Category: well being

  • A delightful delight

    A delightful delight

    I keep on writing about delights, but what exactly is it and why do I find it so important? Let us start with talking about attention : it is the most important resource in our life. We live through what we pay attention to, we chose what we pay attention to, and that affects how…

  • Je ne sais quoi!

    Je ne sais quoi!

    Let us get back to last November, spring. I was walking on the beach in Cariló with my friend Carla. Strolling alongside the ocean, trying not to get our feet wet, while chatting away. We have a peculiar history together, Carla and I. Our friendship started with a kind of ‘blind date’, after my son…

  • The things you can see only when you slow down

    The things you can see only when you slow down

    “The things you can see only when you slow down“, is a book by Haemin Sunim, ideal to put on your bedside table and read a bit every night before you go off to sleep (highly recommended!). But this post isn’t about that book. It’s actually about the things you can see only when you…

  • Stress Tornado

    Stress Tornado

    Does this word speak to you ? It certainly does to me! In Flemish we say ‘stresskieken‘ (literally stress chicken), someone who stresses easily. It is a strange thing. I consider myself as someone who does not stress easily. There are lots of things that freak other people out that can’t touch me. I don’t…