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

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

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

Do you hide your joy?

Are we putting a lid on our joy? About hiding, defending, justifying and feeling embarrassed about international travel during a pandemic.

Behind the Scenes, Transformational TravelKarin Peeters7 June 2021happiness, joy, pandemic, travel, embarrassed, shame, inner conflict, permission, projection, ashamed, judge, travel shaming, justify, hide, feeling guiltyComment

Is it draining to be a Therapist and Coach? Might you get bored of listening to me?

If I can get so tired from listening to other people’s problems, then what about my therapist? Am I boring him or her?

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters27 May 2021problems, boring, alchemy, india arie, therapist, draining, fed up, listeningComment

My mum: she gave me roots and wings.

Anyone alive today was at some point born. Anyone born had a mother. Our mums gave us our life. Mine gave me roots too. And wings.

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters11 May 2021mother, mum, mother's day, mother's love, cancerComment

A step backwards: stagnation or stategy?

Can you allow yourself the gift of a step backwards, not out of stagnation or stuckness but as a strategic move?

Transformational Travel, Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters4 May 2021bodhgaya, nepal, mahabodhi, chokyi nyima rinpoche, dharmasun, retreat, move forward, stuck, unstuck, kirschenbaum, reculer pour mieux sauterComment

How to get clarity when you’re in ‘two minds’?

When you experience inner conflict, how will I help you? What are we actually going to do during our coaching session?

When I open up to my inner world... will it make me feel worse?

What will come up when I open up to my inner world? Will it make me feel worse, or like a huge weight has fallen off my shoulders?

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters1 April 2021opening up, control, anticipatory fear, inner world, pandora's box, therapy, coachingComment

Journey through the inner landscape of your dreams

Enjoy this very profound technique to analyse your dreams and discover their deeper spiritual meaning.

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters12 March 2021dreams, dream analysis, waking dream, nigel hamilton, dream research institute, meaning, nightmares, sleep, spiritual, spirituality, Robert Desoille, Carl Jung, dream intrepretationComment

Overcoming Analysis Paralysis

A peek behind the scenes revealing how I help my coaching clients to get unstuck.

Behind the Scenes, Next Step in LifeKarin Peeters26 January 2021compassion, kindness, carl jung, jungian, psychology, sub personalities, inner critic, stuck, lost, unstuckComment

How a pink dog ended up in my bed.

Important lessons on generosity by a six year old.

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters2 November 2020generosity, generous, kindness, buddhism, meaning, developComment

Balm for the soul

When you watch these photos of my spiritual sabbatical, the heart of Inner Pilgrim, which dreams are ignited within you?

Behind the Scenes, Transformational TravelKarin Peeters12 October 2020coaching, lifecoach, buddhism, eastern, psychotherapist, sabbatical, gap year, backpacking, travel the world, spirituality, dalai lama, kopan, zanskar, ladakhComment

How to know who can help you and who will make things worse?

There is a forest of self-proclaimed gurus out there, how to know who will make you feel worse, and who could actually be able to help you?

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters6 October 2020coaching, lifecoach, buddhism, compassion, communication, eastmeetswest, eastern, philosophy, psychotherapist, career, lifeComment

Therapist: Blank Screen or Real Person?

How would you like your therapist to be? Here you can get to know me.

Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters12 September 2020coaching, lifecoach, buddhism, sabbatical, gap year, burn out, life story, karin peetersComment

It's about that "NO"

Where in your life do you need to say no, in order to say yes to yourself?

Transformational Travel, Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters3 August 2020coaching, lifecoach, transformation, lost, drifing, muddling along, direction, meaning, wake up callComment

Good things take time.

Lessons on leaning into discomfort to find a way forward, without compromise.

Meaningful Living, Behind the ScenesKarin Peeters9 June 2020coaching, lifecoach, courage, transformation, decisions, life choices, stuck, lost, not sure what to do, inner conflictComment

Two invitations from Covid19: Demons & Regrets

It feels like we’re all invited to face our demons and prevent regrets. These reflections are my birthday gift to you (yes, I had my birthday in quarantine!).