Wisdom is not what you think
I’m probably not telling you anything you did’t know when I say that wisdom is an important theme for me. I predicted that this would be so around my 27th, when I said to one of my teachers that I wanted to become a wise woman when I grew up. This teacher told me I...1-step guide to happiness
People love roadmaps and step by step guides. The three step guide to a spotless house. Your dream job in six easy steps. Five steps to a stress free life. Magazines, the internet, online courses: they are all infested with multiple step action plans. Always just a...
Your phone battery is empty – how are you going to text?
You need to take care of yourself first before you can take care of anyone else. I tell my mindfulness students this all the time, and all the time I get students who protest. ‘Egotistic’, a 64-year-old participant said not so long ago. A woman. Becauase it’s mostly...Mindfulness or paracetamol?
When I was teaching mindfulness to professionals in social work and counseling a while ago, I got a question about acceptance. One of the students had woken up with a splitting headache that morning. She had prepared for the class, read the literature, and was very...
Are you stuck (sometimes)?
Do you feel stuck sometimes? Or maybe even now? Stuck as in: not quite knowing where things are or should be going in your life. Not quite knowing what to do right now. Feeling you are not where you want to be, but not knowing how to move out of this, and what you...Volg mij op
