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The Walk - When Protecting Your Evenings Changes Everything
The birds are loud again. The days are getting brighter. And somewhere between winter and spring, I’ve made a decision that is changing everything.
In this week’s episode, I talk about something very...
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The Walk - Lent Without Pressure: Rebalancing Life in Forty Days
On the verge of Lent, I found myself asking a different question than usual. Not, what big project can I launch, or how can I make these forty days impressive, but what actually needs rebalancing in my life right now?...
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The Walk - The Boundary Experiment That Changed My Week
A few weeks ago, I could feel it in my body before I fully admitted it to myself.
My blood pressure was up. My sleep was fragmented. Even at night, my brain was on orange alert. And during the day, I had this nagging...
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The Walk - What Happens When You Actually Slow Down
This week, I realized something I didn’t expect: doing less can actually help you do more.
After weeks of high blood pressure and creeping exhaustion, I finally took a step back to reevaluate how I work. With the help...
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The Walk - How My Body Forced Me to Listen
This week might quietly become one of the most important of the entire year. Not because of a big success or dramatic moment, but because something inside me finally shifted.
After weeks of pushing myself beyond the...
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The Walk - What January Taught Me About Recovery
I had a clear plan for January. It was going to be my month to get away, take a writing retreat, change my surroundings, and recharge after the intense December production sprint. Instead, I stayed home. And I worked....
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The Walk - One Week to Save My Month
This week, I finished something I didn’t think was possible: I wrote 20 podcast scripts in just a few days. That’s about 25,000 words. I recorded and edited a dozen of them. I skipped walks, meals, sleep. I pulled the...
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The Walk - The Crunch of Snow and the Start of Something New
On the Feast of the Epiphany, I kicked off my new daily Dutch podcast Heilige van de Dag with the first episode about the Magi. It’s a year-long journey, telling the stories of saints and martyrs—one per weekday. The...
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The Walk - This Year Was Wild (But I’d Do It Again)
It’s the day before New Year’s Eve. I’m walking through the woods, watching my step—there’s still some sneaky patches of ice on the pavement. The sun is out, the air is crisp, and despite everything, I’m still going....
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The Walk - This Christmas Feels Different
I don’t know what happened, but somehow, I’m ready for Christmas this year. Not the scrambling-at-the-last-minute kind of ready. Actually ready. The house is clean, the work is done, the pantry doors are closed on all...
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The Walk - The Art of Doing Less (and Meaning More)
Every December, I tell myself the same story. That I’ll slow down. That I’ll spend my afternoons reading by the fire, catching up on the books I didn’t finish during the year. That I’ll rest, breathe, and maybe even...
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The Walk - The Deadline, the Danger Light, and the Walk I Almost Skipped
I almost didn’t go outside to record this episode. I was sitting at my desk, staring at my to-do list, convincing myself that staying put was the responsible thing to do. After all, I had committed to finishing twenty...
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