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The Truth about Corporate Storytelling
If I had a penny for every time a businessman or woman asked me why corporate stories need emotion, I'd probably be fishing on my private...
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Burnout & Creative Anxiety - The night is darkest before the dawn
Recently, I visited one of my best friends who had a bit of a fallback in her burnout cycle. Although she's been doing all the right...
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EMDR or exposure? How to realign your (creative) alarm bells
After a burnout, a creative depression or in stressful times all together, your body's alarm bells can be a little too sensitive. In...
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In the Zone - How to Reach Creative Health
How does it feel to be 'in the zone' creatively? Most people feel or imagine it to be a state of great confidence. And yes, sometimes...
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The Creative Anxiety Diary
A well known and often used technique to fight anxiety, depression and burnout is keeping a diary. There is no doubt in my mind about its...
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Then What Are We Fighting For?
Art and culture sectors are suffering deeply. That's not only terrible for them, it's devastating for the entire world economy. What so...
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Stoicism and Storytelling
Today, I'd like to share with my readers a personal approach of mine in storytelling: being a stoic. Stoicism is a life philosophy made...
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The Catch (Short Story)
“Everywhere? No way!” Her eyes big, mouth open in astonishment, while she stared at her grandfather. “It’s true. Cross my heart.”...
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Creative Energy - How to handle Criticism
In a creative career, criticism is the one big constant you'll always face. On the one hand, you'll have to follow your own gut feeling....
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Restart Story - Burnout Solution 9 - Feelings, Anxiety and Breathing
Apart from a general lack in energy many burnout victims also suffer from anxiety issues. This happens for a reason: your feelings and...
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The Echo Chamber (Short Story)
He called his screens his ‘eyes’. There were hundreds of them. Black and white, CRT, LCD and plasma. Old and new, thick and thin, small,...
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Burnout Recovery & Creative Energy - Overthinking and Underbellies
When we are stuck creatively, becoming more depressed, or even already in a burned out state, we tend to overthink. The trick to getting...
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Restart Story - Burnout Solution 8 - Time & Treatment
So, there is no cure for burnout. Why? Because you are not sick, nor broken. You feel terrible yes. But you don't have a disease. You...
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Restart Story - Burnout Solution 7 - The Martial Arts
Of course, I make a point in the book of saying your recovery should be highly personal. So I don’t know if this will work for you… but...
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Restart Story - Burnout Solution 6 - Signals of your body
Very often burnout victims have not paid attention to the signals their body gave them. Heck, I even ignored an episode when I landed in...
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Restart Story - Burnout Solution 5 - Your Creative Relationships
A special mention in your personal road to recovery is friends and family. They are the ones who stand by you in your time of need....
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Restart Story - Burnout Solution 4 - The Help Team
A lot of the reactions I get are from the people who support burnout victims, help people with creative anxieties or step up to the plate...
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Interview on the book Restart
Thank you so much for the fantastic interview by Watersedge Counseling on Restart - Burnout Recovery. It is an honor to tell the story...
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Social Media as Online Public Space
Should social media companies edit content? Some say no and cite freedom of speech. Others say yes and cite hate speech. What is the way...
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Restart Story - Burnout Solution 3 - Positive About Negative Feelings
What we wish for when we are in a negative emotional state is to come out of it. Yet, it's a cycle: the more we want to be out of the...
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