door Katrien Degraeve | 10/08/22 | Geen onderdeel van een categorie
When I am talking about minimalism, I very often get reactions from people who belief that minimalism means living like a stoic monk, void of all pleasures in life, or who think you need to live in a house with one chair, one table and one plant, to be a minimalist. I...
door Katrien Degraeve | 5/08/22 | Geen onderdeel van een categorie
I would like to talk about talking. Is it relaxing? Is it stressful? Is it interesting? Is it helpful? Is it wasting time? … As I am always trying to be very conscious about what is giving me energy and what is draining me, I would like us to think for a moment about...
door Katrien Degraeve | 29/07/22 | Geen onderdeel van een categorie
“Help is the Sunny Side of Control” When I heard Courtney* quote Anne Lamott yesterday, it really got me mulching over it for a while. Let’s ponder this thought together here. Helping people. That’s a good thing, right? Hmmm, do we dare to look very honestly at what...
door Katrien Degraeve | 22/07/22 | Geen onderdeel van een categorie
If you apply ‘less’ in your life, you’ll feel your energy level, your level of joy rising. Let’s find out how this works. We all love to go on holiday, we all love this feeling of freedom, of not having endless to-do lists. It’s even in the word vacation: it’s derived...
door Katrien Degraeve | 23/06/22 | Geen onderdeel van een categorie
Do we get what we want in life, or do we get what we need? Hold your horses! Stop fuming! I know life does not always feel like we get what we need, or at least what we think we need. But bear with me for a moment. We all have more or less an idea of what we...
door Katrien Degraeve | 17/06/22 | Geen onderdeel van een categorie
The more you please, the more you ultimately lose yourself, and others. Let me explain. Being a recovering ‘eternal pleaser’ myself, I know all about it. Of course, I am not talking about helping people out, about doing something you know will make somebody...