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Send us Fan Mail This episode talks about struggling with believing you're worthy of being loved. Oftentimes we feel we are defined by how someone else treats us.  Nobody but you has a say in who you are. And you are worthy of love, of course you are. I would love to hear your thoughts about this. Please reach out! #worthy

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about goodbyes. Sometimes we know we are saying goodbye to a person, a relationship ends, someone moves to a country far away, or it is the sad times of serious illness and you know time is counted. Difficult feelings...  A friend of mine, Thomas Guilmet, said the very true words "we don't get to say goodbye twice". I'm grateful I heard him say that before the passing of my father, because it gave me the courage to say goodbye in a way that was very meaningful to me.  If you have lost a parent, a friend or a loved one, I am sorry for your loss. #loss #grief #goodbyes

Send us Fan Mail The Space in between What happens in the space in between, of misinterpretations and projected wishes? It’s about everything that happens in relationships, all sorts of relationships, where we are somehow invested. Whether it’s a family thing, parents, a sibling, maybe a friend, a colleague, an employee, your boss, or maybe it’s a romantic connection. Either way, this happens in the space in between, in all relationships. In between of what is know, and what is unknow. Sometimes, we know certain details, and some elements are unclear, unspoken, completely hidden, or we’re simply unaware of them. And yet, with what we know, and everything we feel; our subconscious programming, our patterns, our pains, our hurts, our dreams and wishes, with all that - we project “our piece to the puzzle” straight into that space in between - and it becomes ... fuller, or clearer, for good or bad. It can add more pain if it’s a conflict, make things even more complicated. And if it’s romantic, with some projected subconscious wishes straight into that space in between - maybe it even becomes beautiful!  When we lack facts, our imagination will step in and fill in the gaps, in whichever direction works best for us in that moment, and we just have to deal with the consequences of all that. This episode is a story about something that happened to a woman in the space in between. The things that happen in the space in between :) If you go there, and you’re wrong - you can still choose to keep the nice version of it, the one you projected, or created. « The lemon ice-cream song” will forever be, the beautiful, romantic love song the man she never met, never sent her.

Send us Fan Mail It's so easy to show up for people we love and care about. What do you need to do to show up for you? Shoutout to my friend Teo, who inspired me to record an episode after 479 days, well it turned out to be 481 days, of excuses.

Send us Fan Mail My first episode recorded out in nature, after an uphill jogging session surrounded by bugs and fields, for those who can't. #motivation #inspiration #encouragement #nature

Send us Fan Mail Today we celebrate amazing women, brave women, the hard work of women, the brilliant women, the successful women, the winning women, the rich women, the leading women. We celebrate the magic of women, the strength of women and the love, grit and beauty of women. Also, we celebrate all the women who work silently on the sidelines, the women who never get any credit or opportunities to shine, the women who fight alone against all odds, the women who have no money, no job, no free ride and no help. All the women!! All the mothers. And with extra love, the single mothers all around the world. You are amazing! You are love! You are life! #internationalwomensday #IWD #women #strongwomen #inspirationofwomen #celebratewomen

Send us Fan Mail It's time to celebrate! Not just that the podcast turned 2, but much more importantly there's something for you to celebrate. Also sharing a story about the power of perspective. Very happy to be back on track with the podcast and hope to be exchanging a lot with you! Tell me what's been going on in your life, I want to hear! #celebrate #perspective

Send us Fan Mail How much do you really know? What are your sources? How do you know that your sources know what they're talking about? Sometimes helping someone by educating them or teaching them things can be bad. When we think we know, but are actually in the wrong, we pass on information and "knowledge" that will potentially do harm, or at least not do any good. This episode will make you think again about what you claim to know, and hopefully make you question your sources. Knowledge about for example how our brain works, can literally change our life! "Ignorance is a sea, and knowledge is a drop in that ocean" William James. This episode is inspired from the work of Iain McGilchrist and Tom Billyeu. #knowledge #selfawareness #criticalthinking

Send us Fan Mail Is there such a thing as perfect parenting? Are you a great parent? Do you ever feel like you're failing with the mission? Do your children behave in a way that you sometimes wonder who raised them? This episode is for all the parents who do all they can for their little ones. #parenting #dialogue #family

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when there's  too much of this, too much of that, too much on your plate, and no rest? What do you do to avoid getting into overwhelm, where you no longer function? What if you have one foot placed in burnout but still keep pushing, and wanting to perform well, be healthy, look sexy, have a beautiful home and be happy... how can you do it differently? Sharing my personal opinion and experience on how to stay away from overwhelm. #overwhelm #burnout #personalleadership

Send us Fan Mail Trick or treat is a big buzz around Halloween, it's on everyone's lips and it's a feast for the kids. But what about a deeper look into that question? Trick or treat; are you tricking or treating yourself and others? Who gets the best of you? Are they worth the effort? And why do scammers try to trick people? How can they sleep at night? So many questions. I end by sharing a true scammer story. #trickortreat #halloween #scammers

