4 Keys To Balanced Living: A Four Quadrant Approach

April 01, 2014 by Nicole Koch in Change And Inner Wisdom

When I teach, work with people or just simply think about how to best make tools available to people, my tendency is to look for a systemic approach in which I can divide ideas into four major distinctions, or four areas of focus.

From the beginning of my training as a Counsellor and Life Coach, I became fascinated with four quadrant approaches, as a framework to organize my ideas, methodologies and techniques, and to gain an overview beyond the various methods I was learning.

6 Ways To Stop Devaluing Yourself

March 25, 2014 by Nicole Koch in How to's and tips

There is learning in every failed attempt, or perceived mistake. What counts is that you do not devalue yourself. Many times, you might have goals, and you might not accomplish them initially.

When you devalue yourself you limit your potential, your creativity and what you can achieve. And it is a habit or pattern that can be changed.

The Link Between Knowing Your Purpose And Identity

March 18, 2014 by Nicole Koch in Lifestyle

For some time I have been aware that for many people finding their purpose seems to be connected to an outer event or circumstance in which they contribute to others or see certain goals fulfilled. It is almost as if the idea is there, that you feel a certain identity, and that you have now found your purpose, which is somehow separate from who you are.

I think that is a familiar identity, believing that you can actually find your purpose, without deeply looking into who you are, without peeling away layers of unconsciousness and beliefs, staying in the same comfort zone you have always been...

5 Movies About Time Travel, Time Distortion And Time Shift

March 05, 2014 by Nicole Koch in Lifestyle

Over the last weeks, I ended up watching a lot of movies on time travel. I didn't realize it at first, and then after a while it became more clear to me that this had been a theme in my movies. I wondered about time, perception, and the importance of not wasting a single precious moment.

A Strategy To Get Unstuck

February 25, 2014 by Nicole Koch in How to's and tips

When we get stuck, it feels like things are not moving forward. We seem to not know what to do and we seemingly end up unable to take the next step.

Stuckness is not easy to be with. For once, it leaves us helpless, often immobilized to the possibilities of life. What is more, often we do not have any idea what to do about it, as our mind circles around in familiar patterns, flying through the same orbit over and over again.

10 Quotes About Every Day Mindfulness

February 11, 2014 by Nicole Koch in Change And Inner Wisdom, Quotes

"Drink your tea slowly, and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly without rushing towards the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life."
Thich Nhat Hanh