Do you sometimes feel that space around your heart tightening when you’re upset? Or do you feel your chest expanding with joy? Knowing whether your heart is open or closed can be key in figuring out yourself and your relationship to others.
Category Archives: beliefs
Train Your “Butler-brain”: a Plea for Building Routines
There’s a part of your brain that only worries about day-to-day tasks and whether they are getting done or not. I call this your ‘butler-brain’. Here’s why you should train it, and how.
How Do You Get Your Resolutions To Stick?
How do you get you new year’s resolutions to stick? Why do we so often let them go after a month, or maybe two? Here are some insights that might help you along toward lasting change.
Letting Go of the Old … To Welcome the New
The last day of the year marks a time for reflection. What served you well in 2020? What do you want to leave behind? This post gives you a short exercise and small ritual to let go of the old and welcome the new… to try out by yourself or share with your loved ones close or far away. Happy New Year!
20 Lessons 2020 Taught Me
2020 is coming to a close and I’m taking the time now, before the holidays kick off and the children take up most of my time, for a lengthy reflection and 20 lessons I’ve learned this year. Feel free to add your own lessons learned in 2020 in the comments. I know you must have some!
What’s Behind My ‘Freeze’ Response
When I shut down in fear, and completely freeze up, what am I really thinking? What’s my self-talk like? And how did I discover it?
Why Do We Want to be Right?
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?
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.
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.
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?
Unscrewing Myself 