Blog
Welcome to my blog! Here you will find articles sharing insights into my online counselling work, therapeutic stories, exercises to improve your mental health and well-being, as well as glimpses into my life as a a digital nomad. If you would like to receive regular updates about my work and insights into my virtual practice, click here to subscribe to my monthly newsletter.
Online Counselling
My friend who doesn’t know me – Parasocial Relationships
Social media has changed our modern world – including our perception of celebrities and our way of interacting with them. Apps like Instagram and TikTok allow us to catch glimpses of the private lives of our favourite celebrities and influencers. We know what car they...
Memes in Therapy and Counselling
Have you ever recognised yourself in a meme or maybe even learned something about yourself through one? Perhaps you have shown a meme that resonated with you to your partner, your friends or even your therapist? If so, you are definitely not alone. Photo:...
Mental Exhaustion in Women: The “Mental Load” Phenomenon
Most women are familiar with the feeling of physical and mental exhaustion. If you’re permanently feeling overwhelmed by all the obligations you have to meet, you might be dealing with the so-called mental load phenomenon. In this article, I’m going to share with you...
Digital Nomads
The daily work routine of a psychotherapist working online
What does a typical work day for a psychotherapist working online actually look like? Especially when she also travels the world as a digital nomad? In many ways, the typical working day for an online psychotherapist is not that different from that of many other...
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...
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Book recommendation: Burnout
“Burnout - the secret of unlocking the stress cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski is probably the book I have recommended most to online counselling clients and friends alike over the past few months. I first heard about it when a colleague suggested it for our...
‘The Courage to Be Disliked’ and Alfred Adler
Today I'd like to introduce you to a book: The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness. It's written by Japanese authors Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga and based around the theories of Alfred Adler. If you're...
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...
