COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST
ESMARILDA
DANKAERT
If you plan on being anything less than what you were truly meant to be, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life. Your meaningful life awaits.
Welcome, I’m glad you are here!
I’m Esmarilda Dankaert, Counselling Psychologist, Motivational Futurist and Imperfection Activist, and I help people, like you, defeat the personal challenges that are preventing you from living your best life, whether this presents as depression, anxiety, burnout, career dissatisfaction, addictive behaviours, interpersonal difficulties, perfectionism, body dissatisfaction, eating disorder, or self-harm. I believe we all do the best we can with what we have, even if it is not always for our betterment. As such, I help people to develop the self-insight and tools they need to heal themselves and get out of their own way. I just need an unyielding willingness to try! Your most meaningful life is waiting – why wait?
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The Uncommon Truth Behind Your Procrastination
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Feeling Depressed? How To Tell If It Is Clinical
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You Are Not Lazy, Just Disconnected
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Where Did My Drive Go? The Unexpected Reason You Are Feeling Lost, Low, Listless
“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.” — Paulo Coelho Ever feel

Overthinking: How To Release Your Perfectionism Handbrake
“Overthinking, also, best known as creating problems that are never there.” — David Sikhosana If you read the biographies of most successful athletes, performers, entrepreneurs, and
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