Our dream is shaping up!
This journey started almost two years ago.I started to dream of a retreat center in Finland. ✨I am not sure what all contributed to that dream.For one I wanted to have more of a year-round home base and a place…
This journey started almost two years ago.I started to dream of a retreat center in Finland. ✨I am not sure what all contributed to that dream.For one I wanted to have more of a year-round home base and a place…
My grandmother was an exceptional woman. She was very modern for her time. She wore pants when most women wore skirts and dresses. She painted the entrance of her home in pink and the kitchen floor red in the cabin.…
I own an island! No, this is not an early April Fool's joke. Although it's not an island with palm trees and a sandy beach. It's an island in lake Kovesjärvi, at our new retreat center in Parkano. Part of…
I am sitting in a small villa facing the Atlantic ocean. This is the last house on the little path facing the sea which has many shades of blue and some white lines on the ocean surface too.I found this…
One of my main drivers for work and life in general is that I do things I like and feel excited about. And as little as possible things I don't like doing. What does this mean to me? It means…
Have you taken enough time to think about what is good and great about you? Do you allow yourself to fully look at your great qualities and talents and spend time with that? What happens in your body when you…
Pete and I are currently leading a year-long Practitioner Program and this month’s theme is: Pride and Joy. I love that theme! In our work, Pete and I often are dealing with the expression of “heavy emotions” such as anger, sadness, anxiety, fear, shame,…
How are you doing right now? Will you take a moment to stand up and notice the sensations in your body and feel your feet on the floor? How is that for you? I'm smiling right now, feeling my bare feet…
Last week I wrote about codependency and gave a list of 12 signs of codependent behavior. What thoughts are arising for you right now reading the word codependency? Codependency, which is sometimes called relationship addiction, is an excessive, all-consuming dependency on a specific relationship or sometimes several…
How are you doing right now? These times are challenging times for many of us due to having less—or no—in-person and face-to-face contact with others. At the same time, learning new ways of staying connected via virtual means and working…