The time for relaxation and nourishment
Why creating a cosy environment for yourself is not just a shallow act. But a deep nurturing act that’s even self-soothing.
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Cherish every moment
My first year of motherhood
This is the year of slowing down in the fast-paced world that is the development of a newborn into a one year old. A year were I could do nothing more than really take it slow. How did I find nourishment and creativity?
Read MoreLet’s face the blank canvas
How painting brings me in a deep meditative state
As a lot of my creative work takes place behind a computer, I need some of it to be manual. Cause painting, illustrating by hand or creating ceramics truly does something different to my brain and nervous system. Something good!
Read MoreThe power of working with clay
Why working with clay was the best way to unblock my creativity
Even after 15 minutes with my hands in the clay, I feel meditative and my busy mind is calm. I just let my hands flow without thinking. In no time I feel sparked and inspired. It’s ‘the yoga effect of clay’..
Read MoreHow do you deepen your creativity?
How I left (unconscious) creation of chaos behind to find more creative vitality on the other side.
And how to tame the chaotic creative brain and learn what you need to live more of your creative potential.
Read MoreLet December nourish you (not stress you out)
How I slow down time when it gets hectic
After my nomadic years, this is the first year to fully immerse in the cosy Christmas vibe again. But… in a slightly new way than before my travelling years!
Read MoreFood Love & Alchemy
Slow and easy food moments as nourishment for body and soul
Food = love and nourishment, but also a portal into the senses and so the here and now. Read more on how me and my friends got inspired in an amazing Moodfood Atelier…
Read MoreNature Living in the midst of the city
How I bring more nature elements into my city-home
I’m inspired to bring even more of nature and seasonal living into my city home. To just start a tiny herb garden on my rooftop terrace and start to follow the seasons at a micro-level right there…
Read here how I already brought many nature elements in my cool former warehouse.
Freeing more of my creativity
How I keep unblocking deeper creative layers and with that: joy!
After days and days of intuitive drawing and painting the flood is unstoppable. I draw from a deeper place then before. And there it is: the childlike joy that is so needed for any creative project. I not only feel more joyful in my creativity, but also in my life as I’m looser and more vibrant than before.
Read MoreLiving The Simple Life in the midst of the city
How to bring magic back into your life
I do love the natural landscapes deeply, but for this phase I did choose the vibrant city life, as it turned out to fit me and my creativity better for now. Little did I know that the place where true magic hides, was not where I would expect to find it…
Read MoreA little lost: the importance of playfulness
How Bali still helps me in the fast-paced Dutch urban life
In Bali the environment was so supporting for this whole process of letting go, but being fully back in the fast-paced urban life I have to remind myself to come back to that inner eye of the storm. Every now and then I totally fall back into the inner struggle of ‘I have to’s’, and right there I lose my playfulness and creativity. A reminder to quickly find my way back…
Read MoreCreating a ‘Slow Home’ in the city
How to create a home again after 5 years of ‘living lighter’
How to create a ‘slow home’ in the city after 5 years of ‘living lighter’. So here I am facing the next (good) challenge: how to consciously create a cosy creative home again without going back to the mindless consumerism that I let go of five years ago.
Read MoreFull circle: the ending of five nomadic years
I’m taking the free & creative Barefoot Lifestyle to the next level
After five nomadic years, I'm taking the free & creative 'Barefoot Lifestyle' to the next level. The world is so fast paced, how do we keep that inner relaxation in the midst of 'busy', city life and many projects? Read this blog below, or listen to it in audio format…
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