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
How to let go of negative thoughts
I previously introduced you to the Hands and Thoughts exercise from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which has been popular with both my online counselling clients and my readers here on this blog. It’s a simple yet effective exercise to illustrate how our...
The ACT Radio Doom & Gloom Metaphor
We all know the nagging thoughts in our head that keep telling us that we can’t do certain things, that nobody loves us, or that we’re just not good enough. Today, I would like to introduce you to one of my favourite tools from ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy),...
A Beginner’s Guide to Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a topic that my clients frequently mention during our online counselling sessions, whether it’s as some variation of “mindfulness doesn’t work for me, I just can’t do it” or “I know I should start practising that, but I just don’t have the time or...
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...
More Articles
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...
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...
How vulnerability will help you live a meaningful life
Who hasn't seen this TedTalk? Or heard about Brené Brown? If you are one of the lucky few discovering Brené and her work for the first time today, lucky you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o If you have been a long-time fan or feel like it might be time...
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...
