by Katrien Degraeve | 23/01/26 | Uncategorized
January is a month that is hard on everyone. The holidays are over, it’s still dark outside and yet, everyone expects us to be bubbly, full of good intentions, working hard on new goals we need to reach. But what if we got it all wrong? What if we are not supposed to...
by Katrien Degraeve | 9/01/26 | Uncategorized
Hurry, hurry, hurry. Faster, faster, faster. More, more, more. Nowadays, all has to be getting done now, preferably yesterday. Nobody has any patience for anything anymore. We write a mail or a message, and we want an immediate answer. We order something online, and...
by Katrien Degraeve | 12/12/25 | Uncategorized
The title of this blog is a quote by Zhuangzi which is on my calendar today. Simple and yet so true. Everybody is always trying to be as happy as possible. When you are feeling ‘unhappy’, it seems like you’ re failing somehow. But nothing is further from the truth....
by Katrien Degraeve | 28/11/25 | Uncategorized
I read these words by Chögyam Trungpa and it made me smile. This is so right I thought. Our ego really does run the show. And look at how it makes us feel… Of course, we have to define ‘ego’ before we get into it. The ego can be defined as the Protective Self*, and...
by Katrien Degraeve | 20/11/25 | Uncategorized
Back in 1863, president Abraham Lincoln, decided to create a new national holiday, Thanksgiving, so that people had the time to stand still for a moment to see, and appreciate, all that they had in life. He chose the 4th Thursday of November for it. Farmers had...
by Katrien Degraeve | 13/11/25 | Uncategorized
Indeed, all and everything, good or bad, ends at some point, and that is what we have to keep in mind whenever life hits us hard. For those who have been reading my blogs regularly, you know that it has been quite a ride this year. First, I broke my back, and once...