Your year looked fine on paper. But what did it cost you? Three reflection questions and a 20-minute practice for anyone tired of "fine."

It's Monday afternoon. The work is doable. So why will you do everything else first, and finish late on Friday again?

I know I can. But I cannot. [National Zwemcentrum de Tongelreep, Eindhoven, Netherlands] In coaching, we talk about limiting beliefs a lot. There are so many methodologies, frameworks, and approaches for how to notice them, name them, and work through them. But before we do any of that... can we just stop for a moment? I think there’s something we often skip: the need to acknowledge these limiting beliefs. They are not your enemy. They are here for a reason. They were born s

Be a good girl. Behave. Don’t be a burden. - You learned how to comply with these rules. But no matter how hard you try, how much you do - you never feel good enough.

“How are you?” - they ask. “I’m fine.” - you respond. You never say what you really feel. You never say “I feel empty.” Maybe you have been ignoring this feeling too long. Maybe it’s so much your reality by now that you don’t even realize this could be anything else. Slowly, “I feel empty” becomes your “I’m fine”. Slowly, you become invisible, even for yourself. This common response is a core behavior we often use to mask our true feelings. And it happens quietly: first, prob