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We talk about how high standards and perfectionism can freeze momentum, especially when you are building something big like a new website. We share a practical way to choose a deadline, define a baseline, and ship a first version that helps people find you and pay you. 
• why big ideas turn into start stop progress 
• how Parkinson’s law makes long deadlines drag 
• choosing a baseline so version one can go live 
• simple website essentials for artists, makers and shop owners 
• taking tiny daily steps to build momentum 
• when paying for better tools or help saves time 
Let me know if you need some help around this. You find all the information on paternshift.fm. Share this podcast with someone you know that you think could benefit from some insights.

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We trade perfection for a real-time chat about how our brains and bodies shape creative work, from travel calm to the need for negative space away from screens. Along the way we unpack neurodivergence, boundaries, and why coaching can be the container that helps you hear yourself think. 

• letting go of perfectionism and choosing honesty over polish 
• finding calm through slower inputs and solo travel time 
• Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act and taking notes without screens 
• creating negative space through walks journalling and reading 
• bullet journalling and commonplace-style note taking for learning 
• weight loss support tools and how ADHD affects body signals 
• intuitive eating curiosity and stepping away from diet culture 
• discovering aphantasia and rethinking how imagination works 
• masking boundaries and communicating needs with friends 
• coaching as a safe container for thinking feeling and change 

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You’ve seen the button. “Book a free discovery call.” And something about it feels a little prickly — like clicking it means you’re walking into a lion’s den with no way out. I used to feel exactly the same way. Now I’m on the other side of it, and I want to invite you in properly.
In this short episode I walk through what a discovery call actually is — and what it isn’t. It’s not a sales pitch. It’s not a test you can fail. It’s not a free coaching session. And you won’t leave owing me anything.
What it is: a 30-minute real conversation. We figure out where you are, what might help, and whether we’re a match. It goes both ways — I’m figuring out if I can help you, and you’re figuring out if I’m the right person to do that.
I also talk about the question I always ask: are you in building mode or survival mode? And I explain the difference between coaching and therapy — including why there’s still space for real emotions in coaching, just not trauma work.
If you’re curious, that’s already enough reason to book. You don’t need a plan. You don’t need to prepare. Just show up.
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I'm getting personal in this episode of Pattern Shift — recorded from my brand new praktijk in Rotterdam. I trace why I bootstrapped from 300 euros, refused investors, never built a conventional team, and kept rebuilding the brand. I name Pathological Demand Avoidance directly and connect it to my lifelong distrust of the ready-made — in business, fashion, and a painting I found on the side of the road last week. From sour puss to happy kitty: on curiosity as the antidote to cynicism, and three questions to find out where you're running on borrowed structure.
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