I wrote an article about women at the top for Harper’s Bazaar September issue, making me re-think ambition and career and looking into the lives of strong women in our culture. These should be conversation we have between women, it is so much more empowering to talk about self worth and possibilities, than to linger…

I love fire. It is one of the things I miss most when I am in Holland: making fire on a daily base. Fire is for candles, for cooking food, lighting cigarets. Fire is practical and useful. But once you have seen a house burning down or a forest fire, you see what fire can…

I made a vow to myself. Whenever coming back to Amsterdam, I have to try and stay positive. To show myself the love side of things. One week here, I find it hard. Being positive can feel very shallow and fake when you don’t feel positive. When everything in your body is shouting: I don’t…

I am in Amsterdam. Yesterday I heard someone say that sitting is the new smoking. And later that grey is the new blond. Then I saw that ice cream shops are the new snack bars and gin tonic the new beer. NEW.  It is amazing how fast little Amsterdam changes. The pace is up. And…

“Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled— to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world.” ― Mary Oliver

Have you ever been blown out of a chairlift when you went skiing? Or felt the sun burning in the midst of winter? Anyone who has been to the mountains knows how strong the elements can be. I have learned so much about the rocks, trees, plants, wind, water, fire, earth, air, sun, moon and stars, I will…

In France a lot of very spiritual people surround us. Shamans, clear voyants, guru’s. City people come to visit them in the mountains to learn something new. Other neighbours are less spiritual, but just as interesting, turning away from modern life and consumerism. They moved to the end of the world to live a completely different, or…