The shack on the beach

We anchored in a bay so blue it kinda looked like a picture from that movie The Blue Lagoon, from a thousand years ago, the one with Brooke Shields.⁣⁣A little beach curled up against the water and on it, a little … shack? We couldn’t really see what it was.⁣⁣Arjen...

Leave your problems alone

“I don’t know why,” she said. “Maybe I don’t feel that I’m worth it? Maybe I’m scared that I can’t live up to the expectations?”⁣⁣She came to me because she wanted to raise her prices. ⁣Significantly. ⁣⁣Her calendar was full and her clients were happy. ⁣She wasn’t....

The little buddha with the knapsack

“Bring something with you that symbolizes what you want to get out of this,” she said.⁣⁣‘She’ was my then coach, the very first I ever hired.⁣‘This’ was the career coaching I hired her for.⁣⁣I was 30 and stuck in dead-end jobs. More than anything, I wanted to know...

Here’s your off switch

The first time I meditated, I was convinced I was doing it wrong.⁣My mind did not behave as it should, and shut up already.⁣⁣On the contrary!⁣⁣It started bringing up even *more* thoughts.⁣It was noisier in my skull than in a mosh pit at a death metal concert.⁣⁣It’s...

Productivity-stress broke up with me

“I still feel like I should be doing something,” a friend said. ⁣⁣It was the fourth day of his vacation. There was nothing that he should be doing. His schedule was empty.⁣⁣And still.⁣⁣He had this constant flow of unrest moving through his body, urging him to do...