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Slow living is often pictured in wide kitchens and country houses. Wooden tables. Linen curtains. Gardens stretching beyond the window. But many people live in apartments. Small ones. Above traffic, below neighbours, with limited storage and walls close enough that sound travels easily. And somewhere in the back of their mind lives a quiet, persistent…
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There’s something humbling about being confronted with who you once were. She found me on LinkedIn last year, nearly thirty years after we’d lost touch from school. I remembered her name before I remembered much else — she remembered everything. The house I grew up in. My parents. Afternoons I’d completely forgotten were ever part…
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One morning I stepped outside and realised I wasn’t bracing. All winter, stepping out the door has meant tightening — shoulders up, breath shorter, hands searching for pockets. But that morning, the air met my face differently. The sun had warmth in it. Not dramatic warmth. Just enough to soften the edges. Later, walking through…
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There’s a photo from this spring I keep coming back to. Roger and me, still in our motorbike gear, sitting on a terrace in La Roche-en-Ardenne in the first proper sunshine of the year. A cold Belgian beer for me, a coke for him. Nothing remarkable happened. We just sat there for a while, helmets…
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There is a particular kind of tension that arrives before conflict fully reveals itself. It doesn’t begin with raised voices or sharp words. It begins much earlier, in the body. My jaw tightens. My breathing becomes shallow. My thoughts sharpen into something almost metallic. Sometimes it is triggered by something small — a tone, a…
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Right now, my house is quiet. Two dogs are asleep on the couch — one stretched out on her side, completely surrendered to gravity, the other folded into a nest of blankets as if he has nowhere else to be. A cat on top the cushions curled in a ball. Every now and then, a…
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By February, many people start thinking about travel. Not in a concrete way yet — more as a feeling.A week away. A change of scenery. Something to look forward to once winter loosens its grip. And yet, for many of us, the moment we start thinking about holidays, something tightens instead of opening. Alongside anticipation,…
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When people ask about Gentle Productivity, they often expect techniques. Better planning.Smarter routines.More intentional habits. But Gentle Productivity isn’t about managing yourself more carefully. It’s about reducing how much has to be managed at all. Because for many people, life isn’t overwhelming because they’re doing things wrong —it’s overwhelming because too much responsibility is being…
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When people hear the word productivity, they often think of work. Deadlines. Meetings. To-do lists. The satisfaction of crossing things off and the anxiety of falling behind. But for many of us, the pressure doesn’t stop when work does. It shows up in how we move our bodies — the guilt of a missed workout,…
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Gentle productivity when work feels heavy and exhausting Lately, many people describe the same experience. They’re doing what they’ve always done. Showing up. Keeping things going. And yet, something doesn’t sit right anymore. Work feels heavier — not because it suddenly changed, but because they did. Or their capacity did. Or the world did. There’s…
