We make a huge amount of decisions during the day. And yet with some of them, we are really poor at making them.

Today we talk about:

• More information needed


• Paradox of choice


• There is no wrong decision


• Analysis Paralysis


• The struggle of not deciding

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Have you ever heard that Gratitude has so many positive benefits like:

• Improved mood


• Stronger immune system


• Better sleep


• Creativity


• Improved relationships


• Better outlook on life in general

Yeah, we heard that too and either hated it or were indifferent to it.

Well, until that one experience. Now it has become a daily practice for us and we tell you why and how you can do that too.

Enjoy!

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We arrived in Malaga! How do you intentionally create the environment you want on a new continent?

In this episode, we share our intention-setting strategy and how you can use that when you start a new chapter in your life.

• Key points of intention setting


• The difference to goal setting


• Our intentions for Spain


• How you can use intentions for yourself

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We are moving on. 

How to let go of great times? How to say goodbye to friends and leave a place that has become home?

We move to a different continent. Thus, how to say goodbye and what does that even mean? 

In this episode we talk about:

• What do death and moving on have in common? 


• How to say goodbye in an honouring way? 


• How to survive the last days before moving on? 

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Money, Money, Money. Today's topic is about the status symbol for many of us and the reason for sleepless nights. 

Listen to two psychologists discussing why this topic is so unique. 

It's ruling us subconsciously. So we share some ways to detect it when it got a hold of you. 

In the end, there are some financial basics from us for those of you who don't dare to look into your finances. 

Enjoy this episode and let us know what you think on Instagram 👍🏼

Talk to you next week! 

Ciao! 

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Let's talk about choosing mentors. 

So basically a person that you directly or indirectly decide to learn something from.

For you to reflect. Who are those in your life?

But in this episode, we talk about a way to select people for you. We thought about a simple diagram that you can use to determine whether a mentor is good for you or not. 

So if you are struggling to know who is the right mentor to learn from and how to find one listen into our short episode about that.  

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What is #resilience and how do you deal with challenges? In this episode, we share some strategies on how you can overcome challenges and build resilience for the future.  These strategies are partly from psychology and partly from life experience The following topic was mentioned with Trust being the favourite and most important tool. 02:56 comeback rate 04:08 growth Mind 08:21 Community & resilience 10:33 Trust 13:48 how to deal with challenges on a daily basis  Enjoy today's episode and see you next week! Caro & Julian 

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In this episode of Better Together, the hosts discuss how to find a balance between deep analysis and play. They were inspired by comments from a hater who believed they were overanalyzing a movie. The hosts explain that they have been travelling together for a year and are both psychologists, which has caused them to analyze things deeply. They recognize that it can be a downside, so they are looking for a balance.    

In the end, they give important and valuable tips to get out of the mind and into the fun, chill & play mode.    

00:00 Intro & Welcome

01:13 Inspiration of this Episode: Our First Haters

14:48 Jellyfish Are Expectations and how to get rid of them

26:47 How to get into Play Mode!  

45:10 Outro & Action to help us.

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In the past year, we travelled a lot. Hence we needed an excellent routine that helped us stay sane.   

In today's episode, we share our morning routines, why it is so insanely useful, and what would happen if more people would actually do that.  

Also some learnings from 3-5 years of daily meditation practices.  

00:00 Intro

03:17 What is a morning routine?

09:30 What does aligning with oneself mean?

22:49 Stability through Meditation

31:02 What if more people had a morning routine?

35:51 How do you know you are off-track?

39:15 The benefits of meditation

41:23 The thing we don’t want to hear about meditation

46:16 Closing & Sunset

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This episode is all about the riches and insights we get from being around children. We are two psychologists (not specialized in child development) contemplating the wisdom we see in them. 

I remembered one thing that an Author/Coach from the Netherlands told me. She switched to working with children & teenagers because they are not yet so set in their patterns and willing to change. 

Sometimes it seems that adults are different from children. They have responsibilities, should be more in control of their emotions and know what they want. But the longer we talked about this subject the more we saw the similarities. 

When we slept wrong, we are moody. When we suppress our emotions for too long we get sick. Other people don't understand what we are doing. 

The main parts we will talk about are:

• Fun stories of children


• Personality traits that shine through as a child 


• What would happen when society would be more authentic


• How can we be better adults by learning from children


• What steps can we do to improve ourselves

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