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Let’s make it happen
Enjoy your life to the full by connecting and communicating honestly and efficiently, with yourself and with others! This for me means being aware of who you are, what your purpose is and taking responsibility for making it happen.
My intention in this blog is to share with you facts, ideas, thoughts gleaned from my experience as accredited motivational life-coach and NLP practitioner, as editor, writer, presenter, from the books I read, courses I take and reflections on my personal experiences in my professional and private life.
Each week will bring a new theme we can ponder on with view to living a vibrant, meaningful and fantastic life! I welcome all comments and exchanges.
#letsmakeithappen
The pause that changes everything…
Why I stopped moving long enough to hear myself think — and built an entire program around it Let me tell you...
Embrace an Epic Year: Unleashing Your Potential at Every Milestone
Dive into a different way of celebrating that nurtures fulfillment and joy, making not just significant milestones, but every day, extraordinary.
What happens in the gut, does not stay in the gut
What happens in the gut does not stay in the gut… Today we explore the Gut-Brain Connection: How Digestion Impacts...
🚀 SHED YOUR SHIT & SHINE MANIFESTO
THRIVING AFTER 50 ISN’T A MIRACLE. IT’S A CHOICE. A Manifesto for Women Who Are Done Hiding You weren’t put on this...
Breast reconstruction or not after 50?
The choices we make, the alternatives there are, how to cope, survive, thrive during and after breast cancer. Join the discussion on an often taboo topic.
The Fascinating Journey of “Lifespan”: Rethinking Aging
When I first encountered the idea of stopping or even reversing aging, I was totally put off. It felt unnatural, like...
The Importance of the ‘Bounce Back’ Ability in Self-Care Consistency
In a world where life often seems like a never-ending whirlwind of responsibilities and commitments, prioritizing our...
What If Your Best Chapter Is Just Beginning?
Why Your Most Fulfilling Years Could Begin After 50 (And How to Start) For the woman ready to trade "What if?" for...
Understanding Dementia: Insights from Lisa Skinner on Raising Awareness and Empowering Change
Introduction In a special episode of the "Fabulous After 50" podcast, we participated in the third edition of...
Insights
Passion & Purpose in Action
For me, life is a wonderful adventure to be lived fully, the ups and the downs, the exhilarating rushes forward and the agonizingly slow moments, embracing the periods of ecstatic happiness, as well as learning from the painful episodes, enjoying the funny and enduring the infuriating.
Let’s share thoughts and insights as we make sense of it, inspiring, supporting and motivating each other along the way.
Add to the grain of salt of a 50+ free spirit pondering on life: the good and the bad, the past and the present (while trying to live in the moment), love and marriage (or not), children, upbringing, career, the vagaries of life as expat partner and the quintessential search for our purpose, and all that lies in between.
#rise&shine
Living a Life Less Serious
Hello, wonderful readers! Today, I am thrilled to share a story of transformation and resilience drawn form my...
How Do We Create Pockets of Light in Darker Times?
So how do you find peace and serenity in a world that sometimes feels like it’s getting darker? Less compassionate....
You Are Not Your Mood – And You Are Never Stuck
As we were studying the topic for our Buddhist discussion meeting of January I marveled at how liberating the concept...
Time Out
Lately, I’ve been fed up with almost everything. With the state of the world. With social media and constant selling....
This Isn’t Resolution Season — It’s Integration Season
Lately I’ve been catching myself feeling impatient with myself. Wanting clarity. Wanting movement. Wanting to start...
Choosing Lightness in a Heavy World
What do I wish for the world in 2026? If I could summarize it in one word, it would be lightness. Light. And lightness...
The Gift I Gave Myself: Silence
No phone. No computer. No noise. Just me, a lake, and four days to see what happens when the world goes quiet.
What if Restlessness Isn’t a Curse… but a Compass?
On Restlessness… I don’t know what is the matter with me. I struggle to focus. I want to lie about, yet also feel...
The Power of a Painting
The Power of a Painting A dear friend bought this piece when she visited me in Dakar, Senegal, during our trip to the...















