One of the things I love is sharing and connecting with people, in an open and safe atmosphere where we can have a true connection and exchange. I have shared several talks (in English, French, or Dutch). Mostly about spirituality, and about my experience on my healing journey: what has helped me, what has not helped me, and what we can encounter when we face and overcome trauma and the prison it can create. And how our healing journey leads us towards more awareness and consciousness. After organizing workshops for children for over 10 years, I’ve also shared about children’s well-being, and how to create a safe atmosphere where children can express themselves in an authentic way. This video (in Dutch) was during Prinsjesdag in the Netherlands, where I shared a text by Thich Nhat Hanh about non-discrimination, non-violence, and living in brotherhood and sisterhood.
Short sharing after the last talk: I’m so touched by this sharing and exchange today. I shared my healing journey with therapists and coaches… About what has helped me and what not! What continues to help me and why.
And to which experiences, adventures, and places trauma has led me (both beautiful, challenging, and lonely). And how nature, imagination, and creativity keeps nourishing me!
And how it’s only when I started to ‘feel’ and find help from people who connected with me from the heart, not the mind, that something started to open up.
Honestly, it’s not the therapists that had a “professional” and distend attitude that helped. It’s human beings… It’s the professionals where I saw and felt their presence, humanness, and care. Sometimes they were shy or flawed themselves. Sometimes they didn’t help, other times they did! But the whole reason why they could help me, and I could open up, is because they were human and helping from an open heart. They were coming from a true place, they were honest, they were themselves! This allowed me to do the same. And why I felt safe enough to trust them, and go on a journey to my inner world..where I had buried my monsters as deep as possible, to be able to continue to live. This is an intimate and delicate journey..we cannot truly go there without trust, connection, and the support of a gentle, wise, and conscious hand.
More and more am I seeing and believing that trauma and crisis can be an opportunity to become more conscious! And give strength to stand for what we believe in. And to always continue to ask ourselves questions, and stay curious to learn more about ourselves, others, and life. To learn who we really are…
More than anything, I love these moments for the space that is created. A moment where we can truly connect with each other. This gives me meaning, joy, and happiness to be alive.
I was moved by a few sharings and conversations afterwards.
Thank you for this moment. 🫀🤍🙏🏼✨🕯️🌿💫🎉
And for feeling more and more free… 🌬️
I still have so much to learn💫