How to shift from misunderstanding to real connection

25 Jun 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

“I feel misunderstood” is a sentence I hear a lot, from people I coach and train, from friends. And I am also not immune to feeling it myself. Feeling misunderstood, or not gotten, or not seen, sucks.

Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

3 Oct 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I often say that one of the biggest things I learned from Circling and personal development is getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. My life is not necessary easier than others’, but over the years I have build my capacity to take in, and hold, more. And that, more than anything, has given me a stronger stance in life, where I get less easily overwhelmed and less strongly triggered than I used to.

Slowing down: a fast track to connection

11 Sep 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Lately I am pondering, and writing, about the basic skills that create deeper connection. I like getting into the nitty gritty of what creates connection, and I also love making it simple, to the point where anyone can practise these basic skills whenever they want to.

One of the most simple – and profound – of these skills, is slowing down.

10 signs you are triggered & why it is helpful to know

30 Apr 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Trigger. It is a word that is thrown around a lot in the circles I move in. And it is something I actively work with a lot, in myself and with clients.

What is a trigger? Being triggered simply means that something from the past is activated in the present.

Sensitivity is a gift: 5 ways to navigate HSP

9 Jan 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

I would like to dive right into a theme I have been wanting to write about for a while: high sensitivity and how to navigate this in this world. I classify myself as a highly sensitive person (HSP), and a lot of my clients – and I imagine people reading this – fall into that same category.

Confusing intensity with love

23 Aug 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

Intensity does not equal love. This is a sentence that flipped my whole concept of love around when I fist heard it.

5 easy ways to create connection

9 Jul 2015.Reading time 13 minutes.

As I have been diving into blogging, I have loved exploring the subtleties of relating authentically to myself and to the people in my world. And yet, I woke up a few days ago and realised I had never shared some of the gems that lie at the heart of authentic relating! In other words; the basic […]

My journey in Circling – and what I learned in the process

8 Jul 2015.Reading time 14 minutes.

I realised recently that I do not often share my story of how I got into Circling: what pulled me to the practice, and what path I have walked in learning about, implementing and finally leading people in this relational journey, deeper home to themselves and their connection to others.

Well, as most of my journeys (used to) start: I started of with a shit ton of resistance.

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