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This is for the misfits
Many of my clients are misfits. Sometimes openly, sometimes secretly. Hardly any of them really like it. They are the first in the family to go to college. The first to have no children. The first who didn’t settle before her 30th, who broke off several relationships,...
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...
Your wisdom is needed more than ever
I’ve been a bit quiet lately. Not that I didn’t have anything to do or say. Probably too much even. When not long after my wise women retreat the #metoo deluge covered the planet, something stirred inside me, with great force. I had just been working on personal...
Finding your soul purpose is not the problem…
This may sound strange coming from a soul purpose coach, but really I don't think finding your soul purpose is the problem. I do get clients who worry about that, but more often than not I see that they are already pretty much 'on purpose' (although they may not...
Is your soul asking you to be a bigger badass?
Girl, you were taught to be a good girl, weren't you? I definitely was. And I am SO good at it. Flexible, pleasant, pleasing, adaptable, accommodating. And I am SO fed up with that! For where does that lead you? Sure, people will like you. Or not because, as I was...
The one thing you don’t want to know about life
I have been in teaching, training and coaching for the best of 25 years and I know what it is that everyone wants. Including myself. We want an easy life. Right? We want the partner who’s just right for us, and live happily ever after. We want the secret to perfect...
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"Presence is what heals; love is what heals; the relationship is what heals."
-Karin Bosveld
