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50 daily habits to make your life more creative

Miranda2022-04-30T19:27:44+02:00July 9th, 2021|

The web and blog world is full of 365 projects where people decide that for a year they will do something every day: take a photo of themselves, paint a picture, donate to charity etc. Here are a few simple ideas for little habits you can do every day for a year to make you a bit more creative: Let someone else draw a stripe or doodle on a piece of paper and then make a drawing from that. Look up what happened on that same day in the year you were born. Take a picture of a cloud. Take a picture [...]

Your Circle of Self- Care

Miranda2022-04-30T19:33:22+02:00July 2nd, 2021|

Remember that I introduced you to the Life Wheel a while back? It's a worksheet that helps you identify where you stand in all areas of life and where you might need some work. If not, you can download it here. Today I want to introduce you to a different kind of wheel: the Circle of Self-Care. Your circle of self-care is basically the foundation of your life. The different elements all contribute to your happiness, balance and overall wellbeing. There are different slices to the Self-care pie: [...]

Miranda’s favorite things – June 2021

Miranda2022-04-30T19:30:59+02:00June 25th, 2021|

Remember my recent favorite podcasts post? Today's another collection of my recent favorites, but a more generic one. Enjoy How we love There is the book, and initially it was written for couples to improve their marriage and partnership. However, how we love is so much broader than just with our significant other. Each person’s childhood experiences form the roots of who they are; continuing to inform the way that person responds to others or expresses love, even far into adulthood. The r [...]

Revisiting your word of the year

Miranda2022-04-30T19:37:43+02:00June 18th, 2021|

As many of you know, I choose a Word of the Year each year. It accompanies me throughout the year and has served me much much better than any resolution I have set in the past. Recently I have been feeling quite aligned with myself and I stumbled across an article of my first life coach on revisiting your word of the year. It is good practice to revisit your word of the year at the mid point of the year – so we're just in time for summer solstice happening this weekend… My word for 2021 was SOF [...]

Does Social Media make you scream?

Miranda2022-04-30T19:41:25+02:00June 4th, 2021|

The other day, a client was saying that she feels like a failure every time she logs onto social media and sees yet another person posting some amazing thing they have done or achieved. She went on to say that each time she sees someone posting photos of their workouts they have been doing this past year, the dishes they have created or the craft or language they have learned 'thanks to the pandemic', she wants to scream. I was surprised. And a little taken aback. Because I post quite a bit on [...]

33 things to do when it rains

Miranda2022-04-30T19:42:24+02:00May 28th, 2021|

The weather has not been so nice lately. But rainy days do have its charm. Yes they do! Here are 33 things to do when it rains. And I'm sure you can come up with 34 more. Try it! Go hiking in the woods (it rains less in the woods). Go jogging. Sure, you get wet, but it's great to run in the rain and you get to take a warm shower afterwards. Play board games: when was the last time you played a board game (Monopoly, Risk, etc)? or even cards? This is fun with kids but also among adults. So organ [...]

Additional tips against clutter

Miranda2022-04-30T19:43:06+02:00May 21st, 2021|

In my last post, I wrote about different kinds of clutter and how to get rid of them. Today it's time for a little reminder... How is that list coming along? Did you do 2 things from one list? If not, please read below tips to spur you on: ALL items in your house should be USEFUL and BEAUTIFUL. “Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful." -William Morris ALL items in your house should have a PLACE. If they don't have one, create one. If you can't c [...]

Get rid of clutter and success will follow

Miranda2022-04-30T19:43:48+02:00May 14th, 2021|

What do the following items have in common? A loose button on your shirt that you have meant to mend for weeks. Your grandma's old china that you never use but keep anyway. An old grudge against an old friend. Unworn clothes in your wardrobe. Gifts you received but don't really like. Fear of failure in your future business The oil change your car is in desperate need of. The rented DVDs you need to return. The filing you need to do. They are all clutter. Clutter doesn't have to be a physical ob [...]

The benefits of waiting

Miranda2022-04-30T19:44:50+02:00May 7th, 2021|

Remember when you were little and couldn't wait until it was bedtime so that you could hear the rest of the story your mother had started telling you the night before? Do you remember the sleepless nights before Santa Claus? Or how you thought time passed way too slowly until the summer holidays? And remember when you learned how to grow things and you ran downstairs each morning to see if the seed you planted had sprouted? Or how you painfully saved up every penny in order to buy your first st [...]

7 seconds

Miranda2021-04-30T09:45:16+02:00April 30th, 2021|

The other day I was on a call with my coach (yes, coaches get coached too) and she was commending me for just rolling with things and making decisions rapidly, instead of overthinking and procrastinating. How is it that in certain areas of our life we have absolutely no problem with making decisions and just 'rolling with things' and in other areas, we can totally overthink things? Sound familiar? In The Hagakure, a book of Samurai principles, it is suggested that you should make a decision in t [...]