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Does your child responds to routine problems with extreme frustration - crying, hitting, screaming, biting, swearing, spitting, kicking or destroying furniture? Then this book is for you. Most likely you tried many approaches to this behaviour already - rewards for good behaviour, punishments for bad behaviour, time-outs, talking, teaching your child to name emotions, shaming ... But you might have realized that no standard parenting method that works for other kids, really w

What we learned from working with Karla Mooy from Ontspannen Opvoeden This post is for those out there who parent a strong willed sensitive child and look for a counselor on parenting advice. “Strong-willed children become adults who change the world as long as we can hang on for the ride and resist the temptation to "tame" the spirit out of them.” Sarah Stogryn We were going though periods with constant battles with our 4 year old. Challenging morning and evening rout

I am currently reading the “The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer”. A fascinating scientific book on how our telomeres shape our disease - and lifespan and that we can actually influence our lifespan with lifestyle choices. Telomeres are protective tips at the end of our chromosomes. They get shorter during lifespan and eventually cannot protect chromosomes properly anymore which leads to diseases and ageing. I will write an entire

One aspect of Do-In yoga is to strengthen your connection with your soul and your intuition. This feeling that you often have in your belly, coming with cramps when something unpleasant happens or with bubbles of excitement when you experience something positive. This inner wisdom or instinct that we tend to ignore as we live in a society that favours decisions made by our head. I think they are many ways to get in touch with the wisdom of your soul, Do-In yoga is just one of

Welcome back after what seemed to be an endless summer. I took a long summer break filled with time for my family, friends and my kids … and lots of travel …. In fact at some point in the timeframe of 9 days i travelled from Germany, to the Netherlands, to Seattle in the US, back to the Netherlands and then to Turkey. 4 countries, 3 continents, 4 climates, 3 different time zones and 10 hours time difference. This kind of travel is super hard on the body as it messes up with o