By the end of this week, I will be back to van life for about 2 and a half months. I have now done this a couple of times, and here are some tricks that help me be productive: Schedule online presence in blocks. This one is easy for me, as my coaching sessions… Continue reading My tips for working during van-life
Category: Life as a coach
Seeing the things that are happening
Anyone who has started to work self-employed knows, that it is a slow start. You do not go from zero contacts, inquiries or signed contracts to 100 within a month, not even 10. And it can feel hard at the beginning, when you are putting a lot of energy and challenging work in, to… Continue reading Seeing the things that are happening
When are you successful?
Since I stared to work as an independent coach, my inbox has been full of invitations for joining programs. They often promise me to “make 10K a month”, if I just buy their advice and follow their program. Needless to say, I do not buy into any of those, but they do provide me with… Continue reading When are you successful?
Show up as you are, also as coach
If you book my morning session for coaching with me on Tuesday or Thursday, you will probably see me in my running clothes. I run those mornings and depending on how long the run was or my shape that day, I will not have had the time for a shower before our session. So, I… Continue reading Show up as you are, also as coach
Why location independent
Sharing my intention of van-life and coaching last week, made me released I have not shared in depth, why location independent is important for me. Short answer: It is how I want to live my life, it is bringing joy and meaning to my life. Deeper answer: I never cared much about normal working hours.… Continue reading Why location independent
May intentions
(If you want to know how it went with March, jump to the bottom of this post. April’s intentions got lost in my overall busyness) New month, new intentions: Combing van-life and coaching Setting up my new program Engage in small talk Sketch more Seeing Lyme Park I will be travelling in the UK during… Continue reading May intentions
The art of asking “Why?”
I think, I was 17, the first time I said I did not want to have children. Now I am 42 and still do not want to have children. But it is only in the last 5 years that people stopped telling me, that I will change my mind, when I get older. And I… Continue reading The art of asking “Why?”
Transitioning from a world of science to a world of coaching
I have been a scientist for 20 years. I have loved my work, working in the laboratory, looking at data and trying to make sense of it. Only believing in what I could prove. Always looking critically on the results I obtained. Analysing, experimenting and confirming every step of the way to find my conclusions. It can… Continue reading Transitioning from a world of science to a world of coaching
What the life as a freelance and location independent coach has already given me
I’m the type of person who feels obligated to my employer, coworkers, partners and clients in my employment. I don’t see that as a bad thing, in fact I see it as one of my strengths, but it has also meant in the past, that I sometimes had put my feeling of obligation above my… Continue reading What the life as a freelance and location independent coach has already given me