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Be unapologetically you.
What if life is just like shopping? A different way of looking at mistakes.
Watching tennis taught me about winning in the game of life
Nobody decides your worth, not even you.Your worth is untouchable.
I have turned into soup. The Mush stage.
OMG, the soup stage is a real stage, it’s NOT just me! In the transformation of a butterfly there is this one stage that is less known and actually super amazing. Where and how the transformation takes place. It’s the soup stage, the mush. Where the caterpillar dissolves into soup with cells and the soup becomes the butterfly.
How to feel more alive and have more loving relationships. (The Power of Now part II)
This is part II of a series about The Power of Now. I’m sharing the major lessons I’ve learned from reading this book over and over and how I apply it every day in my daily life. This time we talk about the now and acceptance, which brings an aliveness to life. And how I improved all of my relationships with more awareness.
The major lessons I’ve learned from reading The Power of Now over 50 times. (part 1)
One of my best friends is a book: The Power of Now. I’ve been reading The Power of Now on an almost daily basis for the 12th year on a row now. It has been so life changing, life enriching. It has brought an aliveness to the now. To be able to be here now, with a deep sense of peace, joy and love. I share my major lessons and how I apply it in daily life.
My husband’s big lesson from the pandemic: From stuck in Panic to becoming the Solutions man
This story is my husband’s, Jack. It’s the big lesson he learned during this pandemic period. The quarantine hit all of my husband’s big buttons of fear. Money, health and work.He was very fearful. Panic was taking him. So in the first week, we had a family meeting, me and him. I said I know your default is to disappear into a problem and stay stuck in the fear and panic. We needed, as we are quarantined together and we want to make it out together, another option. We were gonna have to train in seeing solutions.
The Power of NO
In my family NO was like a curse word. Maybe even one of the worst. Like an unforgivable curse (Yes a Harry Potter reference, my husband is a huge fan, I’ve been corrupted ;) ). I don’t think we realised this consciously. But saying no was like slapping someone in the face.
You can’t be two people at the same time
To be who I should be or who I really am.
You can’t be two people at the same time. That sounds logical and kinda impossible right? And yet I have tried so hard to do just that. To be the person I thought I should be and the person that I really am in my heart.
The unknown of the blank canvas
As an artist, I have kinda hated the blank canvas moment in the past, I’ve had to learn to love it and trust it. I have always loved when I’m creating and it’s flowing. But the blank canvas… when I start a new piece or project...the nothingness, the unknown, the undecided...has been so scary! Here I share with you how I handle not knowing, or when I’m stuck to get back into flow.
AHA moment: Perfectionism is continuous losing
AHA moment about perfectionism:
It’s a LOOP of hate, pain and punishment. You can’t win in the game of perfection. Nobody can. It is a continuous losing.
Pressure makes diamonds
A pressure cooker time can strip you from what is not really you and bring you home in yourself. It’s a homecoming time. I am hopeful and curious for this part. How many diamonds are gonna come out of this pressure cooker?!
Joy Spiral
Is joy not the ultimate goal in life? We all want to be happy, we want the people in our lives to be happy. So what does joy actually look like? What brings me joy? I love asking myself questions like this. I learn more about myself and life this way. Let’s play a little game: What, little daily things that are easily applicable and affordable, would raise my happiness?
People pleasing Aka Whoring for love
So I’ve been addicted to people pleasing a large part of my life. It took me a long time since realizing this to overcome this addiction.
Fearfully Courageous
The F-word. No, not that one :), the one that’s way harder to say and admit to. FEAR.
Hiding myself to be safe. It never really worked, yet I want to.
Mastery of life
Mastery of life is the opposite of control. You become aligned with the greater consciousness. It acts, speaks, does the work. - Eckhart Tolle
My intention is to lose control and let life live through me. Whatever it is. Surrender.