We all want to be right. We think we’re right, most of the time and it feels really great. But if all people are fallable, and everyone makes mistakes, we’re bound to be wrong sometimes as well. What happens when we are?
Author Archives: Jorinde
On Using Sex As a Tool
Sex is used to sell, but we also use it on a personal level. We can use it to make ourselves feel better, or gain interest or power. This, however, comes at a cost.
Healthy Relationship Practices: The Check-Out
Healthy Relationship Practices: The Check-Out – What is it and how can you incorporate it in your relationship?
Romantic Relationships: 5 Things I Learned Over Time
What would your life have looked like if you had been taught how to have a long-term relationship in high school? What do you wish you’d known in your earlier relationships, whether that means they would have lasted or not?
What Are We Subconsciously Teaching Our Kids?
You want to teach your child something important, a lesson that they can benefit from for the rest of their lives. But unknowningly, outside of our awareness, we might be teaching them some very different lessons as well.
Getting Organized: Why Is It So Hard?
Why is it so hard to get organized and why do I keep putting off my routine cleaning tasks? I’m constantly stressed and irritated by the state of my house, and yet I can’t seem to get up and do something about it…
The Impact of Doing Emotional Work
My last therapy session involved the technique of EMDR. Diving deep into difficult emotions has left me physically exhausted, but mentally more at ease than I had been before.
5 Criteria For Choosing Kids’ Toys
Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) is approaching as fast as his horse (Reindeer) will carry him. But what will he bring this year? What kind of toys will my children enjoy both right now and for the months (years) to come?
Why Should I Care About US Elections?
I live in Belgium yet can’t turn on the radio or the tv without being kept up to date on the U.S. elections. Why should I even care? And what can I do about this immense divide between the red and the blue?
When Fear Overpowers Reality
Sometimes what we fear is so strong that we can’t enjoy the reality that is right in front of us. This weekend is a challenge in overcoming that.
Unscrewing Myself 