When I was jealous of people who drank beer and watched football

How to find happiness instead of pleasure. And why the difference matters.

Meaningful Living, Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters1 November 2023awareness, meaningful, spirituality, spiritual path, spiritual, self-awareness, happiness, pleasure, five senses, intentional living, consciousComment

Solitary Meditation Retreat - Part Two

Let’s dive into the second part of my solitary meditation retreat together! Be ready for tears, but of the warm type, that melts the heart.

Behind the Scenes, Meditation & Inner CalmKarin Peeters20 April 2023inspiration, awareness, spirituality, spiritual path, spiritual, self-awareness, meditation, loving kindness, compassion, buddhism, buddhist, retreat, solitary retreat, solo retreatComment

Off-grid, but plugged into something bigger

Why do Buddhists meditate? And how to do it for yourself during solitary silent retreat.

Behind the Scenes, Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters12 April 2023meditation, retreat, solitary, buddhism, buddhist, silence, silentComment

How do you know when it's time to end your therapy?

How do you know when it's time to end your therapy? When are you ready to fly out of the nest and venture into the world alone?

Next Step in Life, Kindness & ConnectionKarin Peeters18 February 2022healing, break-up, counselling, therapy, ther, ending, end, termination, breaking up, psychotherapy, how to end therapyComment

When we feel the love, .... (fill in the dots) happens.

When we feel the love, .... (fill in the dots) happens. What would you do if you did not need to do it for the money / responsabilities / expectations of others?

Behind the Scenes, Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters7 February 2022lifecoach, therapy, therapist, abundance, money, love, to-do-list, flow, joy, ease, instragram, free, freedom, people pleasing, responsabilities, expectations, rules, rulebookComment

The secret to inner peace by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Life lessons from a woman who spent 12 years in a cave meditating.

Spiritual teachings on happiness while you sleep

My dream with spiritual teacher Sri Sri Ravi Shankar from last night will make your heart smile, big time!

Eastern Wisdom in Daily Life, Transformational TravelKarin Peeters4 January 2022happiness, dream analysis, dream intrepretation, dreams, ravi shankar, art of living, spiritual teachings, spirituality, ashram, lotus temple, bangalore, india, sri sri ravi shankar, happiness program, inner peaceComment

What is your one percent?

When you are feeling tired or generally uninspired, this gentle technique helps you connect with a postive path ahead.

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters16 December 2021lifecoach, self-care, therapy, therapist, meaning, quote, quotes, one percent, heart's desire, listen to heartComment

How to find peace when life feels outside of our control?

This is the mantra, or prayer if you like, that I use to avoid getting stressed.

Meaningful Living, Transformational TravelKarin Peeters7 December 2021inspiration, spirituality, spiritual path, spiritual, self-awareness, self-kindness, mantra, prayer, no control, surrender, inner peaceComment

Are you being seen, heard and acknowledged?

"I love you", "Thank you for your hard work" ,"You're an amazing friend". They seem such simple words yet we say them so rarely. And also, I won this amazing award…

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters17 November 2021dutch, nederlands, coaching, london, psycholoog, awards, recognition, acknowledgement, beingseen, entrepreneurComment

What does it mean to you to live a spiritual life?

It can be so confusing to witness a spiritual teacher criticize his or her assistant. To hear a yoga teacher gossip. To hear about abuse in religious communities. These people should know better, no?

How softening our attention restores our tired mind

Our minds are not meant to be switched on all the time. Are you suffering from attention fatigue? Discover why ‘soft fascination’ is the answer.

Meditation & Inner Calm, Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters13 October 2021transformation, decisions, life choices, trust, surrender, receptivity, activity, yin and yang, inner masculine, inner feminine, psychologies magazine, soft fascination, attention fatigue, relaxation, restComment

What happens when we are showing up?

Let me tell you about the incredibly powerful consequences of making the commitment of simply showing up.

Kindness & ConnectionKarin Peeters5 October 2021coaching, lifecoach, self-love, showing up, commitment, worthy, self-care, therapy, therapist, meaning, quote, important, for yourself, show up, not showing up, quotesComment

Isn’t one loss enough?

About the moments we grief. Lost somehow, longing to find our way home. I am writing about the opposite of loss too: Recovery. A homecoming.

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters27 September 2021grief, loss, stages of grief, healing, sacred, faith, redundancy, death, job loss, divorce, break-up, confidence, innocence, bereavement, counselling, therapyComment

Life is asking us to relax.

How a comical question about our upper lip taught me about relaxation and peace of mind.

Eastern Wisdom in Daily LifeKarin Peeters20 September 2021breathing, meditation, tension, intentional living, body scan, relaxation, mind over matter, mindfulness, inner peaceComment

This is why your circles should be round.

Resolving unfinished business is like a spring clean for the soul. Like a Marie Kondo for the heart, you might know her, the Japanse decluttering lady.

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters6 September 2021coaching, lifecoach, fritz perls, empty chair, unfinshed business, unresolved issues, regret, resentment, highest self, karma, moral compass, forgivenessComment

Five mindful ways to elevate your ‘Post-Holiday September Blues’.

How to not let your September Post-Holiday Blues get the best of you and enjoy flow and ease throughout autumn.

Dalai Lama on feeling guilty

Feeling guilty. Gosh, we do that a lot don’t we. Enjoy this wonderful story about how the Dalai Lama responded when he was first told about our experience of “guilt”.