What is Polyvagal Theory and the Autonomic Ladder? A thorough explanation of how your body responds to stress - and what you can do about it.

How does your nervous system work and how to self-regulate your fight, flight, fawn, flop and freeze responses with the help of Polyvagal Theory.

Is a Life Coach worth it? Benefits, pitfalls, & why a friend isn't a Coach

Considering hiring a Life Coach? This is a must read. Discover the benefits, often overlooked pitfalls and why it’s not the same as talking with a friend.

Next Step in LifeKarin PeetersJanuary 4, 2026life coach, life coaching, benefits, pitfalls, challenges, drawbacks, friend, therapy, worth it, life coaches, benefit, hiring, working

Life Transition Coaching: How to navigate major life change with clarity and confidence?

Find out how to navigate major life events with clarity, compassion and confidence — revealing the deeper alignment and hidden inner gifts within times of change.

Next Step in LifeKarin PeetersDecember 4, 2025life transition, life transitions, major life events, coaching, coach

How to overcome conflict avoidance? Nine ways to stop being afraid to argue.

Avoiding conflict may feel like the easy way out, but in reality, it often leads to long-term dissatisfaction and emotional stagnation. Embracing confrontation with compassion, awareness, and patience can pave the way for stronger, more resilient relationships.

Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersNovember 29, 2025coaching, psychotherapy, conflict, avoidance, fear, confrontation, fawning, people pleasing

What is the Parent Adult Child Model (PAC) model in Transactional Analysis?

Taking time to become our own nurturing parent for our inner child is so vital. This model helps to improve our relationship with ourselves and others, enhances our communication and frees ourselves from unhelpful patterns.

Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersNovember 28, 2025PAC Model, Parent, Adult, Child, Model, Transactional, Analysis, TA, Theory, Psychology, ego state, ego states, Eric Berne, transactions

What is your Life Script (Transactional Analysis - TA), how is it formed and how to rewrite it?

Understanding your life script, injunctions (prohibitions) and drivers (behavioural sign posts), and making conscious redecisions is vital for a healthy, authentic life. Includes four ways to rewrite your own script.

Confidence & Self-Worth, Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersSeptember 24, 2025anxiety, Transactional, Analysis, TA, life scripts, script, injunctions, drivers, childhood, parent adult child model, examples, script of life

Don’t really enjoy spending time with your parents, even though they aren’t terribly unkind in any obvious ways? This is why, and how to improve your relationship.

There may not necessarily be anything particularly traumatic or 'toxic', but rather we just don’t have the flow and ease with our parents that we’d like. Learn ways to improve your communication and relationship today.

Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersAugust 14, 2025coaching, psychotherapy, rosenberg, nvc, non-violent communication, parents, primary caregivers, communication

Quiet your inner critic with mindful journal prompts and Life Coaching exercises

Enjoy these simple yet profound mindful writing exercises to silence your inner crtitc, manage anxiety and cultivate a compassionate inner voice.

Confidence & Self-Worth, Reduce Stress and AnxietyKarin PeetersJuly 28, 2025inner critic, negative self talk, writing exercises, journalling, journalling prompts, ideas, tools, techniques, journal, compassionate inner voice, critical self talk, anxiety, confidence, mindful

Is people pleasing affecting your relationship, and what can you do about it?

Let’s explore what lies at the root of this sometimes lovable, sometimes infuriating, trait and what can we do about it if we want to break free of people pleasing patterns and enjoy relationships on more equal terms.

Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersJune 2, 2025people pleasing, syndrome, definition, trauma, self-esteem, psychology, relationship

My adventure of being short-listed for a TEDx Talk

I’ve been on a big journey, applying for a TEDx Talk, being short-listed and preparing for the audition… and here I am to share the outcome and gifts from this adventure.

Behind the ScenesKarin PeetersMay 19, 2025tedx, tedtalk, voice coaching, public speaking

Assertiveness: speaking up for yourself with assertive, yet compasssionate communication

What does assertiveness mean, and how to speak up for yourself in a way that isn’t agressive but is kind to yourself and the other?

Confidence & Self-Worth, Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersApril 15, 2025tools, techniques, confidence, assertiveness, assertive, communication, meaning, definition, skills, find voice, speaking up, behaviour, examples

How to overcome self-doubt? Cultivating compassion and confidence to overcome the silent saboteur that holds so many of us back

There are times when, despite our best efforts, that harsh voice in our heads shows up and chips away at our confidence, sowing those niggling seeds of uncertainty and misgiving. Let’s understand more about the roots of self-doubt and ways to approach it with compassion.

Confidence & Self-WorthKarin PeetersMarch 11, 2025coaching, therapy, self-doubt, anxiety, overthinking, confid, self-esteem, exercises, meaning, overcome, inner critic

Slowly does it during the winter months

Feel the tendency to withdraw over winter and experience a lower mood, wondering if you suffer from winter depression? Let’s explore Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and find out how to naturally embrace slowing down pace in winter.

Lifting your MoodKarin PeetersFebruary 3, 2025coaching, therapy, psychotherapy, depression, depressed, winter, winter months, treatment, lamp, seasonal affective disorder, sad, meaning, symptoms, self-help tips

A walk-through of the model of Non-Violent Communication so you can have those difficult conversations without stomach ache!

How often have you walked away from a conversation feeling frustrated, unheard and misunderstood, where things maybe got unintentionally personal and you wish you had responded differently? NVC guides you through difficult conversations with confidence and ease.

Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersJanuary 13, 2025therapy, meaning, non-violent communication, marshall rosenberg, nvc, model, process, language for life

Festive Burnout - what to do when Christmas creates stress, anxiety and overwhelm?

Does the thought of Christmas exhaust you? Here we are offering some very practical things to do in the moment should you become overwhelmed.

Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersNovember 25, 2024christmas, exhaustion, overwhelm, burnout, stressful, stress, festive season, holidays

You have needs - and they really matter!

Discover what drives you and learn how having an intimate understanding of your needs is crucial to being able to communicate in a way that fosters greater potential for resolution of conflict and harmony.

Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersNovember 17, 2024coaching, psychotherapy, human, need, needs, emotional, values, rosenberg, nvc, non-violent communication, theory, list, definition, universal, pyramid, Tony Robbins

What is EMDR Therapy? A clear definition, what it really means, and how this powerful method works.

What is EMDR Therapy, how does it work and how can it help you process those distressing (or traumatic) memories? So you can stop worrying that a wave of old emotions take over and impact your sense of freedom, safety and joy in the moment.

Lifting your Mood, Reduce Stress and AnxietyKarin PeetersOctober 14, 2024therapy, emdr, eye movement, trauma, ptsd, meaning, definition

RAIN by Tara Brach: a path to radical Self-Compassion

Embrace the RAIN: A four step path to radical Self-Compassion and emotional balance by Tara Brach.

CBT Thought Record Diary: How to recognise and reframe your intrusive negative thoughts?

How to recognise and reframe your intrusive negative thoughts? An explanation with free download of the powerful tool of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Thought Record to overcome your unhelpful thinking patterns.

Lifting your Mood, Reduce Stress and AnxietyKarin PeetersAugust 17, 2024cbt, cognitive, behviour, therapy, theory, thought record, thought, transformation

When switching off is not enough… How to really relax and why it matters.

Do you find it hard to switch off and recharge your batteries? What you call "relaxing" might be little more than distraction or avoidance. Learn all about how to truly relax here.