Ten insights from my life
1. You are the only one who stands in your way.
Imagine you are moving to a desert island in the Caribbean. At first, everything is lovely. Full sun, crystal clear, turquoise, warm water. Nothing that can remind you of your problems, your traumas, your fucking past. And yet, after a while, the old stories knock. You take everything with you. You can not run from it in front of you. So roll up your sleeves and clean up. In you. For you and your freedom. So you can enjoy your life.
2. You have to feel to heal.
Happiness, joy, love. These are feelings that you like to feel. But grief, pain, loss, fear, anger, these are not such welcome feelings. The problem: If you suppress it, you also suppress all good feelings. Solution: The more you allow yourself to feel everything, the more you feel happy, alive, and free. So easy.
3. Your body knows the way.
Your body is a marvel. Ask it. What do you need? What do you want to tell me? Talk therapy can only help you as far as you can consciously remember. And that is earliest from the 4./5. Age possible. Everything that has happened before reminds the body. And he shows you the way to your healing. Always.
4. You are and never were alone.
No matter what traumatic stories I have encountered with myself or with my clients, there has always been support. Otherwise, you would not be here. There was and is always love. Either in the form of a forgotten grandmother or aunt, a cuddly toy, a fairy-tale character, or an invisible force. You only lost access to it. Or think you have lost him. With a little help in the search, you can activate this powerful resource, bring it back to your life and never feel alone again.
5. You are incredibly powerful.
HA! You have no idea how powerful you are. Do you know the stories in which a mother raises a car on her own to free her child? Or miraculous healings of the terminally ill through the power of thought alone? SO STRONG YOU ARE. You carry everything in you and are incredibly powerful. And it would be a waste not to use. For you, your life, your fellow human beings, the earth, and its living beings. Use it!
6. If you knew what was behind your fear, you would jump.
Your first bungee jump. You are standing on the cliff. You're shivering, and you're out of breath. Even if a rope secures you, you only see the abyss in front of you. And then you jump (sometimes you get shoved too). And later, the endorphins are released. You feel the intoxication, you scream, you feel free. It does not always have to be such a big jump. It is enough to have a conversation with the neighbor finally. For the first time, you see behind the fear. And find that it dissolves in the air. And with every little jump, it gets easier. And at some point, you ask yourself: What was I so afraid?
7. Integration and balance is everything.
Life is cyclical. Back and forth. Be awake and sleep. Day and night. And in the quietest moments, everything falls into place. When I started my therapy tens of years ago, and my therapist went on vacation for the first time for three weeks, I panicked. What do I do when something bad comes up? What came up: the best eye-opening moments, insights, and insights about me, my behavior, my projections. Solutions. Today I know that it is a female way that heals and is healthy — not the masculine and societal flipping.
8. Never give up.
There are times when you think it's no longer possible. It is only downhill, with no light at the end of the tunnel. Throughout the years of my healing, I had learned that just at the moment when the pain, despair was almost unbearable, I had reached the bottom of the ocean, and I could push up from there. Either I asked for help, the pain broke out of me, or I begged and prayed for assistance. The next day the sun was shining again — every single time. And today I know it's getting better, do not fight the dark and relax.
9. You are magic made of stardust.
Starchild. Glittering and sparkling. Free and infinite. Held and born in love. You come from the stars and nobody can take that away from you. Once you've tasted this magic, you know who you are. In the labor of birth and also in shamanic journeys I have come back to the light, experienced and felt, who I really am. Creator, sage, sorceress, healer, connected with the infinity of being. Like all of us. So do you. This magic is needed here. Own it.
10. You can find out everything.
There is a solution for everything. You can learn everything. And you can find out everything. Everything! Marie Forleo (Business Coach / BSchool) grew up in a family with little money. With a mother who made this sentence her life motto. She fixed her holey house roof, ran the bathroom, and found out everything she needed to do for herself, which would have meant paying a lot of money. And in a time when there was no internet, no Google. Imagine that! And today? Is it as easy to get any information as never before? Be curious, open, and go in search. You can find out everything!
I'm looking forward to you!
Elke
Text: © Elke Hannig Pixabay: sun-1689658 galaxy-3608029 adventure-1868817 Seelenportraits Katharina Kraus