One thing I really enjoy is making sourdough bread in all shapes, sizes and flavours. I could tell you that as a microbiologist I’m fascinated by the billions of microbes doing their thing. But it’s not true. I just like eating really good bread. Cut in slices as thick that many people would consider the […]
I only hang out with people that I enjoy. Growing up I felt obliged to be nice to people no matter if I actually wanted to be around them or not. It wasn’t even a question I would ask myself. There is hierarchy and you gotta respect the people older than you, the people with […]
I see many people chasing happiness. They try to find a fulfilling relationship, work towards their next promotion or plan their dream holiday. But every search begins with the same belief: “I don’t already have what I’m looking for.” When you start searching for joy, you assume that you don’t have it. You assume that […]
People think joy comes from avoiding painful emotions. It doesn’t. Joy comes from no longer being afraid to feel any emotion. Most people suppress anger, grief, jealousy etc. not because these “negative” emotions are unbearable, but because they feel dangerous. They believe that they lose control and don’t find their way out of these feelings […]
I made the decision to train as a coach because I wanted to help myself. I had felt disconnected from my body and barely noticed it. Only when my coach asked me to feel my big toe did I realize how little I feel my own body. I was actually confused by her request. How […]
If you asked the people around me about my personality, one word would come up over and over again: joyful. Yes, I smile a ton and bring delight to the humans I interact with, be it while working together or when they see me walking around with a subtle smile on my face. […]
Has this ever happened to you? You experience a negative event–a small mistake leads to criticism from a friend or perhaps a colleague makes a negative comment. It gets lodged in your mind and you can’t stop thinking about it. You relive it over and over again. After a little while, you begin to focus […]
When the idea of making bags out of canvas that I painted myself came to me, I knew that I had to take action on it without delay. It felt like the universe made me an offer that only stood for a few days. So the very next day I grabbed some painted canvas leftovers […]
We don’t choose our desires, but our desires choose us. We cannot choose to desire something else than we desire. It’s possible that we don’t like our desires for various reasons. Maybe the desire doesn’t make sense and we judge it as stupid, maybe we think it’s too big and unattainable for us, or maybe […]
The personal development industry often centers around trying to fix people as if they were broken and needed repair. It implies that there is a right way to think and act and that we are all doing it wrongly.It implies that life has a goal and we need to work hard to get a glimpse […]