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Let’s talk Gratitude
Let's talk about gratitude. I recently read Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown, a fascinating book and highly recommended! While so many chapters are interesting, the one on gratitude caught my attention. It made me wonder about my gratitude practice. I have done...
Honouring Values
For 2023 I decided to consciously honor my values more. I want to focus on 6 values during 2 months each. The current one in Connection, spending quality time with family, friends, acquaintances, colleagues who’s company I enjoy. And during our time together really...
That’s it: 2023 started!
A New Year, New Possibilities, New Dreams, New Hopes, New, New… We are all too eager to move on in the upcoming year. Taking a look ahead, we draft new (even longer) lists of goals and accomplishments. Looking back at the year gone by, our thoughts go to the things...
Happy Holidays!
My wish for you for these end of year celebrations? Connection! “How are you?” Probably the most useless three words in our communication. The person asking doesn’t really want to know, and the person answering doesn’t really want to tell. Though at times it’s fine,...
The Power of No
You take on that volunteer role in an organisation you love because they can’t find anyone. How can you refuse to help your colleague with that important project? Oh - a great speaking opportunity has come up! Before you know it, your calendar is more than full...
What are your futures?
Photo by Drew Beamer, Unsplash I loved reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. It’s the story of Nora whose life is going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the...
Invitation for the summer: Feel Your Energy
Second summer in pandemic times - who would have thought?! These Covid-times are challenging, mentally demanding, no doubt. Yet, there are interesting movements emerging here and there. #TheGreatResignation. #TheBigShift. A movement of people rethinking how they are...
Why having that Hyper-achiever’s drive doesn’t lead to happiness
This is an article published in Women & Leaders. Are you familiar with that hungry monster that keeps wanting to be fed achievements? You go from one success to the other thinking ‘you’ll be happy when….’ And as soon as you’ve reached that next goal, you’re on the...
Should an entrepreneur be like a Swiss army knife?
Photo by Patrick on Unsplash Starting entrepreneurs often think they need to be like a Swiss army knife - able to do (almost) everything. But should they? The art in entrepreneurship, and leadership in general, is to act from a place of great self knowledge. Know who...