Mindfulness techniques seem to be the new trend nowadays. Of course the concept is not new, being rooted in both Eastern and Western spirituality. Since I’m still on a quest to integrate the Benedictine way of living in my daily life this year, in order to gain awareness, peacefulness and a healthier daily structure, I […]
Today I’m going to share with you a little tool I use to motivate myself to go to bed on time in the evening, as well as getting up early in the morning. Pinterest. Warning: As with all things on earth, Pinterest can be used for purposes of endless procrastination, zombying out, addictive mindlessness or […]
Lately I have been struggling greatly with Procrastination and Perfectionism. I seem to just flatline when I’m thinking I either have to be perfect or just sit in my chair, stare, do nothing and feel bad about myself. Good or bad, black or white. Today I read something very fantastic in a daily email from […]
My dog Kiara is my mindfulness teacher. I’ll tell you why! In her cute little doggie universum, all that counts is the here and the now. She doesn’t even think about the past, although I adopted her from Canary Islands and she didn’t have a past of roses and doggiebones. The thing that makes her […]
The mountain has been moved!! Cause we have! Now living in a wonderful spacious home, I get so inspired to live my new uncluttered, simple, happy and grateful life. I know material things don’t make me happy, but it’s the seeming absence of them that makes me so. The next weeks I will take you […]
video in Dutch Sign Language, ‘sign-danced’ by Mirjam Stolk 5 fun FAQ’s about Sign Language My friend Laurien and I work at a school for the Deaf. A few weeks ago, while sipping tea, she asked me: “Ester, what’s the first question people always ask you about Sign Language?” I said: “Oh, that’s an easy one! […]
All year I have been carrying my ubiquitous capturing tool: my paper notepad everywhere, becoming a ‘Capture‘-ing blackbelt. But something kept nagging at me…. Eventually I noticed my Weekly Review consisted of a lot of Someday Maybe’s related to consumerist wants on the one hand and quotes for blogging on the other, which I was […]
Once in a while I encounter a story that is so encouraging and motivating I want to share it with everybody. This summer holiday I read 2001’s ‘It’s not about the bike’ by Lance Armstrong, 7-time Tour de France-winner and fulltime cancer fighter. It’s a real pageturner and it made me re-evaluate the topics of […]
It’s holiday time for me, which means I’m browsing through old photos and videos on my hard drive. Trip to memory lane…That’s where I found the video above. For me it symbolizes amongst other things the fact that I was scared stiff to sing in front of a packed church with all my friends and […]
This is a post for all you ladies out there!!!! Let’s unite, stand together and be strong! Cuz’ we are smart, beautiful and powerful and we won’t let that nagging voice inside of us tell us otherwise! Or other people for that matter. We can start a positive revolution right now. We will take over […]
