I write about many different things. It started out as an online recipe book for friends an family who appreciated my cooking, and evolved into an online journal with subjects I care deeply about. May you enjoy reading some of these articles, and please feel free to share them with others who may benefit.
Yoga & breathwork
3 breath visualisations: ease your mind, open your heart, step into action
Three breathful visualisations for you today: Ease your mind Open your heart Step into action You can choose to do them separately as you see fit or combine and include them in your morning routine as a great way to [...]
Art of living
Conscious activism
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - Gandhi Conscious activism is enlightened activism. [...]
Bee the change: 1 thing you can do today to save the bees
My friend Fleur Feij (on Instagram here with beautiful photos) is a beekeeper who helps raise awareness for the devastating mass [...]
Bye bye coffee, thanks for everything!
I have always loved my coffee (the smell of the ground beans, the brewing sounds, the heat coming from the cup...), [...]
You need a system (and so do I)
Fun disclosure: my loved ones will laugh when they read this. As with most of my blogs, I am growing [...]
Growing pains and the art of helping people
Can I sit with someone and let them fully live their experience in the moment, without the need to change it? Sure, there are times to speak up, reach out and even take over. Wisdom, however, is to recognize what is asked for in the moment.
Simple medicine: chamomile
After journeying through tropical Costa Rica and Brazil for months, I thoroughly enjoyed the late Winter snow and early Spring [...]
Eco-living
Onze voorstelvideo voor het tinyhouseproject
"Hebben jullie nog steeds interesse én voldoe je aan alle voorwaarden? Dan willen we voor 1 december een voorstelvideo van jullie hebben van maximaal 2 minuten!" Dat was zo'n beetje de afsluiter van de grote online bijeenkomst van CPO Calimero op 15 november 2020. Na nog een grondige overweging hebben [...]
De online bijeenkomst van CPO Calimero / Ecowieck
De online bijeenkomst van het tinyhouseproject van Calimero in de Ecowieck in Ewijk was voor ons tegelijk een groot succes én een teleurstelling. Een succes omdat het goed georganiseerd was, soepel liep, informatief en levendig was, alle vragen beantwoord werden en onze positieve verwachtingen bevestigd, en we al vele koppies [...]
De start van ons Tiny House-avontuur
Even voorstellen? Wij zijn Jan, Judith en Lua (2018). Misschien kom je al langer op mijn blog, maar er is een goeie kans dat dit je eerste kennismaking is. Daarom even iets over ons in een notendop: Jan is coach en timmerman-meubelmaker. Het is zijn droom ons eigen huis te [...]
Parenting
My favorite animation of conception & baby growing in the womb
When we had just found out I was pregnant, we found this video on Youtube. It is a beautiful animation not just of the fetus growing in the womb but also of the conception itself. Sperm swimming their way to the egg, competing to find their way in. Credits to [...]
Diapers: cloth or disposable?
In short: we use both. We've had cloth diapers from the start but ended up hardly using them at first because (even in size S) they looked very large on our little girl. Although she didn't seem to mind, it just didn't look healthy to us to have her tilt [...]
Use your B.R.A.I.N.
This video actually comes from the hypnobirthing online course that we took but it is a life hack for everybody, not just parents-to-be :). In short, the lesson is: whenever you are presented with a difficult decision, use your BRAIN. That means asking the following questions: Benefits - what are [...]
The Positive Birth Company online hypnobirthing course rocks
I will share about our 'positive birth' in detail at a later time, but here is a golden tip for any pregnant couple wanting to prepare for a smooth birth: buy the Positive Birth Company digital pack. It has about 40 videos and contains everything you need to have, do [...]
Breast feeding: clear and wonderful how-to video
This is a wonderful video. It is very helpful for an important part of parenting: feeding your baby the very best nutrition available and nurturing the most beautiful, essential bond there is. (Yes I am a breast feeding enthusiast.) I found the video enlightening in many respects. It shows all [...]
Dunstan Baby Language: it works
According to Priscilla Dunstan and a group of researchers who back her personal findings, babies all over the world make a select group of sounds for certain situations such as discomfort, needing to burp and being hungry. Our conclusion after seeing it work with us and some other parents/babies: this [...]
Travel & digital nomading
I wrote some of these posts many years ago, in another lifetime, when I was still together with my ex, Marco. The posts no longer reflect our current situation, although we are still very good friends. I want to keep the posts for good memories, for archive, and because they can still be helpful to readers.
I now have a beautiful family together with Jan and our lovely daughter Lua. You can read all about them higher up in my blog timeline ;).
Bilbao & North Spain coast (Summer in a VW campervan III)
After having visited Ton in France, we went on to the Spanish coast near Bilbao and met up with my childhood friend Joris and his wonderful wife Eider and kids. In the evening, we found the perfect beach and cooked dinner by the sunset. The hot [...]
France is for friendship (Summer in a VW campervan II)
Finally, after more than a week of hard work on the VW campervan (Jan) and this new website (me, Judith) we headed south. Starting from the upper north of Germany and with still a long journey ahead of us, we soon reconfirmed that truly the journey IS the destination. The van is awesome, [...]
Emden, Northern Germany (Summer in a VW campervan I)
Moin! I'm in Emden, Ost-Friesland, Northern Germany and here, 'Moin!' is the way to say hi. Update Life has been wild and deep and the blog has been silent for the last couple of months. A new love has entered my life and I've spent quite some time here in Germany and roaming different places [...]
How to inspire people into action and start living the life of your dreams
Update 2021: I wrote this post several years ago. By now, I have a much more nuanced view. Then, I was on a Thai island, surrounded with online entrepreneurs, 'living the life'. I was into traditional online marketing then, and the whole post now sounds a bit grotesque and manipulative [...]
Settled in Thailand: gratitude
From the most awesome office in the world: thanks for all the cheers. Not just for my birthday but all of them. We both deeply appreciate your likes and shoutouts. You support us, teach us and inspire us.
Limiting money beliefs
A big motivator for being in Thailand, is money. I have some serious debts to deal with and living in and working from Thailand (waaaaay cheaper than Holland) is helping me clean my old mess and maintain a healthy balance, also financially.