“If you listen to your body when it whispers, you won’t have to hear it scream…”
After a car accident, whiplash and burnout, I had to learn how to manage my energy in a different way. My trusty ‘turbo button’ was broken. I had to learn to listen to my body. Healthy eating, yoga, meditation, healthy exercise, taking it easy, letting go, and listening. An adventurous journey, not always easy, that is still ongoing.
Peyote Whisperer? My unusual connection with a psychedelic cactus... When I told my friend Randall Rodrigues about my weird connection with a group of Peyote cacti in Amsterdam, he said: “So you are like a Peyote whisperer?” I laughed it off, but in the days following his remark, [...]
Choices Many people feel stressed or even paralyzed because they have too many choices. Lately I have been asked to contribute to seminars, webinars and masterclasses on this topic. I came to the following analysis/exercise. Map your choices on two axis: how much do you enjoy [...]
Get shit done! On a cruise for location independent entrepreneurs I met Dan and Bjorn. Like me, they both travel several months a year while running their businesses. Together we figured out what makes us productive in challenging circumstances. And how we balance work and fun for optimal [...]
Life lessons from Tango When I hired a private tango teacher in Buenos Aires, I thought the daily lessons would teach me the dance. Never could I have imagined that I would also get profound insights into my own psychology. In the end I discovered that [...]
I’d lost my mojo I’d lost my mojo – my spark. And I hadn’t even realised. Until I came across it again in Brazil, after a cruise with 150 digital nomads. I had been struggling with my health for over ten months. Apparently I had asked more of myself [...]
And then there was silence… Five days of no talking, reading, writing, or making phone calls. No internet, social media, music, TV, computers or any other form of distraction. I have just been on one of these silence retreats. To my surprise so many asked about my experiences [...]
Hooray! My turbo button is broken! It’s exactly a year ago today that I got whiplash from a car accident on Curaçao. At first, I thought I had needed to learn a wise lesson (‘slow down!’) and that a few months later my life would be back to [...]
Pioneer "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading in your own direction. Away from the beaten track. Discovering new opportunities. Always questioning: could things be different? Better? Do you often work [...]
Strive, struggle & shine The life cycle of entrepreneurship Ever wondered why realizing your dream or achieving a goal you really care about is so hard? I studied the cycles I went through and identified the following steps: strive, struggle & shine. Strive is when you really, really [...]
I braked for a turn, the car behind me did not.