Song of the day: O Solitude
This past year has forced most of us to spend more time at home and to meet with other people…
Category: Emotional
2020 in hindsight
It’s December 31st, and today I’m looking back on a surprising, interesting, and at times difficult year. I did not…
Creativity has many forms
It’s been a while (again) since my last post. I’ve been wanting to write something, but didn’t manage to for…
I'm still here
It has been almost a month since my last post. I haven’t really had the mental bandwidth to write to…
And another year gone
Time flies! It seems such a short time ago that I reflected on 2018, and here we are at the…
Freya to the rescue!
Whenever I’m not feeling great, Freya notices and she becomes extra cuddly. I can’t help but smile! Sometimes I wish…
Empty
Lately, I’ve not been feeling too great. Not that I’m sick or anything, just out of energy. I’m feeling empty.…
Bite the bullet
Not literally, of course, this is The Netherlands. But I did something that I’m proud of and I’ll tell you…
Healing the superego
Healing the what? The superego. It’s a term coined by Freud back in the days. The superego is the ethical component of…
Spring fatigue
Don’t worry, I’m not tired of spring. It’s my favourite season! But I’m tired because of spring. It happens to…
Habits
As we all have been told time and time again when we were young and learning: practice makes perfect. Even…
Expressing your needs
We (or at least I) can learn a lot from cats. No words necessary! This is also what Freya did…
A Janus moment
Janus is the Roman god with two faces. He represents doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings. One of his faces looks…
Emotional diet
I have no idea if this is even a thing, but I have decided to do it anyway: go on…
Approval, please!
Guilty as charged. I care way too much about what other people think about me. I look for validation outside…
Reinventing my voice
I’ve been wanting to write this blog post for a while now. Until 2016, I was a practicing classical singer.…
Energy
Energy is a bit of a mystery to me. It’s elusive. Sometimes I have a lot of it, but most…
Perfectionism
To understand where I’m coming from, you’ll need a bit of background information. This will put my journey in perspective.…
The cardinal sin
It’s one of the worst sins, if you believe the general public: being fat. But why? It’s a mystery to…