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

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

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

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 and freeze responses with the help of Polyvagal Theory.

What is the 54321 Grounding Technique for Anxiety, Racing Thoughts and Stress?

Learn a powerful coping technique for managing the symptoms of anxiety and stress by grounding yourself in the present moment. It is called the 5 Senses Mindfulness Exercise when your mind is agitated and you are longing for inner calm.