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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the barefoot diaries
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 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.
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