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Maison Manon, Sint-Truiden (2026)

20/03/2025

TRUST

🐎 Throwback to 2023, the year in which I participated in a couple of shows with horses.

In this particular show, I was doing some vaulting exercises on horseback together with Younes, my boyfriend (now husband). To be clear: I am absolutely not a professional in this field, and I only started vaulting 2 years before, when I was 33. During the preparation of this show, a lot of things were out of my control. We didn’t have many repetitions, and only 1 week before the première, we started practising with the horse we would be performing with. To say I was stressed is an understatement.

This performance taught me something about trust. Trusting myself for performing the best I could with the practice I had at that moment. Trusting my husband’s strength for holding me up in the air. Trusting the horse beneath us for carrying us in a steady rhythm throughout the performance. Trusting his owner, at the other end of the lungeline, for guiding her horse safely on stage. Speaking about teamwork!

This performance taught me something about surrendering: the moments when I was being carried by Younes and the horse I could only surrender: surrender to our team. I had to learn to lean in (literally) on the strength of others. For a control freak kinda person like me, that’s a big thing! The song that played during the act said “tell me your wounds, show me who you are”. That’s exactly what I felt in these vulnerable positions: in letting go of control and in surrendering, I was showing parts of me that were usually hidden behind the otherwise controlling personality.

I felt very vulnerable in these moments, but at the same time, I felt so alive.

And let those be the moments I live for - those in which I feel most alive.

💜

.essafy

19/03/2025

“Thank you”.

Did you know that these two words hold immense power?
Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces in the Universe.

When we are grateful, we are open to receiving more.
But when we are not grateful, we are closing the door for receiving more of what we like.

👉🏻 Let me share a simple practice with you:

● Every morning, think of 3 things you’re grateful for.
Say them in your mind or out loud.
● Every evening, think of 3 things you’re grateful for.
Say them in your mind or out loud.

🤚🏻 I’ll go first:

♡ I am grateful for the sunlight shining through the windows, lighting up my room and my mood.
♡ I am grateful for my body being in good health, so it can carry me throughout the day.
♡ I am grateful for the business opportunity I work with because it supports me in creating a life of freedom.

What are you grateful for? Share it in the comments! 👇🏻
Thank you for reading! 🙏

18/03/2025

🐈 A little bit of storytelling…

My love for animals led me to study veterinary medicine and work as a vet.
But my love for animals also led me away from practising veterinary medicine.

When I was 18, I had good grades, I studied science, and I loved animals. So the math was simple when I had to choose what I was going to study next: veterinary sciences.

I was like so many students: little did we know about the job that was awaiting us. All we knew was that we had a profound love for animals and a drive to help them.

It took me a few years, a few different vet practices, and a few different management styles to realise that the job and I didn’t match. It took me two burnouts to really get it. I was stubborn, of course, I studied 7 years to reach the degree of veterinarian, so that was what I was supposed to do, right?

There were many signs that things were off track, but what hit me the most was that it felt as if I had lost my love for animals (which is not true, of course). I started seeing them as numbers (on busy days when they came in one after the other), as “oh no not one more” (when I was tired and I needed a break), “oh no not a difficult one” (when I was already on the edge and didn’t have any emotional space available anymore) … I started associating animals with stress and that is what finally made me decide to step out of the veterinary practice.

It took me 2 more years before finally having my own animals at home (or at the stable nearby 🦄) and enjoying their presence and taking care of them. Now, this has become my focus: giving my own animals a good life and spending quality time with them. My animals are one of the reasons why I started looking for opportunities to work online so I could have the means to support them but also the time to be with them.

To all animal lovers, vet or non vet, who take tough decisions in favour of their love for animals:

I see you. I root for you. You won’t regret it, and your animals will be forever grateful.

💕 🐾

30/01/2025

I would like to add one little word to your vocabulary: “yet”.

It’s easy to see where you are not… yet.
It’s easy to see what you didn’t achieve… yet.
It’s easy to see you don’t live your dream life… yet.

