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Cognitive psychologist
PhD researcher

14/05/2026

Sometimes I wonder if the wellness industry accidentally made being well feel… exhausting.

Track your sleep. Improve your mindset. Optimise your morning. Heal. Grow. Become.
And suddenly wellbeing starts to sound like another full-time job.

Somewhere along the way, I think we forgot something simple: To be well doesn’t always mean becoming someone better. Sometimes it means becoming more yourself. The version of you that likes slow breakfasts. That reads the same childhood book again. That goes to bed at 9 pm. That sits in the sun a little longer than planned.

Not every part of us is asking to be fixed 🌿

• mindful wellbeing • being yourself

09/05/2026

Tiny supports for a changing body 🌼

• perimenopause • vegan • daily habits • mindful well-being

29/04/2026

Peri excited. Very.

• mindful • perimenopause

27/04/2026

Sunlight, and I soften 🌿

• warmth • presence • ease

21/04/2026

Plant-based delicacies 🌱 Take what you like. Come back for more.

• mindful eating • vegan food

03/04/2026

The word no doesn't feel difficult. It is everything that might come after.

What will they think?
Will this change something between us?
Will we seem selfish, like we don’t care enough?

That quiet voice in our head, trying to predict the future. Trying to protect us, maybe. And underneath it, something softer: that we can care about someone… and still choose what feels right. That maybe it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Maybe we can say yes to a part, and no to the rest.

And maybe that’s what caring can look like too.

If this kind of reflection resonates with you, I share more in my Mindful Learner newsletter – monthly notes on ordinary well-being. The April one is ready and will arrive this Saturday, as always – the first Saturday of the month. You can join via the link in my bio or just send me a message 🌿🙏🏻

• mindful • wellbeing • reflection

21/03/2026

If it lands with you, I’m glad you’re here.
We can practice this together 💗

• mindful wellbeing • healthy boundries

03/03/2026

February, in food and feelings 🌱

I went to Liechtenstein fully confident I’d “figure out the vegan situation”. I did. Technically. It just meant ending up in a Japanese restaurant because there wasn’t much else. The dish was fine — but apparently “fine” is not enough, because the moment I got back to Maastricht, I ordered sushi from

February was also experimental. Alpro apple pie yoghurt? I was curious. Apples in yoghurt sounded innovative. It wasn’t for me. I’ll stick to actual warm apple pie. Some things don’t need reinvention.

At home, though, it was easy. Banana bread (perfect for brown bag meetings). Almond brownies. Baked tempeh. Toasts with plant-based stracciatella and walnuts. And yes — I’m that person who makes sure there’s protein in every meal.

Then I went to Bytom. I cooked soups for my parents. We ordered a 50 cm pizza that felt almost architectural. I didn’t take a single photo.

Some meals are for Instagram. Some meals are for memory 💗

• mindful wellbeing • plant-based • vegan • food

02/03/2026

Someone in a movie called aging “being temporally challenged.”

I’m not sure whether that’s kindness or denial.

At 40, I’m increasingly aware of how uncomfortable we are with simple facts: we age, we look different, and we have ordinary days.

So we enhance.

(This photo? Definitely a special-occasion version of me.)

And I like that. But I don’t want it to become the only acceptable version.

Because when everything is elevated, the nervous system recalibrates.

And suddenly the quiet, normal, human moments don’t feel like enough.

Mindful well-being, for me, is learning to appreciate life without constantly increasing the volume.

• mindful wellbeing • sustainable wellbeing • honoring the ordinary • practicing enoughness

21/02/2026

This morning the light was pale.
I rolled out my yoga mat. The weights were still on the floor from yesterday. Nothing dramatic. Just an ordinary Saturday.

In the mirror, I caught my reflection — not fully, just a blur at the edge. It felt strangely accurate.

Life here in Maastricht has its rhythm. Bicycles passing. Rain on the windows. Routine.
And then there is another rhythm, 1200 kilometres away. My parents. My mother repeating a story she told last week. My father laughing, then forgetting what he was about to say. Small things. Noticeable things.

I spend my days studying the mind. I know, in theory, what happens to memory over time.
In practice, it feels very different.

Some mornings I lift weights. Other mornings I just sit on the mat and listen to the quiet.

Lately I’ve realised that mindful wellbeing, for me, isn’t about being fully anchored in the present.

It’s more like this:

I am here and now.
And part of me is still in another kitchen, another country.
And I notice that.

Awareness doesn’t make it hurt less.

But it keeps me from pretending it doesn’t hurt at all.

If you’re holding something tender too — I see you 🕊️

• mindful wellbeing • loving from a distance • learning to stay • resilience

Adres

Maastricht

Website

http://www.lingospace.nl/mindful-life-coaching

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