What is your aspiration for the coming holiday season?
Christmas is around the corner and people have very different aspirations for the holiday. Some have been looking forward to the time off with family and friends while others are burning out with the extra work. A newly released study, SWEDEHEART observational study 1998-2013,indicates a correlation between higher risk of myocardial infarction and Christmas Eve. The study […]
How do you feel about you when you’re alone?
What feelings gets triggered in you by this blog posts picture? It’s a woman walking along a beach, the sun is coming up or just about to set. It’s dark and she’s alone. In your opinion, what is she feeling? Being alone versus feeling lonely To me there is a difference between being by myself […]
Does your highest priority change when you become a parent?
Having a baby changes everything. No matter what your highest priority was before, now you’re wired to care for this helpless being. You’re instantly alert from the tiniest of sounds, you’re planning your schedule around nap times and even when you’re so tired you can hardly stay awake you find some hidden power to push […]
The power of “I am” and putting things on repeat
She reaches across the table and accidentally tip over her glass, water flowing out over the table. She feels frustration and shame shoot through her body and I hear her exclaim “What an idiot I am, I’m so clumsy!”. I was sitting reading at a café, next to a mother and her two boys. The […]
Moving life into an upward or downward spiral
Life is always moving. You might have heard “Either you’re growing or you’re dying”. It can be depicted by a spiral. Either you’re on your way up, letting positive actions, feelings, results lift you higher and higher or you’re in a downward spiral. When you’re going down everything is hard. Taking action becomes difficult, your […]
How thick is the veil between your instinct and objective truth?
“Go with your gut instinct” people say and I believe it’s sound advice. Your higher self, often hidden in your subconscious doing battle with your lower self, already know the best course of action to take from where you are. But I’ve learnt to be cautious with my definition of instinct. The urge, originating from […]
Leadership in a family setting – who’s the locomotive?
What does leadership look like in a family context? Who is the leader in your household? Do you want your children to do as you say and follow your lead? Some years ago, during a lecture on leadership in a corporate setting, I heard the metaphor of the locomotive. It made a strong impression on […]
Den viktigaste förebilden är du!
I have a returning guest writer on my Blog today. I asked my daughter Linnea what she thinks would be an important topic for me to write on. We talked back and forth and she ended up writing her own piece. Enjoy 🙂 Jag känner min mamma och kan tänka mig att hon har skrivit […]
Pick the best moment to avoid unnecessary conflict
The first thing greeting you when you walk in the door is a heap of shoes, a couple of backpacks and jackets sprawled over the floor. Depending on your mood at this moment your reactions might scale from simply stepping over the mess to completely losing control and start screaming out loud. Is it possible, […]
Can you teach a child to become an entrepreneur?
I’ve recently written a few blog posts about finances and how one can talk to children about money. I believe it’s a subject we need to talk about and research at home. This time I thought I’d try to introduce the concept of “financial literacy” as well as a few basic ideas about supporting a […]