Claire Vanneste - Integrative psychotherapy & Coaching - Shamanism

Not integrating has its own quiet risks.

Not in a dramatic way… more subtle, more everyday.

Insights stay in your head instead of finding their way into your body.

Emotions get stirred up but not really digested.

You feel something shifted, yet daily life somehow goes on unchanged… or feels slightly off.

Sometimes people keep chasing the next experience,
thinking the answer is there, while what’s actually needed is time, support, and translation.

Integration is what helps an experience settle.
It’s what turns intensity into meaning, and meaning into small, real changes — in how you relate, set boundaries, parent, work, rest.

I care about this bridge deeply, and I’ll be offering integration sessions more regularly in the future, alongside my research on this topic.

If this resonates, you know where to find me 🙏🏻✨.

Slow afternoon.

A baby sleeping next to me.
And a book on transference and counter-transference.
A tired but happy face.
The house quiet for a moment.

This wasn’t always natural to me.
I am used to run much faster.
More people, more plans, more noise.
FOMO dressed up as “a full life”.

Today I’m home alone with a four-month-old asleep against me,
while my partner is out creating memories with the eldest.
And somehow… this feels just as full
(it isn’t always like this).

Almost four months since August 8th🦁👶.
Since then a lot has changed — quietly, deeply.

Life is busy in a different way now.
Less loud.
More alive.

Between therapy training, my druid & shamanic path, a few therapy sessions, a ceremony…
I’m slowly learning to weave my work into my life,
instead of escaping my life through my work.

I don’t post much here.
But this moment felt worth remembering.

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