Love what you do
Be happy & be light in professional & personal life
Love what you do
Be happy & be light in professional & personal life
Podcast
Episode 23: Those stupid expectations – what expectations do to us …
The more expectations we have, the more likely it is that they will not be met. And we are then disappointed or dissatisfied or … Somehow we know that. But in most cases, it's not like we sit down or consciously choose the expectations. They're just suddenly there....
Episode 21: What does actually happen when we stop trying to be good? – How to be free
We spend our lives trying to be good. We want to be good at what we do. We want to be a good person. A good partner. A good daughter (or a good son). A good friend. Good at what we do. In doing so, we stick to what we believe is right. Codes of behavior that we have...
Episode 20: The thing about these feelings… – How you can start to perceive more again
I have already told you that I found feelings stupid in the past and preferred to focus on my rational part. And because I have customers over and over who either find feelings as stupid as I used to or even feel nothing at all, I just decided to do an episode about...
Episode 19: How to reach your goal in small steps
What is it like for you when you have something to do? I know this about me, that I think big. For example start with going to the gym and go there as often as possible. Do you also like to make big plans right away? We have goals and want to go there.And then...
Episode 18: All about appearance – don’t we actually have to be perfect?
Phew, quite often we think that we have to be something. AND that others should not know everything about us. I thought about this for quite a while after I had dinner with a friend and she confided something to me. Something that nobody was allowed to know....
Episode 17: How do get your hope back
Hope and also the absence of hope, hopelessness, came repeatedly across me during the last weeks. Customers who come to me with eyes full of hope. Who look positively into the future, are motivated and want to get started or already did. And there is also the other...
Episode 16: The Power of Gratitude – how you can change your life drastically with a small practice
„Janina what about an episode about gratitude?“ Yes! I am definitely in - and was super surprised that I haven’t talked much about gratitude in my podcast yet. Even though gratitude is an important element of each of my days. Why is gratitude so essentiell? For me...
Episode 15: Have courage to take breaks – how to achieve more and feel better while pausing
I already mentioned several times that we often want to make lots of progress and that it’s not often easy for us to take a break. And yet breaks are SO IMPORTANT. And that’s why today’s episode is about taking breaks. The absurde thing is that we give us even less...
Episode 14: Just: be
How easy it is to forget during every-day-life: to beWe hang on to thoughts that are about the past – or the future.Or we want to be productive.It was drummed into us: Faster, higher, further. Now.Self-optimization. Right now the trend is more to take time. To...
Episode 13: Dreaming big and just doing it – realizing in two steps
Some people dream and some people don't. I ruminated with a friend of mine about this after she got a strange reaction to her holiday plans and wondered what was the reason for it. Some people dream and some people don't.Okay, it's probably not that simple.I've been...
Episode 12: Can I (not) want that? About our needs and our attitude towards them
A while ago there was an episode about setting clear boundaries, episode 5: "About llamas and boundaries: learning how not to explain ourselves from the llama lady": Clearly stated, not justified. Sounds simple and logical at first. But why is this so easy in some...
Episode 10: Do unto yourself as you would have others do unto you! How you can give yourself what you want from others
We have a lot of expectations, of ourselves and of others. Expectations and needs. This episode is about what we would like to have from others. In order to get that, it is of course helpful that we do not expect others to be clairvoyant or simply behave the way we...
Episode 8: Kiss the frog – how to get done unloved things
Phew, are you familiar with things you don't want to do? Me, for sure! That can have the most different reasons ... The task is unpleasant for us. We have to do something we don't feel comfortable with or that we are not good at – or think we are not good at. Perhaps...
Episode 7: Don’t act like a baby, you sensitive little thing! – Life as an HSP
I used to think that feelings sucked, especially the bad ones. I always preferred my rational part, as I could control it. I've always been very sensitive, couldn't tolerate some things like food, was quickly hurt by others, did a lot for them to be friendly to me and...
Episode 6: What am I actually worth without my performance?
This episode is kind of thought-provoking ... I have come across the topic of “performance” several times in the past few weeks and I would like to share my thoughts with you. I was always very committed, already when I was in school. I didn't necessarily study a lot,...
Episode 5: About llamas and boundaries: learning how not to explain ourselves from the llama lady
Maybe you already know that I am a huge fan of Byron Katie and „The Work“.One of my favorite quotes is:„My name is „Yes“. I love living that way. I say yes to everything. For example, if you ask me to do something for you and I want to, I say yes. If you ask me to do...
Episode 4: Can you stand yourself – and the voice in your head?
I know enough people that can’t stand the silence.Rushing from one meeting to the next. They fill their free time with supposed adventures and are always busy.I can understand that well, I myself was one of them. Why is it then that we do not like to be alone and...
Episode 3: How you can overcome small fears – or how I learned to ride a bike again in Sahlenburg
We have small fears and big ones.I recently saw a woman wearing a t-shirt with the words “I am afraid of nothing” on it.Doesn’t that sound great? What we all know about fear is: fight or flight. We either fight or flee.I find Dr. Lissa Rankin’s book “The fear cure”...
Episode 2: We could become everything – if we just knew what we wanted
I am sitting in a small artisanal coffee shop in Cuxhaven in Germany and I am enjoying a latte. Next to me there are two girls sitting, laughing, eating cake. One of them says „I admire that those two already know exactly what they wanna do“ and then that she has no...
Episode 1: Intro – Love what you do podcast
In August I launched my German podcast „Liebe was du tust“ and it was already on my mind that it’s a shame that none of my English speaking friends would understand it. A few days later I had this deep and touching videochat with my friend Anna who lives in...