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Welcome to the Blog. One of my main goals in life is to make life easier for anyone interested so we can spend more time focusing on building a more just and thriving world for all – together.
Here I share information on how to live a happy, healthy life, that is filled with love. The articles are organized by TOPICS. They are: LOVE, FREEDOM, PURPOSE and HEALTH.
I always love to hear from readers, so if you have any comments or questions, write me or apply for a free discovery session with me.
3 Tips to Help You START Meditating
If you struggle to find the time to meditate, I have three tips for you, that will enable you to start meditating, no matter how much time you have.
What to say instead of: I hate myself!
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.To make this change has probably been the biggest game changer in my life. If you’ve never said this to yourself, you may move to a different post. But for those of you, who have said or thought that they hated themselves, or still...
How to create more well-being by rethinking your home
Photo by Tan Danh on Pexels.This September, A Magical Year, starts for the very first time. This 11-month course will create a solid foundation into the self-actualization journey to help anyone live with more freedom and love in their lives and start to unfold their...
D.I.Y. Deodorant
Photo by Dana TentisThis recipe is incredibly easy and works perfectly for me. I've made my first patch a couple of weeks ago, have been using it every day and there has been no odour developing, even though it's warm here now most of the time. Simply mix an equal...
How Conscious Shopping can bring more Love and Freedom into Your Life
Conscious shopping is something that has been on my mind, since I first saw a short feature on TV about a family who lived without producing any rubbish, when I was a child in the eighties. The idea to live waste-free, has become much more popular since and I still...
How can you best be of service to this world?
What does it look like to be of service to the world?
I wake up happy, I go to bed happy. I get so much more done in a day than I ever would have imagined.
I’ve solved a washing machine problem this morning, tended to my plants, had breakfast, planned for some future articles, checked my emails and danced a little in the kitchen.
In no way would this have been possible a year ago.
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19 /// Dear Future Self – How Can We Be Soft?
Photo by me from my archive.Dear future self, I...
18 /// Dear Future Self – What Do You Grieve?
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17 /// Dear Future Self – What Do You Do, When You Don’t Do What you Wanted to Do?
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16 /// Dear Future Self – Why do you bother?
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and so is our life. You can find ideas on how to make all areas of your life more meaningful, relaxed and filled with love in the different categories LOVE, FREEDOM, PURPOSE and HEALTH or by joining the A MAGICAL YEAR course. You can also follow me on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn or sign up to the NEWSLETTER for more. The three articles here are good places to start, if you’d like to learn more about my work and how you can open up space for more love and freedom in your life.
How Self-Actualization Coaching can Help You to invite more Love and Freedom into Your Life.
Photo by Kourosh Qaffari on Pexels.What makes self-actualization coaching special? Self-Actualization coaching was born out of the positive Psychology movement, which formed to provide an alternative to problem centred versions of therapy, such as psycho-analysis. To...
Which Side are You on? How to Make the Most Important Decision of Your Life.
How can we make the most important decision of our lifetime, when for most of us, most of the time it does not feel like we’re deciding at all?
It feels more like things have been decided, the choices have been made, and that we are dealing with the consequences.
Why starting is the most important thing.
As an eight-year-old, when I woke up in the morning, I knew exactly what the most important thing was for me to do.
My friends and I would meet outside our school building to talk about everything that had happened in the 18 hours since we last saw each other. I could not wait to …
Recommendations
Sharing resources which have helped me on my way and which might inspire you too. So many wonderful people out there doing amazing work – please let me know if some of this resonates with you! Most of the podcasts and films I introduce here are available for free, everything here has or had a big impact on my life. So check it out. If I get a commission for anything that you can buy, it’ll be marked accordingly.
What I’ve learned for the 9-month Inner MBA course, and why you could enjoy it too.
No matter what we want to achieve or be in this world, it all has to start with each of us doing the inner work. This is probably the most profound learning I've taken from the Inner MBA. While, I suppose, I did know this before I started the course, I did not have...
Brené Brown: Dare to Lead
We are all vulnerable. We’re all trying our best – no matter what topic or task we’re working on. It is good to have friends, family & colleagues to support one, but it can also be really nice to have a book that tell’s you it’s OK. My favourite advice from Brené...
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
Film: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)Director: Chiwetel EjioforWriters: Chiwetel Ejiofor (adaptation), William Kamkwamba + Bryan Mealer (based on the book by)Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Felix Lemburo The story of William Kamkwamba – a young schoolboy...
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Ausstellung: Batumi Photo Days
Jahr: 2019Ort: Batumi, Georgien + Korea Im Frühjahr war ich Teilnehmerin beim ArtGora Forum in Riga und die Konferenz und inspirierenden Menschen und Projekte dort haben viele tolle Eindrücke hinterlassen. Eine_r der wunderbaren Teilnehmer_innen teilte eine Call für...
Illustration for Fool’s Journey
Last September Jane asked me to draw a tarot card to accompany one of her wonderful poems for a book full of poetry and Tarot cards. I felt quite honored. The card was the Wheel Of Fortune and the poem one, I had previously translated for her for an event. Jahr:...
Queer Culture in Berlin @ Bed Talks Berlin
Bed Talks Berlin – The Free Thinking Festival Last year I got invited to participate at BedTalks Berlin. I got teamed up to speak with Philip Ibrahim, the host of The Student Hotel Berlin who also founded the pinkPillow initiative together with visitBerlin, Berlin’s...
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Lola Magazine: Local Hero
Local Hero: Verena Spilker On Elevating Opportunities for Artists in Berlin and Beyond Verena Spilker On Elevating Opportunities for Artists in Berlin and BeyondThe TQU founder’s simple advice for those looking to support Berlin’s queer artists: ‘Be brave and be...
Interview: Siegessäule
“Ich habe mich erniedrigt und hilflos geführt”, erzählt die Aktivistin Verena Spilker, als sie, eine lesbische Frau, auf der Straße mal wieder von einem cis Heteromann sexuell belästigt wurde.Magazin: Juni 2018 U-Bahn, Parks, nächtliche Straßen – öffentliche Räume...
Interview: Gay.ch
Verena Spilker und ihr Projekt TQU: Vor neun Jahren hat Verena ein Internet-Projekt ins Leben gerufen, dass nicht nur einzigartig ist, sondern auch stätig wächst: Transnational Queer Underground.Magazin: April / Mai 2018Die etwas anderen LGBT-Reisetipps, der Hashtag...