I have a gazillion feelings about my body, but love isn’t one of them. When I look at myself in the mirror, I don’t see an ugly monster; nor…
“Just sit and think?” the journalist asked, incredulous. She called me because a while back, I wrote a story about the power of niksen (that’s Dutch for “doing…
I’ve read in some parenting book (and why do I keep reading them???) that every generation softens up their approach to raising children compared to their parents before…
While everybody is making resolutions and even picking a theme for the new year, I do my usual, which is not making resolutions, and generally live my life…
On October 23rd 2020, the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland, where I’m originally from, decided that abortions due to serious and life-threatening fetal defects were unconstitutional and should thus…
I’ve never been very good at responding to well-meant but sometimes downright annoying comments I get as a mother. I don’t mind most of them, but there is…
I often find myself walking into a store and find lots of… nothing. Because somebody somewhere decided two things: 1) A woman who has the size of a…
When I was a little girl, I learned that there are words you shouldn’t say. The priest said so and I trusted him. This is why I decided…
I am walking down the street; engrossed in a conversation with a person I enjoy having discussions with: myself. My eldest is at school, my other children at…
The Internet is a wonderful thing, truly, absolutely wonderful. It allows brilliant people to showcase their talents, wits and general awesomeness. However, it also gives various charlatans, quacks…