselves, wondering what's wrong with them. If they don't manage to resolve this internal conflict by themselves or by talking to their partner, then jealousy starts to grow bigger and stronger. All of a sudden, they can't sleep at night, feel anxious, experience stomachache and the like. They are overwhelmed with negative emotions such as irritation, fear, anger, indignation, helplessness, humiliation, panic, doubt, shame. These emotions find their outlet in their behaviour towards the partner. They become cynical, verbally aggressive, possessive, resentful, blaming. Self-doubt creeps in, followed by self-pity, suspiciousness, dark thoughts, desire for revenge. That kind of jealousy in no way contributes to a positive atmosphere in a relationship. Quite the contrary. It pushes the partner further away, perhaps to the point of landing them in another person's embrace.
Jealousy can certainly be justified if your partner is behaving in an inappropriate way. If your partner has already been unfaithful, if they don't care about your relationship, if they find time for everyone else but you, then you're justifiably upset. Unfortunately, women tend to have jealous acting-outs when that is not in the least appropriate. For example, when your partner casts an admiring glance at a beautiful woman or when they talk excitedly about their ex or when they say that they occasionally fantasize about a movie actor or when they engage in an intimate conversation with your common friend. These are but a few situations when your jealousy can cause more damage than good.
When then can jealousy be beneficial? Whenever it prompts you to invest more into yourself and your relationship. Whenever it reminds you of all the positive experiences you've had with your partner and motivates you to engage in many more. Whenever it helps you maintain a level of thrill and excitement in your relationship. Whenever it reminds you to not take your partner for granted and to appreciate them more.
Before you start expressing your jealousy in an unhealthy way, check with yourself where the jealousy is coming from. Perhaps it has nothing to do with your partners behaviour. If, however, you believe that your jealousy is merited, have an honest conversation with your partner about it. If at all possible, without pre-emptive accusations.

Admittedly, I indulged some of my colleagues and tried the keto diet. I will not go into detail about the keto diet, also because I haven't studied everything thoroughly and it's quite scientific. Suffice it to say that once you limit your carbs intake, your body will run out of glucose and start burning fat and produce ketones from the liver. When the level of ketones in your blood reaches a certain threshold, you enter ketosis - a state in which your body is using ketones as fuel. This is then supposed to lead to a rapid and consistent weight loss, until your body weight stabilizes at some point. So much about the process.
Why did I decide to try it despite my better judgment? For one very simple reason - the keto diet is supposedly effective in fighting brain disease and neurological disorders. Hm, quite a bold statement claiming that a diet can cure schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, bipolar disorder, multiple sclerosis and many more disorders or diseases, including some of the more common ones like depression, anxiety, and insomnia. I've purchased a book and followed a plan by one of the gurus (I hate that word) after I had read another book on ketogenic diet by one of the leading professors from Harvard, whom I trust much more than the doctor of natural medicine. And the Harvard guy at least wasn't promising miracles and highlighted that the study of ketogenic diet on mental health is still in its early days. Not that I have anything against alternative treatments, quite the contrary. Honestly, significantly limiting carbs, sugar and dairy wasn't pleasant. But given that I was doing the 40-day alcohol free routine as well, I thought limiting certain food wouldn't be such a sacrifice. Also, if you were eating unhealthily all your life, then significantly limiting food and changing your diet completely must have some kind of an impact, at least short term.
As a therapist, I was most interested in the impact on mental health. But I can't be the judge of it because I don't have any mental health issues, or other health issues, for that matter. So, I thought well, let's see if the diet manages to accomplish some minor cosmetic changes - such as wrinkles, squeaky joints, dull hair, thigh and belly fat. Believe it or not, there is even a collagen boost diet plan available so I should see some changes in skin and joints at the very least.
Sadly, the diet had zero positive impact on me. Not a single thing improved. Quite the contrary. I felt heavy, lethargic and without energy. My metabolism slowed down.  My skin broke out. I also felt incredibly hungry all the time, and I didn't starve myself. Calorie wise, I ate twice my normal caloric intake. Because I was hungry, I was often irritable. I didn't notice any impact on my brain - my mind wasn't any clearer, and my concentration didn't improve. Mind you, I'm a healthy person so I wasn't expecting miracles. But to not see a single positive sign of keto was disappointing to me. Especially since everyone on keto was singing praise to it. Truth be told, when I spoke to people about what happened when they got off keto, everyone said that they gained more weight back than they had lost.
The conclusion I came to is that a balanced Mediterranean diet combined with ayurvedic principles is the best one. No diet of mine can be strict as I love chocolate and wine, and I'm not willing to give up on the little delicacies of life. Therefore, listen to your body. It knows best what you need. Stay away from drastic diets and avoid processed food as much as possible. Do sports regularly, meditate or do yoga for inner balance, find joy in food and sharing delicious meals with your friends and family.