Learnings from being a misfit
For the longest time and way past my teenage years, I felt like a misfit. While this is a complex emotional topic and it took some self-development to overcome, I also felt like I
Thirty years since Schnarch’s passionate marriage!
The ability to self-soothe is crucial for functioning relationships. It’s been over thirty years since “Passionate Marriage” made David Schnarch one of the most popular se
Using design to make hard life choices
Design is everywhere, design thinking has made it into most innovation labs, and design thinking coaches are going strong. Today I’m sharing an amazing article on how to appl
The difference between big and small life choices?
Small decisions potentially have huge impacts. Seemingly big decisions shrink to irrelevance in hindsight. So I’ve been wondering if there really is a difference between big and
How to find the right therapist
You would think it’s easy to find articles on how to find the right therapist but it really isn’t. Most articles seem to be written by therapists promoting their profes
Delayed gratification
“We’re not usually trying to be happy, we’re trying to avoid unhappiness” Sure, avoiding unhappiness is not the same as striving for happiness (or fulfillment), yet o
Good parenting
I’m a big fan of Wikihow, their work is as much a mystery as a joy to me and I’ve already learned all kinds of things on that page. Their step by step guidelines appeal
Useful decision-making techniques
Let’s assume you’re living the dream, and you’re perfectly in sync with yourself and your life. Most likely you are not currently facing a big decision. I see a big life deci
Staying sane while parenting
Blogging about parenting seems to be a lot about stress, and especially early parenthood is a huge life change. Here’s a couple of helpful hints to cope with facing a massive amo
Sex as… space (introducing Esther Perel)
Is sex something we do or is it a space we enter? I listened to Esther Perel posing that question the other day in her million-viewer-ted talk where she discusses infidelity and th