2023 taught me to go with the flow when it comes to the way life goes, but even more to surf the waves as well and see where they take you…
Category Archives: beliefs
Growing Up in the Age of Distraction
What makes growing up for children these days so much harder than it was for us when we were young? In this post, I want to address some of the challenges I didn’t have as a child, and how to deal with them as a parent of children who do.
Life After Burnout/Depression
Over a year after the deepest darkness of my depression, my life looks very different, and the way I handle the darkness when it arises is also quite different…
Goodbye and Thank You to 2022
2022 was a big year for me, with huge personal growth and personal discovery. I’m in such a different place than I was a year ago, and so grateful for what 2022 brought me.
Alone on Christmas Eve…
Being alone on Christmas Eve may seem sad, but whether or not it is very much depends on whether or not it’s your choice or not…
Oh the Cycles We Go Through!
As a woman, the word ‘cycle’ conjures up one pretty specific cycle that we go through about once a month. But there are many other cycles that govern our lives as well, even though we are prone to seeing time as being linear. Maybe it’s time for an update on time…
1 Year After the Start of My Burnout: What Helped Me Heal and Which Insights I Take With Me
A year ago I was home from work for the first time, not knowing that I wouldn’t be going back for the next foreseeable future. I went into a darkness I hadn’t seen since my early twenties, but slowly climbed back out. Here’s how.
Identifying Your Invisible Stressors
Sometimes we feel stressed without really knowing why. It seems our lives haven’t really changed and yet we are overwhelmed. But are we really seeing all there is to see?
Feedback – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Both giving and receiving feedback can be tricky, even triggering. Last weekend, I got to experience it as incredibly helpful and as very difficult (which in itself also proved valuable feedback).
Where Is Your Shadow? And What Does It Look Like?
We all have graves in our yards of things we buried long ago, things we don’t want to see or know. Sometimes, we even forget they are there. But knowing our shadow, and taking the time to look at it, is vitally important.