Blog by Valerie
At times I know that if I don’t speak my truth in a certain situation, I’ll walk away feeling ashamed. And yet I suspect that when I …
Category Archives: Values
On Money in Two Worlds
Blog by Valerie
Many of us see money as a reflection of our individual worth. I think it’s more a reflection of how we are able to navigate our collective …
Accepting ancestral pain
Blog by Valerie
I recently received German denazification records for my great grandfathers and grandfather. I paid the state archives to scan them for me after finding out how that …
Healing trauma bonds
Trauma bonding tends to be defined as a strong attachment with someone (or something) abusing us or causing us harm. By this definition it is inherently negative, and the advice …
Navigating Existential Judgment
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Lately some protracted conflicts have come to the surface in my life at a macro level in the world, and at a micro level in my daily …
Embodiment
Blog by Valerie – a final chapter shared from the book that was just written
Being authentic, centred and grounded means having awareness of our core values and doing our …
Forgiveness
Here is another chapter from the book I am writing. I hope you enjoy! Blog by Valerie
Some years ago while working with practicing Jews and Christians, I realised the …
Faith, hope & trust
Blog by Valerie
Talking with a few people this week, it seems timely to share my perspective on these concepts and how I work with their energies. Though there can …
Befriending our fear
Blog by Valerie
…“You can never conquer fear, it’s always going to be there…Walking in beauty involves encountering fears, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually, and getting beyond them, so we
We are Enough
Blog by Valerie
In social environments, it seems to feel proportionally less safe to be oneself the farther we identify from collective norms and ideals. There is a concept in …