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Anja Kersten

Chronic illness is a silent beast!

The invisible struggle with chronic illness is something very real for us people concerned; day in and day out. We are dealing with this…

5 min readApr 19, 2024

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Chronic illness is a silent beast!

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Anja Kersten

Which wound is keeping you from becoming more visible?

Often we aren’t aware of how many invisible things we are surrounded with in our everyday lives. We take them for granted, like the air for…

3 min readApr 13, 2024

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Which wound is keeping you from becoming more visible?

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Anja Kersten

Caught in the self improvement circus

When you’re both a seeker and a creative soul, it’s easy to find yourself caught in what I call the “self-improvement circus.” It’s similar…

3 min readApr 6, 2024

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Caught in the self improvement circus

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Anja Kersten

To follow your own path is hard

Let’s face it, to follow your own path is damn hard. Anything else is a lie. It’s probably because deep down most of us really want to fit…

4 min readMar 24, 2024

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To follow your own path is hard

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Anja Kersten

Our journey to authentic visibility!

Some of us didn’t only feel unseen maybe already from childhood onwards, but we also became a mirror for people close to us. We were very…

3 min readMar 16, 2024

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Our journey to authentic visibility!

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Anja Kersten

Is the ego really all bad?

When it comes to self- improvement, self-help and the spirituality-realm, our poor ego often is called out as the source of all evil. The…

3 min readFeb 25, 2024

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Is the ego really all bad?

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Anja Kersten

Selling opinions as truths to get you hooked

We live in an era, where we are bombarded with advice, especially on social media. Fifteen years ago it was maybe mostly the self help…

4 min readFeb 18, 2024

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Selling opinions as truths to get you hooked

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Anja Kersten

Toxic positivity leads to gaslighting

When we only want to see things in a positive light no matter what, it very easily can lead to both denying our own feelings as well as…

4 min readFeb 10, 2024

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Toxic positivity leads to gaslighting

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Anja Kersten

When we silence ourselves, we pay dearly!

Let’s talk about the price we pay, when we silence ourselves. It relates very much to an earlier article of mine, discussing the pain of…

4 min readJan 27, 2024

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When we silence ourselves, we pay dearly!

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Anja Kersten

When you put yourself into someone else’s shoe too much!

Are you familiar with the saying, ‘Put yourself into someone else’s shoes?’ It’s a piece of advice to encourage empathy as well as…

4 min readJan 21, 2024

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When you put yourself into someone else’s shoe too much!

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Anja Kersten

Anja Kersten

Writer, Performer, Life Coach, Masters in Social Work, Podcast Dreamy Cappuccino with original stories, 12 years of blogging with over 500 posts, Theatre Work

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