Blog
Welcome to my blog! I love writing about my work, sharing insights and tips from my online counselling work as well as writing about the reality of digital nomad life.
Online Counselling
Top 3 issues addressed in my online psychological practice
Each client comes to me with their own story - a colourful mixture of individual experiences, concerns, and wishes. But as unique as the individual experiences may be, certain issues come up again and again. So today I’d like to present to you the top 3 issues I...
6 Tips for good Sleep
I recently wrote about how important sleep is for your immune system, long term health, mood, work performance and a whole host of other things. I also shared some tips on how to ensure a good night’s rest. In this post, I’ll share some additional tips for good sleep....
Choice Points: What they are and how to use them for positive change
Burger or salad? Go for a jog or meet a friend? Get divorced or keep trying with your marriage? Every day we are faced with choices, big and small, that can influence how we feel about ourselves and our lives. In Acceptance Commitment Therapy or ACT, a...
Digital Nomads
Packing my backpack as an online psychologist
My recent blog post about minimalism from the point of view of a digital nomad and online psychologist prompted a number of questions. Today I’d like to try to answer two of them. 1. What do you own as a digital nomad and what do you pack in your backpack as...
Third Culture Kids and Cross-Cultural Kids: Who are they?
If you have been following my journey here on my blog or on Facebook or Instagram, you probably know that I work, live and dream in multiple languages. I don't have a home, I travel the world as a modern-day nomad, changing city, country and culture every few weeks or...
Mental Health of Digital Nomads & the 7in7 Conference
In October last year I attended a conference (7in7) for the first time since I turned my life 180 degrees and became a digital nomad with an online counselling practice. I also co-presented a workshop there about the mental health of digital nomads. In my former life...
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The Many Faces of Pandemic Grief
What was your year 2020 supposed to look like? How many travel and life plans did you have to cancel? How often did you feel scared, sad, overwhelmed or just completely unsure what you were (and are) feeling? This might surprise you, but what you have been feeling...
How attachment theory can improve our relationships
Has anyone ever told you that you have attachment issues? Over the past few years, a growing number of clients have come to me asking for counselling around relationship and attachment issues. While "relationship issues" is a vast topic, it's also pretty easy to...
The myth of positive thinking
In one way or another, you have probably heard it before. Why can't you be more positive? All that negative thinking is sure to bring negativity to your life. If you think about good things, good things will come your way. These are all expressions of what we can call...
Impostor syndrome
So you have it all: you've gotten the job you wanted, you were given a promotion, you managed to secure a spot, you are about to publish your book... So why do you feel like you don't belong there? The experience of feeling like a fraud or someone who has just been...
The body neutrality movement: a middle between two extremes?
How do you feel about yourself and especially about your body? Do you love your body? Do you feel like you should love your body? The body positivity movement has gained a lot of traction in recent years. Body positivity involved feeling good about yourself...
Online Therapists’ Book Club Reading List
I love reading, and I love networking with other online therapists from all over the world. What better way to combine those things than to create an online therapists book club? For over a year now, we have been meeting every month for a 90-minute group call to...