Hello and welcome to Time for Changes!

Here you can find reflections on leaving a nice corporate career behind and dedicating yourself to the family by becoming a wife and mother. Furthermore, you can follow the life changes in the pursuit for another passion: helping others through Coaching and Pilates. Finally, all of this is happening while living in a different country, culture and language – it has definitely been a fun adventure and it’s great to be able to share these changes with you.

The baby section has articles displayed in chronological order but otherwise feel free to navigate randomly through the different posts. They are spontaneous bursts of reflections and reactions along the journey, as different things were happening.

Thank you for being a part of this project, may you find it engaging and enjoyable.

Sometimes, it’s time for a career move. Sometimes, it’s time for more.

Here will be the place and time to share that move. Maybe it will move you too.

Week 26 – Bowling Pin

Week 26 – Bowling Pin

Adapting Non stop changes "If there's no awareness that there is more beyond this awesome cocoon, is the cocoon making all of it happen?"  Another week, and I've been adapting a lot to a new reality. The belly keeps growing, not tremendously this week, and the...

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Written Exam: Checked

Written Exam: Checked

I just finished the required written exam to become a certified coach. It was actually a lot of fun despite my discomfort in studying and actually getting started. It is yet another example that will hopefully help me remember that often the anxiety preceding an...

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A is for awesome

A is for awesome

It seemed to shine and reflect the sunlight. I kid you not; it was like those scenes in the movies, where the light and the mood is just right. It was awesome.

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Week 23 – Grapes

Week 23 – Grapes

I remember being very young, maybe three or four years old, and being on the country side with my great grandmother. It is the only memory I have of her and possibly the only time we were together. The smell was delicious, the sun was nice and warm. And she was...

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Week 22 – Corn!

Week 22 – Corn!

I finally decided to postpone the Pilates certification. Ah, it is hard to put things on hold, miss expectations and put things you like in a "later" box. Still, the moment the decision was made and shared there was a huge relief, a sense of weight off my shoulders....

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Destruct to Construct

Destruct to Construct

The challenge remains, though, as there are always more exercises and variations to experiment with. Or new approaches to exercises you can already make, bringing you back to a fresh perspective. A new layer, a deeper learning experience.

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Mirrors – Reflections on Disrespect

Mirrors – Reflections on Disrespect

Everyone that enters our lives is a teacher, they all have something to give. This lesson was a very expensive reminder that I come first. It is true that I can try to understand where others are on their path in life and what they are struggling with (narcissism, a very broken soul?). Yet, protecting my own space and needs must come first.

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Week 21 – Weasel

Week 21 – Weasel

The boy is big! Over 26 cms, moving around non stop when awake and then going back to sleep. He is just adorable and I can't wait to meet him 🙂   My husband was travelling for most of the week and there was plenty to do about the move, paperwork, coaching...

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Priorities

Priorities

Deciding when it’s time to push and when it’s time to let go. A journey of balancing different priorities between pregnancy, passions, family, health.

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Week 19 – Hedgehog

Week 19 – Hedgehog

What a week! Everything at once A spiky week A trip to London, 5h Pilates workouts, a final certification exam, hitting my face against a wall, my dad’s visit and catching a cold – it was a fully packed week. This was a packed week: I had a trip to London, with 5 hour...

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Week 18 – Slingshot

Week 18 – Slingshot

The baby is the size of a slingshot Growing in all areas Moving forwards "How much can we share of all the noises, movements, feelings and thoughts that I am experiencing now?"  Growing and Moving It has been a very busy week, filled with an overall feeling of...

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Concentrated Happiness

Concentrated Happiness

We have a new home, a beautiful home and it's just unbelievable how great this phase in life is. We spent the weekend packing and unpacking, dealing with little time and tiredness but in the end it was actually quite a lot of fun. The new home is beautiful and we are...

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Week 17 – Chipmunk

Week 17 – Chipmunk

Baby is the size of a chipmunk Can't eat enough nuts for this Fast Progress, Slow Fuel "The feeling in the belly changes every day, becoming closer to what I imagine the kicks will feel like." 17 weeks already, things are going rather quickly and smoothly.   The...

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Hanging in there

Hanging in there

My body remembers this accident very well and doesn’t trust hanging at all. One could argue that if I hadn’t been able to grab them, I wouldn’t be here at all. So, in that sense, my arms were the heroes that saved me.

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