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January 12, 2020

Hop off the Excuse-Train. ASAP!

A couple of weeks ago I had gotten into a nasty argument… I had asked someone for marketing business advice and for feedback on my website and was shocked! He actually came up with several points of improvement, and pointed out some basic marketing shortcomings!!! How dare he, especially since […]

December 15, 2019

Don’t miss your End-of-Year-Exercise to prepare for 2020

So let’s wrap up this 2019 properly, shall we? Every year I’m sharing with you a little practice, how to wrap up the old year, and set the tracks for a new, successful, happy and fulfilling year to come. This year, I want to do something different, and decided two […]

December 8, 2019

4 Powerful Gifts, You Should Give Yourself Now

With the Holiday Season at our doorstep, everything seems to be about gifts, gifts, gifts. And even if you’re, quite understandably, opposing this Uber-materialistic gift circus, there’re certain gifts we shouldn’t neglect. Great gifts we should share over-generously with the world around us, like gifting our attention, gifting some time, […]

November 10, 2019

You Changed – Now Others are Giving You a Hard Time

How frustrating! You took matters in your hands and started to design a life you truly love, shifted things in your personal life, addressed frustrations in your job and made remarkable changes. You started to take full responsibility for your health and wellbeing and became active and motivated to do […]

November 3, 2019

Are You Driven by Motivation or Inspiration

Last week I followed a talk by Deepak Chopra, addressing aspiring writers to support them in their writing process. Especially one passage resonated deeply with me, when he was talking about the difference between writing from a state of motivation, or writing from a state of inspiration. Many days after, […]

October 27, 2019

Quiz Yourself: Life Designer, Or Not?

Awareness is key – the rest is practice I’m constantly talking about the concept of being a Life Designer vs. being a Life Planner. Or, more correctly, behaving like a Life Designer vs. behaving like a Life Planner, because it’s less about innate character traits, and more about the habit […]

October 14, 2019

The Different Stages of Changes – Dos & Don’ts

Last week I shared with you Lily’s story. An inspiring example how much we can change and achieve in one short year. I received wonderful feedback from your side as a reaction to this story, so I decided to dig deeper into the topic of “Life Changes”, for two reasons: […]

October 7, 2019

Lily’s Story – One Year to Change Your Life

One year ago, late August 2018, I returned to Brussels for a talk about Life Designing at the European Parliament. Exactly 5 years after I left my previous career and life. My deepest wish back then: to inspire as many people as possible to go after their dreams and to […]

September 16, 2019

How to Move Forward When Planning Isn’t an Option

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 […]

July 29, 2019

Your Life Designing Summer-Collection

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 […]

July 21, 2019

Your-Best-Future-Exercise

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 […]

July 1, 2019

Find your out of the box opportunities!

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 […]