Author Archives: martijn_natasja

Living in the same country, the same city, the same district all my life in pretty much the same house….

As we were standing at our broken desk that functions as a kitchen counter, my [...]

Is there any hope in the end..?

“Where will you go to first??” I showed the young woman who almost sold her [...]

For exactly 16 months now….

Every second has been pretty much the same as that second the day before and [...]

Your perception of time vs the actual time

It’s 6:30 on a Monday morning. During weekends we get up much earlier to be [...]

I want to break free.

As we stood there waiting in the garden for mother to leave so that we [...]

Our survival mode

As I look at the weather forecast, it hits me. This isn’t the first time, [...]

Imagine…

Imagine….yourself at home. You have no job, nothing important to do and nowhere to be. [...]

Would you choose complicated freedom or incomplicated imprisonment?

“It’s as if a part of my brain wasn’t awake for all this time, as [...]

After almost a year…

“I’m so, so confused…” Those words were all I could say when we arrived back [...]

Bye bye dearest Alto

“That’s them. That’s it”. My legs instantly felt weak and it was as if I [...]

To be (the) outside(r)

“Try leaving the garden for a moment so that she gets the chance to get [...]

Healing blog series

Part 1 — How It Started I was lazily scrolling through Instagram when I saw [...]

Protected: Living with someone who “suffers” from a personality disorder caused by PTSD

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. [...]

How you can buy happiness

We all know having too little money can make a person really unhappy. This society [...]

My first client: mother

I was told in order to become the person I want to be, I have [...]

Why I want to become a lifestyle coach

This was quite a surprise to those who know me. Well, before they heard the [...]

What you can start doing NOW to improve your life DRASTICALLY

What do you think is the most important thing for your overall health? Exercise, diet [...]

Why we’re both growing our beards

“It’s longer than yours, isn’t it?” I pull the hairs of my beard together and [...]

How to live sustainably

A while ago I read about a woman who tries to live as sustainably as [...]

It must be love

After he’d finished giving me kisses on my face, I grinned. He didn’t notice. We [...]

Finding my true north with Kalle Flodin

Now that my coacher isn’t working for a while due to pregnancy, I figured I [...]

Finding my purpose with “Fall to Rise”

Spending so much time on my phone doing nothing that would give me satisfaction or [...]

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food

Let me start by saying I eat a lot. When you eat plantbased only, you [...]

Normalize not marrying and not having kids

As I watch our neighbor’s young son play with his go-cart (costing a few hundred [...]

Traditions for the sake of life

I’m standing in the sun that’s still very low above the horizon wearing only a [...]

A little accident

We were walking downtown at 6 o’clock on a Sunday, where it’s usually very busy [...]

Frequently asked questions that literally no one asked but should

How long have you been inside your mother’s house without LITERALLY leaving her doorstep?Almost 8 [...]

Vertel meer over jullie huisje-op-wielen verhaal!

Laat ik maar beginnen met de trieste regel omtrent zogenaamd te hoge en te lange [...]