Videos & Blog
September 30, 2019
I know, this can be extremely challenging: your partner, a dear friend or a family member is struggling with a challenge, and you feel completely caught up in this situation.Even worse, you feel helpless and disempowered, because it’s not in your hands, neither to tackle this issue, nor to solve it. But just sitting around and observing […]
September 16, 2019
There might be times in your life, when planning your next career or life steps seems as realistic as planning an expedition to Mars. Times, after a break-up, a burnout, after the loss of a job or a radical change in our lifestyle, when the only clarity you have, is […]
Juli 29, 2019
Every summer I wind down, and shift from doing to being. And I shift from constant creative output to joyful creative input: Inspiring books, deep conversations, delicious food, quality time with my loved ones, and taking time for doing absolutely nothing! Holding space for new ideas to come and for […]
Juli 21, 2019
Feel good and gain clarity In last week’s interview, Luiza Ferrao shared her experience with Life Designing. In case you missed it, you should definitely check it out here. During our conversation, Luiza mentioned one of the exercises which impacted her most: the dream-writing exercise! An exercise, which not only […]
Juli 15, 2019
This week, I met up with the Brazilian journalist Luiza Ferrão, to talk about her first-hand experience with Life Designing. Find out, why the rapidly changing professional landscape in communication and media brought her to Life Designing, why a career focused coaching approach didn’t brought her the desired results, and […]
Juli 8, 2019
I don’t know about you, but for me it has happened more than once, that I experienced the downside of pursuing a dream…. This huge fear, consciously or unconsciously, to start working on this dream…and failing!!! Because then, the worst would happen. We’re left with nothing, not even a dream! This can be a […]
Juli 1, 2019
Maximizing life opportunities In my recent workshop, we had a very interesting discussion about how to find opportunities for our professional life, but also for our personal life and love life. Quite an interesting reflection, to think about how to maximize the encounter of great opportunities, no? Without wanting to […]
Juni 24, 2019
Especially when starting out with a new business or venture, our lack of resources aka money is often our biggest obstacle. And the number one reason to get stuck or procrastinate. In this video I’m going to share with you these 3 tips, which helped me greatly, when I was […]
Juni 17, 2019
Some weeks ago, I wrote a blog about Love Designing, and what Life Designing taught me for my relationship life. I was surprised, and happy, about the feedback and interest this blog created and the wish from my fellow Life Designers, to explore this topic more. So, just to be […]
Juni 10, 2019
Yes, I confess, I’m easily distracted at work. Especially since I started to work as an entrepreneur, there’re always 1000 things to think about, and even more things to do. So it takes some discipline and commitment, to remain focused and to dedicate my full attention to one task at a […]
Juni 2, 2019
All my life I’ve been a huge day dreamer. I’ve spent countless hours just sitting still and dreaming Hollywood-worthy versions of how my life could be. Day dreaming allows me to sneak into unlimited versions of my life, and especially when I travel, I love this little creative exercise. When […]
Mai 27, 2019
We all do it!Often several times a day, sometimes even several hours a day. Questioning your life is a good thing, and a very important step in Life Designing.And it helps you to gain clarity about your next steps forward. But only if it’s done right.If not, you’ll end up with a […]
Mai 19, 2019
Life Designing equals Love Designing For sure you’ve heard me say this many times before, Life Designing is not a career development tool! It’s so much more than this, and once you open up to this new lifestyle, you’ll see how over time all areas of your life start to […]
Mai 13, 2019
Join the Life Designing Competition now and get the chance to win a 1×1 Life Designing Coaching Session with me. All you have to do is watch the short video for all information and send me an e-mail to:info@workinbalance.org (subject line: competition)till May 19th, 2019, answering the following two questions: 1.) […]
Mai 6, 2019
There’re certain things I definitely expected from using the methodology of Life Designing. Facilitating career changes, for example. Other discoveries truly caught me by surprise and had a major impact how I now work with Life Designing and how I live as a Life Designer. Discovery #1 Life Designing is […]
April 29, 2019
We all have our very own definition of Failure, but the majority of us would define it as a negative, unpleasant, and unnecessary experience. In Life Designing however, we define failure differently. Failures, aka things that don’t work out as expected, are something indispensable, helpful, and supportive. How comes? How […]
April 15, 2019
Published by Yvonne at April 15, 2019
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Focusing on changing your life circumstances won’t bring sustainable change unless you also work on your life stories. In this video I share with how to get rid of limiting stories that would interfere with your future life design in a negative way. If we want to start designing our […]
April 7, 2019
having them in the first place is the true challenge! I asked myself this many times, how comes that when I start a conversation around aspirations and dreams, some people immediately block or change the topic. Did it become politically incorrect to talk about ones dreams? To ask about someones […]
April 1, 2019
Whenever you want to drive change in your life, then put your Social Media Entourage under scrutiny. It might be them, holding you back from succeeding. In this video I share with you some thoughts around the use of Social Media when going through changes or periods of uncertainty. In […]
März 25, 2019
…and what to do instead. Most of us think that self-motivation is all about willpower. And having the strength to overcome resistance and procrastination. Those of you, including myself, who already tried to force motivation, know how draining and exhausting this can be. And to be quite honest with you, […]
März 18, 2019
3 years ago, I headed into my business venture pretty naive, unprepared and with a quite “romantic” perspective of an entrepreneur’s life. Had this been to my disadvantage?I don’t believe so.It helped me to look for out-of-the-box answers and solutions and to rely more on my soft skills, my strengths, […]
März 10, 2019
Prototype your future We as Life Designer’s know, that we can only gain clarity through real life feedback. And we as Life Designers also know, that we need to get out of our head and into action as fast as possible in order to stay in the flow of the […]
März 4, 2019
“Consciously uncoupling” your professional life A job is like a relationship. We create bonds and expectations, we experience disappointments and learnings. And we grow. We grow together, and sometimes we grow apart. And cutting our professional ties and moving on needs a certain “code of conduct”. To make it an amicable separation that […]
Februar 25, 2019
Becoming a Changemaker 5 years back I opened a completely new chapter in my life. If I’d had to name it, then “From Corporate to Calling” would probably describe it best. What a venture. Years of exploring, travelling, experimenting, and learning. And years of searching. Searching for ways how I […]
Februar 18, 2019
Any personal development or self-help tool is only as good as it’s applicability to our daily lives.And any new and promising method, whether it’s a new diet or a new life hack, will only serve you if you really use it. The same goes for Life Designing.If you can’t apply it to your […]