A blog to explain a bit more about Elements of Resilience and how we use the framework in our lives. Here we show some practical examples and hope you’ll gain a bit more knowledge about resilience. Today in Elements of Resilience in our lives: Self! Self Self is the most personal element; it can be quite hard to grasp as it implies something different to everyone. Generally, the element self is about living a meaningful life. But what does that mean? Life choices Life can be pretty overwhelming and there are so many options, choices and possibilities. This is something…
We hope to explain a little bit more about Elements of Resilience and how we use the framework in our lives. We will show some practical examples and hope you’ll gain a bit more knowledge about resilience. Today in Elements of Resilience in our lives: Rhythm! Rhythm Currently, rhythm for us has a lot to do with rituals and planning. We are both working 4 days a week at a company, which means we need to be somewhere at and for a certain time. For us, a set rhythm in the mornings and evenings can help us get through the…
Long time no see! Two whole months of no blogs – you must be wondering what we’re up to! Well, lots of things changed in those weeks. We have moved house, went on holiday to The Netherlands, celebrated Matariki and enjoyed New Zealand winter. Today I’ll give you a little update. We’ll be back with more blogs and videos a bit more regularly from now on! Moving house Just 6 days before we left on our trip to The Netherlands we moved house! We found a tiny rental house not far from where we used to live. It’s a small…
Yes, I know, I know, I owe you a little race report from the Buller Gorge marathon I ran on 11 February… Back in January I wrote about my training and preparation for my first NZ marathon, located on the beautiful West Coast of New Zealand! Here, I’d like to share how it went (better late than never?). Spoiler alert: as per usual in life, things did not go as planned! Yet, even though my first marathon in New Zealand didn’t turn out as expected, it was a great experience nonetheless! Before the marathon I took a day off on…
We’ve experienced quite a few earthquakes since arriving in Aotearoa New Zealand only 6 months ago! Some big, some small, some barely noticeable at all. One even made headlines all the way back in the Netherlands. Triggering heaps of messages to ask us if we’re alright. Well, yes, we are! I’ve been reading a bit about this fascinating subject since we first got shaken up. I thought I would write a post about it sharing some of the things I’ve learned. I’ll probably revisit this one in the future as there’s way more to earthquakes (in New Zealand and beyond)…