What themes and topics feel exciting for you right now?What thoughts and emotions come to you when you think of last year?What do you want to leave behind and what you want to keep with you?Over the past eight years,…
I hiked on the seashore – first to right away from Palma de Mallorca and then to the left. The third day I hiked the middle of a gorge between steep hills. There was no path. So I walked in…
Seven years ago, I led my first workshop. I still remember how confident and nervous I felt at the same time. I think I needed the (not so well-founded) confidence to actually pull it through and the nervousness to stay…
A few weeks back I turned 50.I think it was a bigger deal for Pete than for me.I don't feel any different – not older nor wiser.Pete organized an online dance for the Honesty Europe community and friends to join…
When I got out of the airport doors I felt hot and heavy air, quite different from the German early summer where I arrived from.I was searching for a local bus to take me to the bus terminal in Thessaloniki.I…
Last Thursday morning, I got out of bed at around 8 am, which is early for me. I noticed tightness in my stomach. I seemed to be partly happy-nervous and partly worried about the unknown.I drank my coffee and loaded…
Dear radically honest friend,This is Pete. Tuulia usually writes these newsletters. Over the past few days, while Tuulia and I have huddled and cuddled here in our candlelit log cabin beside frozen Lake Vaavu in Finland, I’ve been thinking back…
Many of us enjoy creating New Year’s resolutions for ourselves and I think those can be valuable as long as we use them as inspirations and wants and not more "shoulds" and "musts." By 'shoulds' I mean things like "I should exercise more" or…
Have you noticed that we have about six weeks left of this year?Before making plans for next year or reflecting back on this year I want to ask you: How do you want to spend the rest of the year,…
In June, I wrote about Pete & I dreaming about purchasing the neighboring cabins here in Finland. Pete had this dream first for a few years and I slowly warmed up to the idea. Eventually, though, I also got excited:…