Send us Fan Mail It’s easy to accept the concept that a person will go through their life being right a certain amount of times, and be wrong a certain amount of times; I mean, in every argument, every conflict, in every disagreement, someone is wrong, or at least they have a different perspective. That’s just very logical. But if we then say, that - in order for that to be a fact, it also includes ourselves. WE are wrong, more often than we know, way more often than we want to know…  Let me share a real-life example of how something I’ve been thinking lately was wrong. Not just wrong, but negative and destructive…. Ughhh….. and this is human behavior, it’s not just me… if you’re a mother, a parent, you may recognize this. So the past month, I’ve had a VERY high workload, you know, when it almost becomes ridiculous. And you know it because the laundry piles up, the mail is in a pile, dishes take longer, it starts looking messier than usual, you feel drained… and, the daily question “what shall I cook for dinner” is no longer just a thought – it’s now a REAL and honest concern – a difficult challenge - cause you didn’t have the time to go shopping for food. I mean, what can you cook from mustard, pickled spring onion, and soy sauce? All that has been our situation at home for a while, and escalated drastically last weekend when the fridge turned into a normal cupboard, warm shelves… you know. And yes, the freezer did the same, a melted mess of I’m not sure what, but it looked gross. All thrown out and just an empty fridge and freezer standing in the kitchen, they just stand there. Like an awkward and annoying cupboard. I hope they feel very useless, cause they are. Sometimes we have to thank our lucky star, let’s call it divine intervention, like now when I was reading a chapter of this book called YOUR BRAIN AT WORK, by Dr. David Rock, it’s about how our brain works, neurochemistry, how we react and respond to events, and chapter 9, When Expectations Get out of Control; this phrase jumped out and gave me a really nice big hug, it actually made me cry. It said, “we’ll get takeout instead so we have more time to hang out together”. When I read that phrase, my little universe shook. I was projected into a whole new perspective. I didn’t feel like a bad mom anymore, for not cooking for my children. Instead, I saw the other perspective, that I held on to our family time, ate with my children, and got takeaway food so we could have more time together. Sharing this now, it almost sounds a little stupid that one can get stuck in a way of thinking that is just wrong. But we do that. Cause we’re humans. In conclusion, I think it’s fair to say that, every time you feel bad about yourself for not being or doing enough, there’s probably another perspective that will show you the extreme opposite. That you’re awesome, you’re wonderful, a great friend, a fantastic colleague, a supermom or dad, who always shows up for those who need you. I was thinking about ending with an encouraging “try it” and then I thought – hm, maybe I should try it myself, and I said it out loud. Got quite emotional, and realized how rare it is to talk to oneself in encouraging words… I’ll end by sharing, and I hope you try as well 😊 I started with “I’m a bad mom, cause I don’t cook for my kids”.   And the new perspective. “I’m a great mom. Even if I have been working myself to pieces, and the fridge broke, every single day, I made sure we had a really nice and tasty family dinner”. Now it’s your turn. Find a better perspective! Thank you for listening. If you want more ideas on this topic, check out episodes 107 and 83. #podcast #ownit #badmom #

Send us Fan Mail Good morning, rise and shine! Do you wake up loaded with energy, bursting to kick the day off and face all angles of life? Do you wake up in pain, totally drained, feeling like you almost didn't have time to even fall asleep before the alarm went off? Or are you somewhere in between? Do you know what your very first thought in the morning is? Is it a good thought? Is it helping you? Making you want to get up and live life? This podcast has the potential to help you set up a new and VERY powerful routine that can and will impact your days and life in a wonderful way. Try it!!! #intentionalliving #thoughts #morningroutine #life

Send us Fan Mail Maybe a tough and slightly provocative title. But at least it's true. Very often, the truth hurts a little bit, or at least it stings. I had to look myself real good in the mirror and stop lying to myself, as the scale kept showing higher and higher numbers that were supposedly my weight. I ignored it. Didn't think it was possible. Thought the scale is probably exaggerating (yeah, right).  And just kept eating, and yes, kept on putting on weight. This episode is an encourager, a tough but caring push if you need help getting on track with your health again. Join me! It's much less hard when you know you're not alone. And oh, at the end of the episode I share why, in the last episode #119 I tell my son not to drink like a camel :) #weightloss #healthychoices #ownership #responsibility #health #diet

Send us Fan Mail Do you know someone who makes noises, says certain words or have habits that TOTALLY get on your nerves? Please say yes!! Or I will just seem like a not so nice person. I have developed an allergy to the sound effects that come when my son drinks water. It literally sounds like someone is stuck in his throat and screaming to get out. It's super stressful to try and eat dinner while someone is screaming like crazy from inside someone else's body, imagine!!! Also, he doesn't EAT food, he drinks it. He inhales the food, takes a giat breath inwards and sort of sucks in whatever he's eating; pasta, pizza, popcorn, fruit, cake, candy, nuts, everything goes down like if he was a human vacuum cleaner. If you have tips on how to NOT hear noises that are produced by your family members, please share with me :) #family #camels #teenagers #badhabits