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.

Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Lifting your MoodKarin PeetersFebruary 10, 2026

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, seasonal affective disorder, sad, meaning, self-help tips

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, trauma, ptsd, meaning

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, therapy, theory, thought record, transformation

Seven ways to Soothe

Seven ways to soothe your activated nervous system, and bring it back in a regulated and calm state. Enjoy reading!

Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Lifting your MoodKarin PeetersMay 8, 2024coaching, psychotherapy, nervous system, calm, calming

Let’s get emotional! How to build our emotional vocabulary?

How to figure out how we feel about something? And how to express emotions in words? Let’s expand our emotional vocabulary with feeling words, so we can name our experiences and improve our connection with ourselves and others.

Lifting your Mood, Loving Relationships, Reduce Stress and AnxietyKarin PeetersMarch 19, 2024emotions, feelings, meaning, brene brown, template, cartography

The best spirituality books to read that will change your life - recommended by a Spiritual Coach & Psychotherapist

Recommended psychological self-help reads for the spiritually curious. There’s a whole variety of suggestions from lighter reads to more soul searching offerings.

Spiritual Health & Wellness, Lifting your MoodKarin PeetersJuly 23, 2023spirituality, spiritual, direction, coaching, therapy, buddhism, taoism, self-help

What's the colour of the traffic light of your life?

A simple coaching tool that uses the colours of a traditional traffic light to represent how you're feeling and how you can react to any given situation.