What is so cool about Norway?

What is so cool about Norway...What makes it so energizing to live here? This is what makes it for me. First of all : fresh air to breathe...Secondly : the mountains, the sea shore, the fjords.
The nature here is amazing: adventurous and healing. Did you ever notice how half an hour out in nature "solves everything" ?

What I also like, is the finishing of work at 4pm. Acctually I do see traffic jam sometimes already at 3.30...True , people do get up quite early, but hey, if you have some extra hours in the afternoon....great!!!! Here you can even see the boss going at 4 to pick up his/her child at nursery. I already experience some better quality of life even after only 2 months since our reptariation from London. Being able to eat dinner together as a family is one. Not having to postpone things to the weekend but have some spare hours in the afternoon is already great.
And this is from a lady who LOVES London...but for other reasons.

Before leaving I had a feeling that going back to Scandinavia with my little family was the right thing to do...after many-oh-many discussions on what to do....And coming over and still feeling that this was really the right thing feels even better. We based the decision on our values. The values of nature, freedom and good health. It was not based on the value of adventure...but hey, adventure just jumped in...as it does in life....

What are the reasons you live where you live??? Curious tho hear your stories.

Love & sunshine from inside (outside is pouring rain...)
Yvette

Aktiv Treningssenter has Les Mills classes !!!

http://www.lesmills.com/

At Aktiv you will find a very friendly athmosphere check it out: http://www.aktivtreningssenter.no/. Since I am a big fan of Les Mills group fitness classes this club on Tjensvoll has got it all!

Les Mills classes are so varied , so efficient and so much FUN!!! There is something for EVERYONE : take a look : http://www.lesmills.com/


Have an energizing day!
Yvette

Energy Booster or what...?

Went surfing two weekends on Bore Beach /Bore Strand...and surfing has it all for me...challanges, nature, sea, adrenaline, calm & peace, thrill, joy, trying, falling, trying again, falling again, recover and come back, succeeding, happiness, falling again and into the washing machine, standing up, new strategy, recover , come back, succeeding and succeeding and succeeding ....and soooo wonerfully tired in the end of the day...and pick nick on the beach taste so good...and still feeling some sand in my hair when going to bed...hey...what an amazing day!!!

Surfing is like a microscopic version of life itself!!!

Can't wait to go back into the water :-)

Have an energizing week...whatever THAT is for you!
I am taking a Body Step class tomorrow at Aktiv Treningssenter... :-)

/Yvette

Biking with kids in the bike wagon

Wow, talk about an energy booster, we just got ourselves a bike-wagon so I can take both kids out on the bike. Did first ride with them this morning biking to nursery...and hey , did I wake up!!! GREAT!!!!

Sourcing for mindful and zest-y mornings this autumn :-)

Have an energizing day

Yvette

Green Tiger

For those of you who are curious I started one more blog: Green Tiger on : http://www.yvettegreentiger.blogspot.com/ It is a blog about enjoying life and celebrating beauty in every sense! Check it out and CONTRIBUTE!!!

Yvette

Do we have to have control of everything?

Today I am wondering if we have to have control of everything...and MY answer is no...A bit of planning is great to simplify life, YES! YES ! YES! I praise routines and plans ,as a mum of two and entrpreneur I NEED It. AND I also come to realize the beauty of not knowing everything that is going to happen and anticipating with that...Planning is fine, but with a portion of FLEXIBILITY and CREATIVITY.

Being flexible release lots of energy...the road to Rome can be built in many different ways...OPENESS is also a big key for me. When I put on my FLEXIBLE and OPEN glasses I seem to be friendlier as well...how about that :-)

So have an open and flexible day !

Lots of sunshine!!!
Yvette

New beginings

September is a month of new beginings as is january. But hey, if you think about it every moment can be a new begining. I have come to WOW the tool "recovery". The recovery tool helps me from quickly getting out of a "victim" mood. I tell myself "stop beating yourself up - it's not too bad" "Come on, get over with it and go on"... I am getting better and better at it...Work in progress...Very very useful and powerful. Think about it , if we feel sorry for ourselves it is really us who decide, will it be for 10 minutes, half an hour, half a day, a week, a month, a year...10 years...a lifetime ???? Just think about it....I really believe we are all responsible for the way we think and the way we look at life, and yes, its not easy all the time, - who said it would be? But on the path we can learn some tools that makes it all easier and more graspable.

Sometimes we are talking about other kinds of recoveries. We might have lost someone. Then there is grief in the picture and that is really another chapter.

3 years ago I was pregnant with a little girl and unfortunately we lost her late in my pregnancy. She is now our angel and our 3rd child. The recovery from loosing takes another shape than the "every day challanges " we meet on our path. Time is a healer they say and today I can speak about the lost in a different way than even 1 year ago. September is the month we lost her. When having the cermony for her we asked people to come in bright colours, preferably pink and we asked everyone to think about how they celebrate their own precious gift call LIFE !


If you are curious about knowing more about recovery contact me per email.

Love & Peace
Yvette

Website up and running, HURRAY!!!!

I'm sooo excited ! My website is finally up-and-running: check it out : http://www.yvettelarsson.com/

Please, spread the word!!!

Contact me if you like to know more.

Love & Sunshine
Yvette