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The #1 reason why you feel so damn stuck

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Catarina | 2 Comments

You know those voices that keep telling you that ‘you can’t do blablabla’ or ‘you never get blablabla’ or that ‘it’s not worth it’ and so on – those voices that always seem to come up with a list of excuses as to why you are not going to do something or why you did something that you are not…

My special ones

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Catarina | 1 Comments

I came across this quote the other day, and it really resonated with me: You see, I have had to deal with ‘leaving people behind’ from a very early age. Even though I have no recollection of it, I took my first flight when I was 4 weeks old, from London to Lisbon, where my father was posted. And that was just the beginning…

Who is your Saboteur?

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Catarina | 3 Comments

When we set out to do something, at first we will probably be very motivated and excited – it’s the novelty effect or the honeymoon phase, but then at one point we might start to feel like we are losing momentum, which is when some negative thinking patterns appear. Knowing these patterns is very useful to have as warning signals. Let’s look at them…

It’s all his fault

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Catarina | 0 Comments

Just a little over 5 years ago I moved from Paris to Shanghai. With Nicolas. Because of Nicolas. I had very mixed feelings Excitement at staring a new adventure, but at the same time scared as I was in China for goodness sake – so a mixture of fear and enthusiasm, as I was leaving a corporate career of 14 years in a multi-national…

It’s all about me

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Catarina | 0 Comments

For those of you who know me, I really prefer not to be centre stage, but the day after we got back from holiday I was interviewed by the lovely Dominika Miernik. We talked about the transitions I have been through in the past few years and how I got to where I am today, doing what I do. If…

Hit by a flying fish

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Catarina | 0 Comments

After a 3h30m flight, followed by a 3h30m car drive we arrived in Barreirinhas, a small village in the Northeast of Brazil. We were greeted by the tour agent that had arranged to get us from this place to our final destination Atins. It’s a one-hour speed boat ride. He tells us we are in for a treat and about…

Moving On

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Catarina | 0 Comments

Five years ago we closed the door to our Parisian apartment for the last time. It has only been five years, yet it seems a lifetime ago. After six years living in the city of lights, we were starting a new adventure and moving to… China. It was a bundle of feelings – scary and sad, but thrilling and exciting…

How to stop struggling

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Catarina | 0 Comments

Imagine you are at a crossroad, and you can choose one of two roads: the road to struggle the road to joy I am assuming if you knew these were the choices, then you would not deliberately choose the first one – who wants to struggle? Yet everyday, in all the actions we take and the reactions we have we…

5 Easy Productivity Boosters

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Catarina | 0 Comments

Fact: there are only 24 hours in a day for all of us. You can’t change that and you can’t buy more time. But there are several things that you can do to make the most of your time. So if you are one of those people that finds the day rushes by without having achieved what you wanted to…

I need to stop having fun

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Catarina | 0 Comments

It was my birthday on Thursday and Nicolas told me that we were going away to the beach for the weekend. Mixed feelings. First: how sweet, what fun PLUS we can take Lucky Pup. Two seconds later followed by ‘Oh no, if we leave tomorrow that was when I was going to write my blog and send it to Amanda. She’s counting…

Initially I didn’t understand or comprehend the need for a coach. The concept was totally alien to me – I had no clue what a life/ career coach does.

I was going through some challenges at work. I had no work-life balance and was feeling very unhappy. A friend of mine suggested I talk to a life coach and another friend of mine introduced me to Catarina.

Catarina has been very spot on from the first time I spoke to her. With her help, I was able to understand my situation better and she helps…

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