As a consultant I have years of experience in change and adoption of habits & technology. For a long time my primary focus was on corporate change and helping people adopt habits in context of their work. I was very familiar with working in a fast-paced environment with working long hours, feeling highly responsible as an “achiever” and “perfectionist”.

After my second pregnancy my life was turned upside down: our child had a really rough start, we had sleepless nights and my battery was drained. I felt burned-out and suddenly, on top of that, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer at a random health check. I hit rock bottom: at age 30 with two small children all of the sudden I did not know what my life was going to look like in the near future. This has been one of the roughest periods in my life. 

But it also taught me an important lesson: we only get this one life to live, so we better make sure we live it in a way we desire it to be. We better live our lives on our own terms, take our dreams and desires seriously and to commit to ourselves to let them become reality. We should make sure we live a life we enjoy living. Feeling stressed all the time is NOT normal and definitely not optimal nor necessary. Stress can even damage our body and mind greatly – trust me, I know.  But the good news is that we have a choice in this. And our brain holds incredible power to change just about anything in our lives. How freaking incredible is that?!