In a consumer’s society people have grown used to getting their demands met the moment the need occurs. When I want new jeans, I open my laptop and can have my pick from countless different models and brands. With the festive season closing in, I can do the same for my Christmas presents, mostly delivered …
With Christmas luring around the corner, pressure is building up again. What are we going to eat? What presents will I buy and get? What am I going to wear? ‘What will we ‘do’ with the parents?’ the latter sounding a bit like the title of a home-alone-type-of-movie, which by the way, we will probably …
I’ve often stated health insurance companies could save themselves a lot of money if they would reimburse relaxation classes, body work and massage therapy. In our go, go, go society we give little credit to the ability to unwind. We might go jogging, or to the gym and even take a yogaclass or two a …
Finally a blog for which I can use a much avoided card of the Tarot as an illustration without causing too much of a stir. The 31st of October sort of makes it legitimate. I am talking about card number 13, depicting a skeleton with its scythe. To many western cultured minds, the skeleton is …
A dear Dutch Energy Medicine friend inspired me big time today by publishing a post from the NOS.nl national news station about five American ex presidents, Bush Jr, Bush Sr, Carter, Obama and Clinton, participating in a fundraising event for the survivors o hurricanes Harvey. Irma and Maria. For 5 American ex presidents to come …
There’s a lot of talk about narcissism these days. It seems the world is filled with narcissistic behavior, both between people individually as partners, working relationships or parent-child constellations; and on a global level between leaders and ‘the people’. The other day on Facebook I saw a post of someone who stated he loved himself …
Some phenomena are so common we don’t think twice about their origins. Wind for instance. The fact that air travels from one area to another is such a normal occurrence it is hardly noticed unless it becomes a storm. In the scheme of balancing the energies however, wind is nature’s way to bring a surplus …
While we live in the 21st century, the human body is in fact still designed to survive conditions of over 5000 years ago. The fight, flight or freeze response for instance, the body’s defense mechanism to immediate danger. It was designed to protect your self and ignite the right decision when you met a sabertooth …
Born and raised in the city of Leiden I spent every 3rd of October of my childhood celebrating the defeat of the Spanish in 1574 after a year-long-siege in which hunger and scarcity prevailed. Heroic stories were told in school, about the mayor of leiden, a Mr. van der Werff, who offered his right arm …
Currently, I am working as a caregiver for a 90-year-old-lady. She is a wonderful character, very advanced within her era of cultural conditioning, bright and clear in her reasoning. Together, we function very well in our shifts of daily routine. One of my co-workers seems troubled by the bond my employer and I have developed. …
