We humans come up with brilliant ways of distracting ourselves from the emotions we don’t want to feel. Most of the time we don’t even know what it is that we are trying to avoid, but one thing is for sure: we are not ready to be uncomfortable. There is a tendency,...
When people find out what I do for a living the same questions pop up: How can I set better boundaries? How can I find more balance in my life? How do I find a sense of belonging if I am not religious or spiritual? How can I find community in a big city I didn’t grow...
Healing can be uncomfortable and, at times, challenging. During 2019 and 2020, I experienced a few “dark nights of the soul” myself, and it wasn’t where I wanted to go. Coming from a culture that looks down on therapy and coaching, combined with my inability to ask...
When I was a child, I would drive my mother nuts, asking her how we know that other people see the world the way we see it. I was talking about specific things like colours and shapes, but the question nevertheless was there. We go through life thinking that...
I thought it was just me. I moved around a lot all my life, I had 4 completely different careers, left my home country in my 20s, never had kids and most of my friends are from different generations. There is no community around me, I don’t belong. But then I...
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