A dosis of self-esteem
Self-esteem is to blame! 🙂 It’s been silent lately on my end! Yes, I haven’t posted an article in ages, and many of you have asked me what was going on. The thing is I am working on a new … Read More
Self-esteem is to blame! 🙂 It’s been silent lately on my end! Yes, I haven’t posted an article in ages, and many of you have asked me what was going on. The thing is I am working on a new … Read More
“What colour are you?” Asked Cami when they were both outside lying on the grass watching the sky. The sun was shining, filling their eyes with light. “I don’t know, Cami. I don’t know what colour I am, it is so … Read More
We prefer to put a hundred plasters on blisters before we change shoes. — Everyone knows that you shouldn’t walk too much with new shoes. I know that. But I thought these new boots were quite comfortable, so I exposed them to some kilometres … Read More
Each step promised to bring me closer. Closer to the cave. I was walking up the long and steep path, not losing the sight of the stone cave with a dimm light in the entrance. I knew it was fire … Read More
Today was one of those days I thought it was a good time to write, because I had some spare time before I would engage into other activities. Similar like entering a meeting into an agenda, I decided now is the … Read More
In order for a planet to complete a whole orbit around the Sun, the planet does not always move forward. Several times during the cycle, the planet retrogrades, that is, it moves backwards. Mercury, for example, enters retrograde motion between three and … Read More
As a faithful Capricorn I’ve always been somehow climbing. Getting further and higher, day in day out, in many aspects of my life. It’s always been quite natural to me, so I can’t even say I do with a … Read More
Different shapes in different colours falling down. You need to be quick, turn them… move them… make them all fall into place! Sometimes you make a shape merge perfectly with the others, sometimes one stands out and messes up the … Read More
The responsible and organised self at work. The lazy self on Sundays. The behaving self with grandma. The funny and warm self with best friends. The stressed and annoyed self in traffic. The cautious and observing self with strangers. The sexy mysterious self when flirting. You … Read More
Control Having control is like having a box with measuring instruments. A ruler, a clock, a thermometer… Everything that enables us to measure something. Whenever we use the instrument, we can check if something is off standard. Think of a … Read More
It’s been some time since I had my fingers on the keyboard, giving my abstract thoughts a concrete form here on the blog. I’ve recently received a beautiful feedback from one of my readers. It reminded me that when … Read More
Doing your own thing takes what it takes. Commitment, effort, time, discipline, love, and so much more. There comes the time you feel stuck on a plateau. Things are not moving so fast anymore. Perhaps you should give it … Read More
When things won’t go the way you think Recently my mind was all over the place. Actually, it has been all over the place for a long time already. I would jump from one thought to another quickly, even … Read More
I’ve found it to be an obstacle in many situations of my life. I get exhausted when meeting too many people, walking in a busy street and taking public transport. Watching action movies and popping balloons at a birthday party can … Read More
The other day I’ve been having a coffee with one of my best friends. We are both into personal development and getting our own thing (coaching/therapy) running. I wasn’t in the best spirits recently and welcomed any advice. To put you … Read More
When I had to choose what to study I was nineteen and had no idea. I didn’t know myself good enough, so I had no clue what direction my future career should take. How ironic that we live with ourselves the whole life … Read More
I’ve always seen myself as an insecure person. I was a rather shy child, often taking things too seriously. I would put a lot of expectations on myself and when I couldn’t fulfil them, my self-confidence shrank like a … Read More
Writing is my hobby. I like it. But sometimes it’s easy to forget that writers are artists, in a way. And artistic work is something that is triggered by inspiration, and it has to flow in a natural way. You … Read More
Especially young people are often asking themselves: What should I do in life? What is my perfect job, what is my mission here? And all too often, we don’t have the answer. It’s ironic that in our western civilisation with so … Read More
In today’s post I’d like to share with you an excerpt from The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz. He describes the world we live in, the dream we have built and we believe in… and that has nothing … Read More
In last week’s article Be Where You Want in Life: The One Thing You Need I explored the topic of confidence in oneself. This is a huge topic and I would like to stick to it for a moment. I … Read More
Every successful person has it. Every happy person has it. You should have it. The other day I was thinking: If there was one thing I should work on, what would it be? Get more efficient in what I … Read More
A new year has started. Many of us are looking forward to start from scratch – start doing something good and stop doing something bad. Some of us are going to succeed, plenty of us won’t. If you’re looking for articles … Read More
A good balance of time and money: The luxury of today Look around you and see what most people nowadays are after. I would argue it comes down to happiness and a sense of peace and fulfilment in life. But … Read More
Self-sacrifice happens when we do something for someone else we don’t want to do. We then sacrifice ourselves – our time, effort, energy etc – hoping the other person will do the same. I would like to start with a … Read More
Sometimes you plant a seed, watch it grow and hope you get a precious plant. With high expectations you sit and watch, go away and come back… But you don’t see any plant growing. So you make the effort and plant another one. This time … Read More
If I asked you what you create throughout your day, many of you would answer “nothing”. Perhaps you do and you’re just not aware of it, and perhaps you really don’t create almost anything, but the important thing to bare … Read More