01/29/2025
A few weeks ago, I travelled to Washington DC with my father to attend the burial of a distant uncle, Jack, who left Belgium with his wife Aimee in the 1950s.�The real American dream!
When I heard the news, I called my father as I knew he was really close to Jacques. I had the feeling that he was going to travel to the US and say his final goodbye to his dear uncle. For the ones who know me even a bit, you probably know that my relationship with my father has not always been easy. And this is probably a euphemism. With years of therapy and hours of conversation with my loved ones, I now feel more confident in the fact that the adult I became can handle a healing interaction with the man I admired and feared so much in my youth.
I want to speak about the emotional journey that led to the decision to book my flight. I don’t recall any other time my dad and I spent four days together willingly. This trip together was for me more than just leisure time abroad. It was a victory for both of us and that’s why I wanted to share it in an understandable way. And the best way I found to do so was using the language I learned during my life coaching training at the Jay Shetty Certification School. You might have heard about NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) and if you have not, please read about it. It’s a fascinating methodology to explore our inner world. It is seen by some as a non-scientific method, but I must admit that it has been really efficient for me and for some people I have coached, so I’m sticking with it. I use this methodology when I coach. I like to use the metaphor of sailing on the sea to communicate with my clients about our inner journey. Please allow me to use this metaphor to take you on this journey, hoping that part of you feels encouraged to undertake a journey on your own someday.
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