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

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

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

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

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

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.

The wisdom of chocolate sprinkles...

Release the rules that no longer serve you, and let your inner child come out and play.

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters22 June 2021coaching, injunctions, transactional analysis, life script, rulebook, inner child, limiting beliefs, beliefs, chocolate spinkles, therapyComment

The secret of happy people

If happiness isn’t about getting what we want, nor to be found out there , how to master the art of being content?

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters24 May 2021inspiration, meaningful, purpose, happiness, secret, contentness, content, meditationComment

Who unveils your soul, reflecting your essence back at you?

Who inspires you to unfold, grow and develop? Who lifts you up to expand beyond your imagination? So you in turn, can do the same?

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters22 March 2021not good enough, spread the love, inspiration, role model, qualities, soul, awareness, essence, inspired, meaningful, purpose, potentialComment

About giving, resentment and true generosity

There was this woman who overstayed her visa in Nepal and lived on milk powder. I wanted to help, but it didn't work. And then a Buddhist meditation teacher gave me this advice...

Eastern Wisdom in Daily Life, Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters9 March 2021generosity, giving, resentment, kind heart, nepal, chokyi nyima rinpoche, kindness, bouddha, himalayas, life lessons, drama triangle, buddhismComment

When it's time to let go of control and surrender

Life decides when death will come. Hopes and fears get scattered in equal measure. So how about letting go of trying to control our life?

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters18 February 2021trust, control, surrender, letting go, influence, spiritual pathComment

Is it better not to know?

Meeting Victor made me ponder. Is it better not to know? Or is self-awareness the key to happiness?

Meaningful LivingKarin Peeters8 February 2021thought transformation, coaching, self-awareness, awareness, homeless, happiness, ignorance, bliss, meditationComment

Your Word for 2022

Let's set an intention to help us focus on what matters most in the new year. And let me share with you why that is way more powerful compared to making New Years Resolutions.