The past year was a tough one. There was a lot of ‘fuel in the gearbox’. However, when I change my glasses and look through the cleared lenses, I am blissfully happy. Because it was also a year full of highlights and wonderful encounters.
Now that I look in the rear-view mirror, I realise even more that abundance has a lot to do with letting go and acceptance. The survival and fight mode that I trained myself to use as a child is clearly fading. It hasn’t gone away. But it no longer rules my life. In the end, it is fear that is slowly transforming: Into trust. I feel that. And I know that. Because life speaks to me. The more I let go, the more miraculous things happen:
For many months, I spent a lot of energy looking for a new coaching space. In spring, when I finally resigned myself to only being able to offer remote coaching sessions, my GP suddenly suggested that I use her beautiful, bright rooms for 1.5 days a week. 350 metres from my flat. I am in luck and am welcomed with open arms by Ute and her team.
At a time when the economy is stumbling and my clients are cutting their training budgets, Ulvi Aydin, a Munich-based entrepreneur, interviews me on the subject of leadership (download link here if you want to read it). And as if that wasn’t gift enough, Ulvi integrates the interview into his 108-page corporate magazine, which he sends out to +2,000 of his clients. Can someone please pinch me!
I’ve always given a lot in my life. And never taken anything. Unconsciously, however, there was a silent expectation that the same commitment would be returned. So I was always disappointed. A one-way street pattern that follows the belief system: Love is conditional. I am also saying goodbye to this illusion. Step by step. Year after year. Because only those who go their own way are truly free.
I wish you a ‘wonder’ful year 2025 full of highlights.