by Minou Hexspoor | Apr 21, 2021 | Mental Health, Self Care, Stress, work-life balance
Self Care is not what you do after everything else is done. It’s how you do everything. What is self care? Self care is so much more than putting on a face mask, pouring yourself a glass of wine or running yourself a hot bath. Self care is a term that describes...
by Minou Hexspoor | Apr 10, 2021 | Family Life, Healthy Boundaries, Mental Health, Self Care, Stress, work-life balance
The coronavirus has undoubtedly changed the way we live our lives. Whether it comes to parenting, socializing or working; nothing is the same as it was before. Nothing is the same The coronavirus has undoubtedly changed the way we live our lives. Whether it comes to...
by admin_iris | Nov 13, 2020 | Mental Health
Big challenge‘I go absolutely nuts sometimes’, said my client Sarah frustrated, while she looked at me from my computer screen desperately. ‘It’s a lot all together with the online learning of the children at home all day, my actual job added to it, let alone...
by Minou Hexspoor | Sep 16, 2020 | Mental Health
From an early age, writing has been a tremendous outlet, a form of reflection and a way to continue to believe that there was more to life than the chaos and struggles of the moment. A Special Gift I was seven years old when my mother told me about an article in the...
by Minou Hexspoor | Sep 9, 2020 | Mental Health
When we’re feeling overwhelmed, stress can affect us in many was on the emotional, physical and behavioral level. I’m sure you can come up with some examples that highlight how stress affected your life on those areas, or the lives of people you know. Sleeping...
by Minou Hexspoor | Aug 4, 2019 | Humanitarian Mental Health, Mental Health
Crisis Mode I have been one myself. The kind of manager who’s always working in crisis mode, running around in fight-or-flight mode and saying yes to everyone and everything until the inevitable mental and physical crash. I felt an incredible sense of responsibility...
