Welcome to my blog

Here you’ll find short articles about creativity, trauma-informed coaching, meaningful working and living, healing and personal growth. I also share books that I love and have found useful and reflect on creative or experiential processes to support you in cultivating your own reflective practice.

Free from AI. This blog is written by one human (that’s me, Conny), from the heart, with you in mind. I hope you find inspiration, food for thought and not too many typos!

Sensemaking in May: my monthly reflections

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: how arts-based processes engage all our neural networks, embracing the tensions of meaningful living, leaning into compassion, not knowing and client wisdom, and the value of process notes in reflective practice.

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Sensemaking in January: my monthly reflections

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: embracing sketchbooks for creative, reflective practice. Asking: What do I want? And how cultural context is enriching our conversations about trauma.

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Sensemaking in October: my monthly reflections

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: elicit emotional responses in your creative reflections, talk to your brain by slowing down, asking existential questions and trauma-informed leadership.

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Sensemaking in September: my monthly reflections

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: the flywheel of inspiration, Sensemaking Studio 2025, safe enough spaces and meaning-making in retrospect.

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Sensemaking in August: my monthly reflections

In my monthly reflections, I share how the 4 qualities that inform my coaching and courses – arts-based, trauma-informed, reflective and meaning-focused – are showing up in my work and life.

This month: my tiny practice, when writing heals, the true versus the adapted self and when to show up from which.

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