One of my parenting resolves is to raise my child to be in touch with his emotions. This means letting him experience good and so-called bad emotions and giving him the emotional vocabulary to identify what he’s feeling. This is a challenge for me, since the little one is way more in touch with the full range of emotions than I am. A recent incident helped me to better understand what my little son might be feeling when he is having a full-blown tantrum.
Read More... while trying to kick myself in the butt only resulted in procrastination and further exhaustion.
Read MoreBeing seen for who we really are is one of the ingredient for healthy self-esteem.
Read MoreEven though mommy knows best, there are perks to letting daddy be daddy. There are perks in stepping back from wanting to do everything ourself.
Read MoreWho knew breastfeeding would be such a b!#@h.
Read MoreConsciously saying ‘no’ - as opposed to just saying ‘no’ - has several benefits on a personal and organisational level.
Read MoreNeeding to prevent myself from child-proving my edges away.
Read MoreI believe that when we get clear on our values, our wants, and our needs, we are able to take conscious choices and stand firm in our decisions and to clearly communicate what we want and what we stand for.
Read MoreThese tipps would have made the IVF process less stressful for me. Maybe they'll be helpful to you.
Read MoreGrowing up, we learn (or assume!) what behaviour is acceptable and what is not and we create rules around those learnings. As adults, with much better self-control, those rules may be too tight and may not serve us any longer, but rather hamper our development and restrict us from accessing our full capacity.
Read MoreHow opening up about fertility treatment (IVF) deepened my friendships and de-stigmatized the experience.
Read MoreWho do I really want to be? What do I really need? If you are grappling with those questions, you’re already a step ahead! Most of the time, we don’t even ask these questions and just operate on autopilot and unconscious “should” rules that we have made up based on societal expectations and/or parental upbringing and role-modelling.
Read MoreHow realising that I am capable of petty jealousy and righteousness brought me a feeling of elation and may potentially whisk away relationship problems that may not be any problems at all.
Read MoreDon’t shy away from what you want, from opportunities, from challenges.
What holds us back holds the lure of keeping us in our comfort zone. The comfort zone is to us what the cave is to the cave man: safety. In the cave, the cave man is safe from the rough elements and predators.
Read MoreHaving someone witness who we are is extremely powerful. This is my personal discovery of just how powerful it can be.
Read MoreHow I came to embrace the wish to experience motherhood.
Read More... and standing with the face pressed against it, is usually not the winning strategy to finding a solution. Complex problems have no linear solution; creativity is required.
Read More... is a sure way to be chased by them. There are better ways to deal with them and to use the insights they contain.
Read MoreSometimes, sleepnessless does not need to be a curse.
Read MoreYour pathway to bliss - is it following the four-lane highway of a predefined destination or is there another, unique, yet to be trodden path?
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