There’s a difference between doing things mindlessly and doing things consciously. Have you ever gone grocery shopping and realized once you got home that you bought *some* (ahem, a lot) of unhealthy options? Aaand you forgot the apples? Being intentional about that journey is a small example of how we ignore sets of behaviours. Now……
As creative, talented women we often pride ourselves on being perfectionists. There’s good reason too. The high standards we hold for ourselves and what we create make us (when we finally get around to it) produce some of the most wonderful, detailed and precise work. It’s true that being a perfectionist has many benefits. But……
Control. It’s been an issue my entire life. Especially letting go of it. I have a hard time letting things unfold on their own, and I feel threatened when I don’t know what will happen. In my private life this has caused me pain, but also a lot of wasted energy. Believing I was the……
I believe that we are all creative beings, and I believe that women especially are constantly called upon to create, or to birth, so to speak. It’s in our DNA, it’s part of our nature, it’s one of those things that makes us human: our imagination and what we do with it. I also believe……
This month in The Loft it’s all about money: How to manage private and business finances How to learn to love money How to learn to love making money and asking for money How to love focusing on money Because money – despite everything that you might think of it – is neither good nor……
I’m a recovering people-pleaser. For years, I’ve dreaded criticism more than anything else. Because every time someone criticized me, it was a reminder that I was not perfect – something that was really hard for me to bare – and a painful reminder that I wasn’t pleasing someone else. The funny thing is, for all……
I create. In fact, if there’s one thing I’m sure of about myself it’s that I know how to make stuff. And get things done. There, I finally said it, out loud. It’s a big step for me, to say something like that. Believe me. Because for years, I thought I was anything but creative.……
High-achieving perfectionists are often multi-passionate creatives. Believe me, I know. I’ve always believed that creating requires you to disclose, and show a secret part of your yourself, of your soul. That this part is forever connected with anything that you’ve created. Wouldn’t you say that putting a secret part of yourself out into the world,……
