Guacamaya Lab

An online notebook — unfinished, evolving, honest.

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A Simple Self-Compassion Practice That Changed My Inner Dialogue

2026-03-10 — Up to around age 30, I feel like I bulldozed my way to moderate success. My emotions were not important. I actually f…

Acceptance, Patience and Fun in Caregiving

2026-02-26 — About 5 years ago I started noticing changes in my mother. She was suddenly scared she had never feared before, like …

The Importance of Asking Yourself What You Want

2026-02-26 — When I went to university, everybody thought I should study Computer Science because I liked computers and technology.

How I spent 2 years on not writing a blog

2026-02-26 — A post about all the things i did except writing

Why I Go for a Meal with Someone

2026-02-26 — I originally wrote this as a small guide for my 16-year-old — a way to make some unspoken social rules more visibl…

What if your family was more like a team?

2025-10-18 — What if your family was more like a team, with roles and rituals to keep it running smoothly?

A Simple Guide to Being a Great Guest (with Any Kind of Host)

2022-04-01 — After many years of moving and traveling a lot—often content with just a laptop, a candle, and a place to sleep—I fin…

The Mountain and the Bench

2020-10-18 — It’s quarantine time. After three months in an apartment on the tenth floor in a city of nine million people, you mig…