✖️ When you look back at your life so far, it’s easy to beat yourself up for everything that didn’t work out as you thought it would. Unexpected turns, failures, bad decisions,... they are all part of the journey. But looking back at them and dwelling in the past, doesn’t take you to a better place.

✔️ What if you would look back to see how far you’ve come? You wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t overcome every single challenge that came onto your path. Every single bump in the road made you a better driver. Honour yourself for your courage to move on, despite what was thrown at you. This will take you to a brighter destination right away.

Make the journey count! 💜

📷 Throwback to a summer road trip with my husband.

22/01/2025

💭

Just a short but powerful "note to self" and a reminder for you, too:

We all have the power to create that one wild life that we've always been dreaming about. 🫶

The key to creating it is to keep the vision alive in your head and in your heart and to take small steps every day towards making it your reality.👣

17/01/2025

🫶

If you’ve ever struggled with your health, be it physical or emotional, you’ve probably realised how important your health is to you. Maybe until then, you had taken it for granted? When your health gets compromised, your quality of life does so, too. Making your way back to feeling healthy again can be quite a challenge. You might have to discover “another kind of health”: another balance, another rhythm, another way to look at things. But in the midst of this struggle, there can be beautiful discoveries. 🪷

When I say health, I don’t only talk about your daily veggies. Sure, nutrition plays a part in living a healthy life, but it is about so much more. It’s about everything you take in - not only your food. What kind of conversations are you listening to? What kind of tv shows are you watching? What kind of products do you put on your skin? What kind of people are you surrounding yourself with? Health is a multilayered concept, and it is unique to every single one of us. It is, above all, a personal quest to find out what healthy living really means to you. 🌱

However, you don’t have to be alone in this! You can do this alongside people who are doing the exact same thing. I started an online business focused on becoming the healthiest version of myself, and I am surrounded and supported by a community of people who are on the same mission: becoming the healthiest and happiest version of themselves. 💝

Are you curious about what a health based business model could do for you? Don’t hesitate to get in contact with me! I’d be happy to introduce you to this opportunity of a (healthy) lifetime! 💌

06/01/2025

A picture from an exceptional moment of sunshine these days.

❄️ Let’ be real: this season is not the most enjoyable if you are a horse owner in these areas. It’s cold, slippery, wet, muddy, icy... It turns barn chores into such a hassle, it makes working with your horse(s) more complicated, and it can make your mood go below zero just like the temperatures outside. I admit - being a summer girl - and physically struggling with the cold (hello chilblains) - I am not a big fan of this time of the year’s hassle!
But then I remind myself of this simple fact:

It's just a season.

It will pass. Temperatures will go up. Mud will dry. The sun will shine again. ☀️

❄️ I think this is a very beautiful and useful metaphor for any other circumstance in life that is challenging us: healing from an injury, difficult times in a relationship, challenges in business,… Hard times can bring us down and can make us think that they will last forever. In these moments it’s good to remind ourselves of the seasonal nature of all things. We can tell ourselves:

It’s just a season.

It will pass. Things will get better. Our minds will clear up. Our hearts will love again. ❤️

>>> “It’s just a season”. I guess this will be my mantra until the first signs of spring make their appearance again. 🌱

10/12/2024

BREAKING FREE

Up until now, my journey has been a lot about breaking free…

☄️Breaking free from a societal system that moulds us into a 9 to 5, consumerist mentality, giving more value to status than to wellbeing.

☄️Breaking free from a conventional health care system, which is barely worth its name, focussed on suppressing symptoms rather than educating people about true, preventative health care.

☄️Breaking free from conventional ways of treating and riding horses, where they are merely seen as a sport, status, or leisure object instead of honouring their personalities and their free spirits.

☄️Breaking free from my own limited views on the world, my old worn patterns, and addictive behaviours so I can reach my full potential as a human being and serve others from there.

Some time ago on this journey, I came across a business model that supports me in all of the above. It offers me the opportunity to build a network of like-minded people, spread awareness about true health, promote sustainable solutions and help people break free from their limited situations, all while working from home and taking care of my own health and my (furry) family.

》》》 Comment FREE if you want to know how I do this.

Have a great day!
💜 Manon

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