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Foundations for Touch-Based Workshops Facilitator Training is coming up in a few days!

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About last weekend! Exploring Kink - Foundations

You might be interested in joining! I'm one of the ten speakers :)

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Notes from a Recovering Codependent - Exploring Deeper Space between people feels different as a recovering codependent. I’ve always identified as anxiously attached and insecure in relationships. And although I’ve been on a path of recovery for years, […...

Space between people feels different as a recovering codependent. I’ve always identified as anxiously attached and insecure in relationships. However, I am changing, slowly.

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Receiving vs. the Discomfort of Anticipated Return - Exploring Deeper I think there is a thing we get twisted when it comes to receiving. I meet many people who say they find it hard to receive, harder than giving. Giving […]

I think there is a thing we get twisted when it comes to receiving. I meet many people for whom giving comes easier, as they know what to do and can be of service.

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Rethinking Safety Beyond Prevention - Exploring Deeper Discover how true safety unfolds beyond prevention, fostering deeper closeness and trust through honest listening, humbleness, and shared courage—even after friction.

Safety is not about preventing anything challenging or potentially hurtful from happening (that’s impossible anyway). It’s about what happens afterward.

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You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Trauma - Exploring Deeper Discover why trauma can’t be resolved by logic alone and learn how safe, connection-based experiences, honest communication, and self-compassion help to heal emotional wounds over time.

You cannot think your way out of trauma. I often meet people who think ‘they should be over this by now’ or try to rationalize their way through hurt.

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Op 27 februari is er weer een hele toffe PechaKucha Night in Utrecht. Een Queer-editie dit keer, op een hele leuke nieuwe plek: @villa_concordia Via @pechakucha030. De sprekers zijn inmiddels bekend. Dus neem daar een kijkje om de line-up te zien (die fantastisch is!)

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Taking responsibility for yourself and your emotions also includes knowing when to reach out for reassurance, affirmation, and a sense of security. You don’t have to meet every emotional need by yourself. We aren’t meant to exist in isolation.

Reach out.

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Celebrating the Space Between Our Wants - Exploring Deeper For many years, I believed being “too much” was my problem. Whether it was a desire for more intimacy, s/x, extra time together, or additional cuddles, I thought the issue […]

When two people have different needs in terms of intensity, frequency, or other preferences, it’s simply a difference—nothing more. Neither wanting less nor wanting more is wrong; it’s just a variation in needs.

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Notes from a Recovering Codependent - Exploring Deeper Space between people feels different as a recovering codependent. I’ve always identified as anxiously attached and insecure in relationships. And although I’ve been on a path of recovery for years, […...

I’m learning that not always leaning toward the other person can feel like being distant, but as I get used to it and relax, it starts to feel like a healthy distance instead of forced closeness.

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Receiving vs. the Discomfort of Anticipated Return - Exploring Deeper I think there is a thing we get twisted when it comes to receiving. I meet many people who say they find it hard to receive, harder than giving. Giving […]

What I think we’ve got wrong, is the entanglement of the idea of receiving (something is a gift for you) versus dealing with the discomfort of the idea that something (a gift, touch, etc) is expected in return, in that moment or later.

Full article: www.exploringdeeper.com/receiving-vs...

Consent for Performing Arts Students - Exploring Deeper From my LinkedIn – things I also do besides my own workshops: For the Speak Out project of FEDEC – International network for professional circus education, supported by the European […]

For the Speak Out project of FEDEC – the International network for professional circus education, supported by the European Union and Fontys University of Applied Sciences, I am teaching a two-part workshop on consent and somatic autonomy.

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Rethinking Safety Beyond Prevention - Exploring Deeper Discover how true safety unfolds beyond prevention, fostering deeper closeness and trust through honest listening, humbleness, and shared courage—even after friction.

Safety is not about preventing anything challenging or potentially hurtful from happening (that’s impossible anyway). It’s about what happens afterward.

Full article: www.exploringdeeper.com/rethinking-s...

You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Trauma - Exploring Deeper Discover why trauma can’t be resolved by logic alone and learn how safe, connection-based experiences, honest communication, and self-compassion help to heal emotional wounds over time.

You cannot think your way out of trauma.

I am a person who wants to outthink pain by myself. The thing is: the pain created in connection, can only heal in connection.

Full post: www.exploringdeeper.com/cant-think-y...