Tag: conscious living
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what I learned in 15 months of traveling the world
A friend asked me this question while I was nearing the end of a 15 month travel journey. I told her it is difficult to answer because I think I need some time to integrate and truly see what I learned. Time will tell. But what I could answer was the embodiment of lots of…
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melancholy: the beauty of a tender sadness
There is a word in the English language that feels like a soft sigh of the soul: melancholy. Not quite sadness. Not quite longing. Not quite nostalgia. And yet, somehow, all of them at once. Melancholy is a gentle kind of sadness, one that doesn’t overwhelm or consume, but lingers quietly. It’s the feeling of…
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blijf nieuwsgierig
Het is erg belangrijk om nieuwsgierig te blijven. Niet alles hoeft bestempeld te worden, niet alles hoeft te worden uitgeplozen. Soms zijn dingen gewoon wat ze zijn. Er is niet voor alles een antwoord. Nieuwsgierigheid zorgt voor een bepaalde zachtheid, een mindering voor controle. Geef jezelf de toestemming om te ontdekken, om te vragen, om…
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ayahuasca ceremony: symbols and methapores
When we sit with ayahuasca, we often expect “her” to speak directly to us, to deliver crystal-clear answers and instructions. But most of the time, ceremony is not a conversation with a separate being. It’s an intimate journey into our own inner world, our subconscious mind. Yes, sometimes it feels like she speaks. And yes,…
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het leven is een achtbaan
Ik zie het leven als een grote reis en avontuur. Het is net als een achtbaan waarbij je omhoog, naar beneden en soms zelfs over de kop gaat. Het leven zal altijd zo zijn, soms zijn er goede en fijne momenten en soms zijn er donkere en lastige momenten. Natuurlijk is het intens als je…
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ancient symbols and rituals of the feminine
✦ Statues and icons made out of wood✦ Celebration and worship of the trees✦ Connection to apples and pomegranates✦ Connection to the rose and lily’s✦ Annual renewal ritual of bathing in water or blessing of the sea✦ Association with lakes, wells, fountains, rivers and primal waters✦ Connection to dance, song and fertility ✦ Connection and…
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eating simple foods
During my travels I love to find hostels with kitchens and cook my own meals. This makes me feel at home and calm. I rented a room in Buritaca (Colombia) for a while and here I cooked lots of veggies and lentils, my friend here said you eat simple. This made me think. When I…
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my womb is not here to mother wounded men
May this be a beautiful reminder that as a woman you are not here to be a therapist, to be someones only emotional support and to help wounded men. Our wombs are here to thrive, they hold powerful knowledge and can indeed bring deep healing to men who enter the portal. But that does not…
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train your brain
Did you know your brain is trainable? Memory can drip when there is a lot of mental overload and too many inputs, which is something that happens quickly in this time we are living of 2026. Other reasons memory drips is: emotional processing, poor sleep or irregular rhythms, nervous system dysregulation or grounding. Daily habits…
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happiness? come back to the present moment
When we loose the present moment and being in the now: our brain starts to go all sorts of directions. Maybe to past situations that have happened, analyzing them, again and again. Reliving nice moments to feel better. Reliving not nice moments to be sad, blame yourself and self pity. Maybe to the future, fantasizing…