I haven't written in a while. Between raising a 1 year old, taking care of the house, and managing my own free time and sanity, I somehow found a mental space to ask myself: "If I were, in this one year away from work, to do something else, something that truly defines me, what would it be?" After ...
Motherhood, changes and the new tools for a good life
So a few months ago, I became a mom. I'm still undecided if posting pictures of babies online is an ok thing to do. So, here's a pic of me with a huge belly just before giving birth. Pregnancy was quite surprisingly easy to bear. I had no nausea, didn't gain much weight, got over my insomnia... But ...
My Inspiring Books of 2015
As the year draws to an end and I'm reading an awesome book on Gratitude (and practicing some ideas in it), I realized there are so many books on personal development and inspiration I've come across this year. Some you may have heard of, others may be quite old already, but to me, these books came ...
Planning for flexibility
One thing I don't like about myself is the fact that I overplan- a lot. I mostly live in the future - 80% of my brain activity's about "what should I do next", "how to squeeze this appointment next to the other one", "oh god, I'm late with that, when should I do it" and so ...
Daily life, creativity and art
I'm so inspired by this book, lately. I'm re-learning to integrate art in my daily life. This means, reading, looking at art, appreciating the sparks of ideas that sometimes come, and honoring them by turning them into reality. For example, this Dr Seuss quote. Do you know Dr Seuss? He wrote children's books, like The Cat in the ...
Review: Rituals for Living Dreambook & Planner
I know I've been away for quite some time. In the meanwhile I finished another coaching school, trained for and then ran a half marathon, and tried to find more time for myself (as you can see from the above, not working that well :)). So when I received the offer to do a review for ...
Self-actualization and lessons on becoming a Person
Many people tell me I'm calm, a good listener and quite well balanced (yeah, that helps with coaching). Sometimes I laugh and say "You have no idea." I've been doing therapy for one and a half year now. No, I'm not mentally disturbed and I don't have major issues (well, not more than most people out there). Personally, ...
Are we all asleep?
This is a post responding to Alis' thought-provoking post from last week, in which she challenged people who are "asleep" in their own lives, living mechanically, like Neo from the Matrix before taking the red pill. She said people who live consciously, breaking away from the nice warm beds of mundane lives, those are awake. That ...
Happy Monday!
The following story starts with something we're all familiar with - a Monday morning in which everything that can go wrong, does :( . However, it's not what it may seem at first glance. Keep reading... It was a sunny Monday morning and I decided to stop by a bakery to grab a coffee and a sandwich. ...
Updates, inspiration and spring winds
Hello dears, I hope you're not intimidated by the large snow flakes drifting outside. As a matter of fact, last week I've been spying on the early morning sky, driving to work. Unfortunately as I get both my hands on the wheel, I wasn't able to shoot the beautiful rosy clouds (very Vanilla Sky-like), something like ...
