by Brigitte van Tuijl | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I took these pictures Saturday morning, on the way to my father’s funeral. He’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a couple of years ago and had been gradually fading away ever since. In March 2022, he could no longer live at home with my mother. He moved into a...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
When you go with the flow, life feels easy, effortless, and everything falls into place like magic. No wonder people are always looking for ways to find this state of being. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi even wrote an entire book about (and entitled) flow. Here’s part of...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sometimes your life situation sucks, you feel bad, or you struggle with something. But there’s ONE habit that makes this even harder. This habit casts a cloud over your feelings, restricts your happiness, creates tension and unease: Arguing with what’s happening....
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Nov 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
“The mind thinks there’s something to achieve, something to reach or strive for. It thinks you can be happier or freer—in the future. The mind believes something needs to happen or you need to do something to get there. Whether...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
We all feel overwhelmed, stuck, or stressed at times. You need to make a decision but are scared to make the wrong choice. There’s so much to do and so little time. You have a dream but aren’t sure how to accomplish it. You worry you’ll never get something you want....
