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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
Anxiety: the less talked-about cause of mental distress
“The prevalence of anxiety disorders across the world varies from 2.5 to 7 percent by country. Globally an estimated...
Connecting with self through the cello – finding core harmony
It could not have been a more perfect day for me to try out the “You, as instrument” workshop than this rainy autumnal...
Root to Rise
I Like yoga. It helps me connect with myself and the world around me, stretch out my frazzled mind and tense body, and...
Perfecting the pitch!
Exciting day for me last Friday as I tried a different pitch at the Global Woman Amsterdam monthly networking event....
The Power of being Seen
Usually, I write about “the Power of being Heard” since my company is dedicated to helping others, women entrepreneurs...
Who doesn’t want to shift mental blocks?
I believe in life, we need all the tool sets we can get, so yes, if I come across a book or a course which truly...
The importance of sometimes just going with the flow…
I don’t know about you, but I sometimes struggle striking the right balance between knowing where I am going and...
Review of ” 12 days” by business coach Eric Behanzin
One of the things I like the most about the holidays, beyond sharing more time with those I love, is allowing myself...
Starting with WHY: Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle
The Golden Circle: this is what it is all about! Part 1 I have just read with utter fascination Simon Sinek's book:...
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
Introduction
Daunting!!! Once upon a time... I wanted to write a book, but am finding it overwhelming whereas a blog is a good...
Flashback: Julie goes Gorilla trecking: every cloud has a silver lining
February 2003: Impossible to leave our three year posting in Uganda without tracking the Gorillas: so here we are. By...
Proud to be a woman! Happy International Women’s Day!
The other day at table, my 17 year old son commented on how glad he was not to be a woman. Glad not to have to go...
Dining in The Hague: the hidden pearl of the Noordeinde: Restaurant Mazie
Through a wonderful set of coincidences I ended up at the promotional evening of restaurant Mazie in a small, charming...
Hijab unravelled
Whilst reporting recently at a large social event, I came across photographer Danielle Regout. Energetic and charming...
Why Pokemon-Goers Kijkduin should be issued with nappies and poop bags
Passionate about Respect For the past 6 weeks, my current corner of the world, Kijkduin, The Hague has been the...
Recalibration
Well it has been a long break, but a needed one. Authenticity, self-analysis, decision and execution. It sounds simple...
Timeless virtue 6: selflessly serve others
Selfless: the word itself is in danger of falling out of the dictionary it is so seldomly used and so out of line with...
Timeless virtue 5: Respect your time
On we travel with Robin Sharma through his book: "The Monk who sold his Ferrari". Today we are talking about what...