From chaos to clarity: How Santiago transformed business uncertainty into focused direction

Santiago learned how to embrace uncertainty and transform business chaos into focused clarity through understanding his natural way of working

From professional disconnect to authentic integration

Karel increased his workplace confidence by 33% when he discovered how to authentically integrate his personal development work with his professional life as an EU diplomat.

Nice weather, huh?

Nice weather today, huh? Or the more common: What a weather, today! (usually when he weather is crappy). When I first moved to the Netherlands, it really surprised me how much people talked about the weather here. It was so foreign to me and I found it really confusing.

Is building a second brain worth it?

It’s frustrating when ideas slip away from us before we can do anything with them. Or when you can’t recall a key piece of information that you’d like to build on. That's where building a second brain comes in. But is it worth it?

How acknowledging your natural advantage as an introvert leads to significant progress

When Jessica started the coaching program, she aimed to improve her personal writing process. She often got stuck writing a scientific article that was part of her doctoral research. Additionally, she struggled with balancing her entrepreneurial side with her energy needs as an introvert.

Introducing 🧭 the Exploring Introvert

After 4 years, we’re saying goodbye to Productive Introvert Community. But don’t worry, this isn’t a total goodbye - it’s more of an evolution - because we’re continuing as the Exploring Introvert. In today’s letter, I’ll tell you a bit more about who the Exploring Introvert is for. I’ll also tell you a bit about my own past and why writing these letters is so important to me. Perhaps you’ll better understand why I’m so grateful for each and every one of you who take the time to read them ❤️

Taking 2 months off work: year 1

For the past 2 months, I’ve been doing a little experiment. I decided to take a 2-month break from work during summer vacation. It’s been an ambition of mine to take off longer periods of time & this year I decided to test out this idea. In short, things didn’t go exactly according to plan. But I did learn a lot about what I can potentially do in the future to really make it possible to take longer periods of time off from work!

Taking 2 months off work: year 2

It’s been 2 weeks since our son started school again and my 2 month annual break ended. This is the second year that I’ve run this “experiment” and I’m sharing my biggest lesson from this year with you today.

Working 9-5

It's interesting that most of us still work form 9 am- 5 pm. Even businessowners and people working from home stay surprisingly close to 9-5, despite technically having a lot of freedom in how they structure their day. Somewhere, we settled into...

Better sleep: how I finally started sleeping better without sleeping more

We all know that sleep is important. If you don’t get enough sleep, it impairs your mental ability, your ability to learn and remember things, it affects your mood and your body’s metabolism and immune system. About half of the clients I work with have questions about sleep and I’ve had my share of sleep issues too. Today, I’ll share 5 things that I’ve learned about sleep that have helped me to sleep better and to feel more energized during the day without actually sleeping more hours. Number 4 might surprise you!

What makes a habit good or bad?

It can be really frustrating when you’re trying to get rid of a bad habit but you just can’t seem to shake it. It’s really normal to feel frustrated or guilty because it’s really hard to break a 'bad habit’. What makes a habit good or bad? In this blog, we'll talk about good vs bad habits from the brain's perspective.

How you become more accepting of yourself when you stop comparing

Melinda became more accepting of herself when she stopped comparing herself to others. Here, she shares what has changed for her a year after the coaching program.

How your natural advantage increases your confidence by showing you your top one strength

Melinda's confidence to serve her clients well with her beauty and make-up business increased by 40% after her natural advantage showed her her top one strength

What is a habit anyway?

What is a habit anyway? As I began to explore the topic of habits, I realized that I really didn’t understand what habits are as well as I thought I did. I had a lot of questions, as I imagine you have too. I’m going to explore these questions and share with you some of the research and my perspective on how habits can help us to live happier and healthier lives. In this blog we talk about the elephant in the room: what is a habit anyway?

Everything you need to know about introvert hangover

I used to think that I was just 'low energy' or maybe just a little bit sickly. When I heard about introversion, a lot of things suddenly made sense. When I heard about the introvert hangover, a lot more things suddenly made sense 😆 A lot of introverts have experienced introvert hangover without realizing what was happening or why. Maybe you’ve never heard of the introvert hangover or maybe you have experienced it before and you want some insights on how to deal with it. Read this blog if you want to know what introvert hangover is, the science behind it, and how to prevent it or recover from it.

3 easy habits that helped me to read one book a week

Loads of my introverted friends are booklovers. It’s one of the activities that recharges a lot of introverts and helps them to learn about new topics and feel inspired. Growing up, you could always find me with a book and it's one of the activities that I still make time for and truly enjoy. If you’re looking for a way to get (back) into reading but can’t find the time, then this might help. Here are 3 habits (+ one bonus) that helped me to read one book a week

Potato hell

What started with one moldy potato turned into long boney potato root fingers trying to claw their way out and it’s now become a full stench of potato in various states of decomposition. This didn’t happen over the span of a couple of days either. Nope. It easily took a couple of months to get here. Every day I thought: I’ll get to it later. I’m busy. Ugh, I’m exhausted… and I’d quickly close the cupboard door. At first, the reasons were certainly valid. I was busy that day. And I was exhausted the day after. But it quickly turned into active procrastination.

Proposals and expectations