Mindfulness
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When self-improvement becomes toxic
or what swimming in the ocean taught me about enoughness “I feel tired and overwhelmed. I love learning and personal development, going on this path brought me so much healing but what if it makes you feel stressed? Will there ever be a state when it’s enough? A pause from the urge to constantly improve something?…” When I reread this journal entry I can feel the self-induced stress and pressure I put on myself so often. I wonder what the hidden theme is in my subconscious that pushes me so hard, this feeling of not being enough. Is it the missing acknowledgment of what I have already done,achieved, the healing…
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Roots of life
Spread your roots into the ground.Let the earth hold you, nourish your heart and soul. Spread your wings like branches that reach for the sky.Grow them from your inner strength.A trunk that can’t be pushed away by storms of life. Every branch grows leaves of possibilities.Leaves that spread comfort under their green roof.Leaves that breath in every pain to transform it into hope and new beginnings. Let go of them when the time has come, the end of a cycle.You can grow them anew from the roots into the sky. Let the sun help you surrendering into trust.Trust into abundance that you can always create from your roots.Blossoms, leaves, acorns,…
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Disconnecting from fear-mongering and getting clarity in nature
Have you ever thought about how you can get clarity on a situation when you tend to overthink things? When you have a restless mind, often find yourself in negative thoughts and worst case scenarios? How can you calm your mind and get answers to a problem or clarity on your next steps instead? In our stressful world there’s a huge need for calmness and reconnection to the body, to feelings and emotions, a need for an awareness of what’s going on and running the show in your mind. The first necessary step is to disconnect from everything that stresses and feeds your mind with worries and anxiety inducing thoughts:…
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A walk through the moor
I went on a walk through a moor today and I was totally hooked by this landscape. It reminded me of my childhood when I dived into magical stories of fairies, gnomes, ghosts, wizards and witches. This landscape took me on a memory lane, a time when I roamed through the woods, imagining myself into adventure stories where I had to handle difficult tasks like all the courageous heroes in my stories did. The moor gave me an impression of a forgotten place, a landscape of loneliness, harshness and tenacity. But when you have a closer look you see the moss that paints the ground with a green of hope.…
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The crack and the light
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Why creativity is such an integral part of slow living
There are days when I miss the flow of inspiration, especially after a day with a packed schedule, after a long work day, when you’re glad that you can sit down and pause for a moment. I need to take a few deep breaths then and have a cup of tea to calm my mind. Switching into the creative mode doesn’t come easily in those moments but I remind myself how soothing it is to create: to write, to take or edit photos, to draw or design something. You don’t have to be an artist to experience the benefits of creativity. Sometimes it’s just working with your hands like building…
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The beauty of the first step
It’s exciting to take the first step into a new adventure but at the same time a lot of worries and doubts can come up. It’s new, mesmerizing like taking a deep breath of fresh air. It allures us into a new sense of being, a liberation from the old that has kept us stuck. The first step feels like a departure into a new life. How can we stay in this open and inspirational state longer, beyond the beginning? How can we walk our way at a slower pace and still stay connected to this feeling of freedom and possibilities? Our mind wants to keep us small, pushing us…
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Start where you are
Start where you are because this place has meaning.Your past has brought you there, all these wins and losses, all the healing, growing and scars.There’s no rushing to this point because you needed every detour, every step of the journey to become the person you now are.It’s like getting equipped with special tools that allow you to go further on your journey, to the destination you are meant to go. This place in the distance is calling you.You feel attracted by it, although you can’t even say why.You pack your rucksack, get all your learnings and memories in, and you leave all the limiting thoughts, all that’s wearing you down…
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The light is rising for you
Sometimes we can’t see the light because it seems to be hidden behind a huge wall of worries and doubts. Sometimes we can’t see the lighthouse that sends its rays over every stone, over the endless sea. The light travels with the waves, sparkling with the stars even in dark nights. Sometimes we have to wait, we have to be patient for the light getting through the clouds, rising above the horizon. It is always on its way, even if we can’t sense it and have already given up hope for the brighter days to come. Can you touch the ground, feel how it becomes warmer, as if it wants…
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The art of life
Sunday thoughts on rest and productivity It’s one of these Sundays when I feel so tired and leaking energy. Although it’s Easter and I have a few days off from work, I didn’t put the time and energy into my other projects I want to create on the side. I often feel the urge in my free time to make use of it as much as possible, to get these heart’s projects like I call them started and move them forward. But as soon as the weekend arrives I feel exhausted and running out of energy to work on these projects. What would I tell a friend when asked what…