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It’s that time again. I am in a leadership training with and the question pops up: “What tool would you recommend for situation x y ?” Or a participant puts their hand up and [...]

I stumbled across this interesting impulse on empathy and caring, both topics that have been on my mind a lot recently. Since last year I have focussed on care and what it means to me, balancing [...]

Building on my last article on empathy, today’s is an impulse piece on empathy and building a psychologically safe environment. Psychological safety means: ‘a believe that there will [...]

The last few weeks and months have left me, next to feeling slightly lost for words, with an even deeper conviction that empathy is a key skill for humans: in life, in leadership, and in [...]

I am so proud to continue my series of articles on inspiring people in my life. Following the interviews with Susanne, Annika and Kirsten, this interview is with Karen. As you can tell there are [...]

Phew, I made it. The other day I received my certificate in the post for my BSc in Applied Psychology and what felt like a mountain fell off my shoulders. There is no way my younger “if I’m going [...]

The underdog, according to Collins English Dictionary is the party ” in a competition or situation is the person who seems least likely to succeed or win.” We all love a good underdog story don’t [...]

What did you want to be when you were a teenager? When I was 14 I decided I wanted to build airplanes. Originally I wanted to fly airplanes, the big Jumbo jets, that is; but I had been informed [...]

Ungeschriebene systemische Gesetze. Damit haben sich meine letzten Artikel beschäftigt, zuerst in Deutsch und dann auf Englisch, zum Thema Geben und Nehmen, und zuletzt zu dem Thema Zughörigkeit. [...]

Humans are born with an intuitive knowledge of what balances a system and when red lines are crossed. For example: if the give and take in a system is unbalanced, people recognize this, actively [...]