Recent thoughts & realisations...

Here are some personal insights and thoughts that have been on my mind a lot lately.

More context below!

“Learning about yourself and ‘doing the inner work’ is one of the best and most liberating things you can do for yourself.”

With awareness comes knowledge. If you create more self-awareness, you learn more about yourself. Knowledge is (IMO) one of the most powerful things in life, also for fears, btw. So when learning about yourself, you become aware and realise you can make decisions more consciously.

When looking inward, you can discover limiting beliefs and how opinions or systems may have shaped you (but don’t feel true to yourself). Or you get the chance to peel off layers, discovering more and more about your most authentic self. Many modalities can help along the way, my favourite ones (of course) are: Coaching (or therapy) for verbally processing it. And Breathwork/Movement: anything that allows me to feel embodied and regulate my nervous system if needed.

“Trust yourself more”:

I admit it, this is easier said than done. And often a long(er) process. But I do invite you to think about HOW you can build your own “trust-muscle”. A terminology I learned from TBM, and really love.

My favourite approach: Experimenting/practical steps/integration. Journaling/reflection to capture how it went. If necessary, coaching/therapy to become clearer around it.

“When emotions stay with you, take time to process them so they can move on”

When emotions linger, it’s important to give them the time and space to be processed. I firmly believe that emotions are meant to be experienced and then released, not held onto. Thankfully, when I started to learn more about my own emotions, I realised through the help of different modalities, and also research, that it is less healthy when we either numb, avoid or hold onto emotions. Instead, they need to be processed. Look at them as a visitor. They visit, they evoke feelings in you, and they should also leave again. Just like a good visitor

I noticed that when we keep overthinking or holding onto old thoughts and memories, we keep experiencing those stuck emotions. Have you ever noticed that when moving on from something or over someone, it often has to do with the feelings?

I could talk about this all day long, but hopefully this is some food for thought for now :)

Which of these thoughts resonated with you? I’d love to hear your reflections!

Cornelia