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High-Performance Balance Coaching – Elite Package

A comprehensive 6-session coaching program with daily accountability support, structured routines, and high-performance optimization strategies. Designed for those who thrive under external pressure, this program includes personalized tracking systems, real-time adjustments, and direct accountability check-ins to ensure consistency, balance, and peak efficiency in all areas of life.

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High-Performance Balance Coaching – Intense Package

A structured 6-session coaching program with personalized assessments and guided implementation to optimize routine, accountability, and high performance. In addition to tailored strategies for focus and self-discipline, this package includes weekly check-ins for progress tracking and external commitment reinforcement to ensure consistency and sustainable success.

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High-Performance Balance Coaching – Essential Package

A tailored 6-session coaching program designed to help high performers create sustainable routines, enhance focus, and achieve balance between professional goals and personal fulfillment. Through structured sessions, personalized tracking tools, and strategic habit formation, this program provides a clear framework for long-term self-discipline and high performance.

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Discovering Your Life's Meaning and Legacy

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How Kintsugi Can Help You Heal from Trauma

The full series of posts on healing through trauma kintsugi is now available as blog post.

When you cannot heal, do trauma kintsugi. This post explains you how and introduces several books on the way. Experience leaves marks. You are not alone. One can feel pretty lost and lonely with a trauma. It is not common, yet, to openly talk about such things and since people are not used to such conversations, they might react poorly when you try to share your struggle. However, you are not…

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Prison of Loneliness - A Romantic Broken-to-Whole Mental Health Fiction

Japanese Kigaiko, guided by Korean-American Jacob, struggles to escape her emotional confinement, striving for liberation while risking the love of her life. Will she find freedom? Perfect for fans of Kazuo Ishiguro and Haruki Murakami, bestselling debut novel “Prison of Loneliness” by Yuki Carlsson will captivate you with its profound exploration of isolation and resilience. Get the e-book at…

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Behind the Scenes of "Your Fairytale" – Magical Realism Tropes and Their Meaning

What is the deeper meaning behind the magical realism short story Your Fairytale by bestselling author Yuki Carlsson? For that, let’s look at the sub-genre magical realism with typical tropes first. We then have a short look at the premise of Your Fairytale, before diving into the tropes and themes.. Read more: Behind the Scenes of “Your Fairytale” – Magical Realism Tropes and…

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3 ways to write a convincing book review (exemplified on Exupery's The Little Prince)

Writing a convincing book review can be intimidating at first glance. One can make rocket science out of it; but one doesn’t need to. For those who want to support us writers, I put together 3 ways to write a convincing book review, ranging from, “I don’t have time; let it be over in two sentences” to “I want to gift the world the most profound, enriching, and honest book review ever seen.” Read…

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ChatGPT's opinion about my short story

ChatGPT reviewed my magical realism short story “Your Fairytale.” Here is what it had to say and news about the upcoming launch. Read more: ChatGPT’s opinion about my short story Review by ChatGPT “Your Fairytale by Yuki Carlsson is a mesmerizing blend of literary fiction and magical realism that transports readers to a whimsical world where parallel realities intertwine. The story follows a…

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Folklore, Mythology, and Religion - Stories Teaching Us

Do you love stories that scratch deeper than pure entertainment? Narratives are a powerful tool to convey lessons because they are more memorable than bullet points. (Although I admit that checklists have their appeal, too). In this blog post you’ll learn about the past and present of stories conveying societal norms, how they are different, similar, timeless, or aged, and how it relates to my…

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Merge Merits: My New Year's Endeavor

Understanding what shapes a human, and communicating successfully. 2023 was only partly successful for me, therefore I will walk a new path in 2024. Fiction novels failed me, so I will walk the path of non-fiction. That’ll comprise a book, webinars, and a consulting business. It’ll be about the philosophy I developed from my life’s experience: international, intercultural, interdisciplinary, and…

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How an Author Interview Turned into a Photo-Challenge

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From Bestseller to Burnout: My Phoenix Tale

September was a month of rebirth—when a crippling depression forced me to step back, assess, and reset my writing carreer. Burned to Ash: From Bestseller to Burnout My brain hit the brakes after the successful launch of my debut novel “Prison of Loneliness” in August, which hit best-seller in the US, UK and Germany. I wanted to get back to my desk, but I couldn’t. A depression held me captive.…

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Bookreview of Fragments of Tess by Marlene F. Cheng

The first half of the novel renders the reader as confused as the protagonist, before the shards of colourful glass are put together to reveal the beautiful mosaic of Tess, a self-made but shattered woman feeling closer to a stranger than to herself, recounting stories about Native Americans (Cree), Africans (Yoruba from Western Nigeria) and the farm-life of the poor early settlers in Canada.…

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How my Debut Novel Became a Best-Seller and Why The Book Market is Broken.

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Released!

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What Psychological Literary Fiction is About

So this psychological literary fiction, what is it? Imagine me being a librarian who helps you find the books you want. In this blog post, I first point out the differences between the corridor with genre fiction and the one with literary fiction. I lead you to a shelf called "psychological literary fiction" and start to take out books that indie authors have placed there by mistake. Then I bring you to this weird warping wheel where the two corridors of the beginning melt into one another. From there, I take out a specific book, "Prison of Loneliness", and explain how all of these elements come together....