acceptance Archives - Miranda van den Heuvel

Accept

Miranda2022-06-30T10:11:49+02:00June 30th, 2022|

Accept. ✨That it's too hot to do anything and stay inside to rest. ✨That your kid gives you trouble and trust that he will find his way. ✨That change happens and some things will never change. ✨That some days you feel great and others not so much. ✨That your body is constantly changing and that is okay. ✨That one year you're fit as hell and the next you seem to go from one issue to the next. ✨That work may not always be what you wish and that you can only do what you can with the means that you [...]

Everything happens FOR you, not TO you

Miranda2021-04-02T09:45:52+02:00April 2nd, 2021|

Sometimes life throws you curve balls. One day you are full of energy, enthusiasm and creativity to set up a new project, a business, a new piece of art and the next day you are thrown back by something like: creative block: you can't seem to 'find' the next chapter of your book lack of inspiration: you want to paint but have no idea what negative criticism: people judge your work badly which makes you angry and want to stop a change of plan: what you had in mind is not possible for some reason [...]

What is it that makes you worthy to be loved?

Miranda2022-05-31T13:47:20+02:00February 19th, 2021|

When I ask people "What do you love about yourself?" or "What is it that makes you worthy to be loved?" I usually get either of two reactions: stunned silence, followed by by a look that says 'what do you mean?', followed by an uttered 'uh', followed by hesitation, followed by all sorts of emotions (sometimes accompanied by tears) people tell me about something they DO or have achieved or accomplished. They tell me about some 'thing' they are 'good at' or 'proud of'. Of course these are valid an [...]