Wholeness and authenticity.

I just spent a week in nature with twenty people, reconnecting with our inner child and finding back to our true Self, playful, wild, and free.

Our aim was to reconnect to our inner truth, be real, and dare to show ourselves fully with honesty and vulnerability. Show all of us to perfect strangers, the good the bad, and the ugly. And in this fullness of our imperfect being, be seen, received, welcomed, and held – and FEEL SAFE INSIDE.

By developing a specific relationship with our inner experience and body we explored how to become a true and active channel of Life, a steward of Life.

This week has deepened and refined my experience of the power of relationships. Let me share a few of my insights with you.

A few years ago, someone asked me: “what do you want to be in life?” to which I instinctively answered, “I want to be open”. I didn’t really understand my answer at that time, it even surprised me. But slowly, I’m getting it. I simply want to be me, open, without any mask and without fear. This would be my biggest gift to myself and to the world, my most beautiful achievement. Because this, to me, means freedom. (For highly sensitive persons, this journey can touch upon very specific aspects.. read on if you want to know more about it.)

Reconnection.

So what happened that week with this group of people? Like a dance, each day we got a bit more intimate and dared to shed some more layers.. fears, guilt, sadness but also celebration and joy. Everyone was committing to be true and express what he.she feels deep inside in reaction to the others. A precise inner work led with structure in order to allow us to remain safe.

As the journey evolved.. and the trust grew.. we were given the chance to move out of our comfort zone (where safety might be less present) and explore how it feels to step into life with an open heart or to decide not to and to give oneself reassurance and love in both of it (self-compassion).

Experiences such as this, teach us how to hold space for pain and grief, how to accept to be seen in it and through it, and how this can lead to an empowered life. This conscious type of work makes one FEEL seen, heard, and accepted fully. This grieving and healing process enables one to make peace and retake full ownership over one’s life. It creates a deep connection between the “actual you” and the inner child. That process of acceptance and self-compassion leads to more confidence, and softness.. and ultimately more inner security and an ability to connect with others in a softer, deeper, and more authentic way.

This process is not easy to put into words, but it shed light on something that I would like to share with you as a highly sensitive person.

High sensitivity and boundaries.

As a highly sensitive person, I experienced not being seen, validated, or considered for who I am (my emotions, my inner world, my aliveness, my connection to my senses and body) very early in life. This is not to blame anyone, but growing up in a less sensitive environment can wound a child deeply. It was only later in life, as a young adult, when I started to see how insecure I felt and how much hate for myself I was holding inside of me.. that I started learning and journeying (parenting) myself back home (to me). A nearly fifteen-year journey by now.

My main intake is this one: co-healing is possible, but it is essential to do it in a conscious way.

During this week, I experienced what it feels like to get asked for permission before lending each other’s presence. I also learned how it looks to be received fully when I set my boundaries or express my limits.

Many highly sensitive adults have constantly been invaded during childhood (which really feels like a deep intrusion and is stored as a trauma in their nervous system), their boundaries were rarely respected and they weren’t taught how to set them safely. Once adults, these people tend to feel bad when asking for space, to feel guilty when they express their feeling of invasion, or to think they are selfish when they need time for themselves. On the other hand, they might feel fear when showing their true self fully.

This doesn’t have to be the case.

Trust me, it is possible to learn to reparent oneself (reassure the inner child) and own your power back to set clear boundaries, without feeling all this pain. It is possible to do you AND to feel safe.

This is where your power lies, you have the responsibility of this, of your own person. Only YOU can do this for yourself.

Finding back home.

Everything you live inside of yourself is telling you something about yourself.

This week, also raised some deep longings and hopes.. that I am going to share with you, maybe it resonates with some of you:

• I wish more people would ask for permission before pouring out their issues, troubles, and problems onto their friends, family members, and so on.
• I wish more people would ask for permission before giving advice.
• I wish people would look into themselves more instead of projecting and really learn what their inside world is telling them.
• I wish more people would learn how to manage their emotions and energy in order to remain inside of themselves and not invade others.

Let me end with this: everything you live inside of yourself is telling you something about yourself. All the fears, rejections, reactions, blockages, and numbness that you can experience are here to show you, YOUR way back home. I know it’s hard to accept sometimes. It’s also amazing some days 😊 But really, do you see another way than being real, true, and honest towards yourself?

If you want to dig in, get to know yourself better, and be guided in a safe and loving space through your emotions, wounds, and blockages but also in your joy and celebrations.. reach out, I am here to serve you. Because exactly this, is what I have been dedicating my past 10 years to.

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My name is Monique, I am a coach and mindfulness teacher. Passionate about the heart-body-spirit connection, I help you tune into your body and tame its messages.

Highly sensitive, I have been working for more than twelve years on my own ‘reconnection’… the encounter with oneself is infinite… it is my passion, my life.

Are you highly sensitive person? Do you feel lost? Do you feel you have lost yourself in the external demands, what others, the world, expect of you? Would you like to rediscover yourself and develop your ability to connect with your intuition in order to doubt less and finally feel what is good for you and be more peaceful?

With practical tools (coaching, mindfulness, yoga), but also through the reading of the messages of the subtle body, I accompany you to recover confidence, clarity and serenity.

Tame, embody and share you uniqueness. The world needs you more than ever!

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