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A life coaching perspective on one of the hardest phone calls a parent can get What do you actually say to a worried mother you’ve never met, whose adult child has just announced they’re packing up and moving to another continent? That’s not a hypothetical. That was my Wednesday. A friend connected me with a woman - let’s call her Mom - whose adult son, his partner, and their 7-year-old were in the middle of planning a move from the United States to the Netherlands. She’d bee

What NeuroArt really is, and why it matters more than you think. When was the last time you doodled on the corner of a notebook? Scribbled little loops while you were on hold, or filled a margin with spirals during a meeting you probably should have been paying more attention to? Go on, think about it. I'll wait. Here's the thing. What you were doing in those moments wasn't mindless fidgeting. You weren't wasting time. Without realizing it, you were regulating your nervous sy

What if the thing you abandoned 30 years ago could be exactly what you need right now? That's what happened to me. About two years ago, I was building my coaching business when I realized my long-loved passion for drawing had been collecting dust for nearly three decades. Two things at once, both needing attention. And then it hit me - what if they didn't have to compete? What if they could actually feed each other? That's when I stumbled upon neurographica. The Method That M

Heb je wel eens te veel hooi op je vork genomen? Het was lente 2024, en we waren druk bezig met het opknappen van een oud huisje op het eiland. We hadden lokale timmerlieden ingehuurd om de vervallen keukenkasten te vervangen. Maar het huis schilderen, binnen en buiten? Dat konden we vast wel aan onze lijstje met activiteiten toevoegen. Vol enthousiasme begonnen we met de binnenmuren van de woonkamer en keuken. We morsten royaal op de vloer—we hadden vreselijk veel haast. Dit

Trusting Strangers Do you ever put too much on your plate? It was spring 2024, and we were busy trying to revive an old little house on the island. We'd hired local carpenters to replace the deteriorating kitchen cabinets. But painting the house, inside and outside? We could surely add that to our list of activities. We enthusiastically started with the interior walls of the living room and kitchen. We speckled the floor generously—we were in a terrible rush. This was going t

Living on a quiet, remote island brings peace and calm to my life. Walking in nature with my Dalmatian, enjoying the beach, snorkeling in pristine ocean waters, gazing at rolling hills while cows graze in green pastures. Are you falling asleep already? One sunny Sunday morning, my dog and I set out for a quick walk into a quiet valley nearby. To my amazement, I could see the island of São Miguel in the distance—clearly visible and appearing much larger than usual despite bein