Inner Nomads

Healing has opened many doors back to parts of myself I once thought I had outgrown.

Not only the tender parts, but also the joyful ones. The curious, playful and fully alive parts that carry a certain energy of their own.

I’ve come to notice how these parts quietly weave themselves back into the path we are already walking.

And how they bring new energy to the things we create, share and offer in the world. A sense of fulfillment that comes from being more fully ourselves.

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On Saturday September 19th, 2026, Renée and I will be offering individual shamanic healing sessions in a beautiful space at De Hoorneboeg, surrounded by nature near Hilversum.

A day for slowing down, listening inward and creating space for what wants to come into relationship with you.

If you feel curious, you’re welcome to send me a DM or email me at [email protected]

Healing has opened many doors back to parts of myself I once thought I had outgrown.

Not only the tender parts, but also the joyful ones. The curious, playful and fully alive parts that carry a certain energy of their own.

I’ve come to notice how these parts quietly weave themselves back into the path we are already walking.

And how they bring new energy to the things we create, share and offer in the world. A sense of fulfillment that comes from being more fully ourselves.

~

On Saturday September 19th, 2026, Renée and I will be offering individual shamanic healing sessions in a beautiful space at De Hoorneboeg, surrounded by nature near Hilversum.

A day for slowing down, listening inward and creating space for what wants to come into relationship with you.

If you feel curious, you’re welcome to send me a DM or email me at [email protected]

There are days that quietly stay with me.
Today was one of them.

I continue to be moved by the ways we can sometimes see and reflect something meaningful back to one another, often beyond what has been spoken.

Because somewhere along the way, it becomes about much more than ourselves.

We slowly learn that our own healing and growth also shape the way we see, hold and reflect one another.

Each in our own ways, we are walking each other home.

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I think each of us has our own sense of what helps us feel more grounded, alive and connected again.

For me, places like this have quietly become part of that. They remind me of another rhythm.

One with more space to breathe, notice and return to myself.

I’ve come to feel that the things that nourish us in deeper ways want to be part of our lives, no matter how impractical they might seem.

Despite the beautiful chaos of running a family, responsibilities at work, teaching, coaching and moving through full days, I find myself drawn more consciously to the moments that quietly touch something deeper within me.

The ones that slow me down for a second. Bring me back to myself. Make life feel close, tender and alive.

Healing can start as a quiet remembering. A subtle awareness that certain experiences asked us to leave parts of ourselves behind in order to continue.

Tender parts. Instinctive parts. Young parts carrying grief, fear, longing or silence.

Some learned to stay alert or became very small. Others kept waiting in places within us that never fully received our presence, love or understanding.

Through the seasons of our lives, something keeps calling us home.

I feel healing lives in that return. In meeting ourselves with gentleness. Listening again to the wisdom of the body, the heart and the soul. Allowing what has been unseen to slowly come back into relationship with us.

Your soul knows the way ~

Over onze bedding van binnen 💎

Onze innerlijke structuur groeit vanuit ervaring. Vanuit momenten waarin we geleerd hebben om in onszelf te blijven terwijl iets schuurt, vertraagt of onzeker wordt.

Die basis ontstaat al vroeg in het leven, via relatie en ervaring. Door spiegeling van emoties, bevestiging van kwaliteiten en het samen reguleren van spanning en energie. Door gedragen te worden, nog voordat we zelfstandig kunnen dragen. Die ervaringen vormen een landschap in onze binnenwereld.
Hoe veilig voelt het om gevoelens toe te laten? Hoe vanzelfsprekend is het om grenzen te voelen en te respecteren? Hoe vertrouwd is het om initiatief te nemen vanuit innerlijke kracht?

Velen van ons hebben hierin niet voldoende bedding ervaren. Maar innerlijke structuur is geen vast gegeven. Ze is iets levends. Iets dat kan herstellen, verdiepen en zich opnieuw kan vormen, juist in fases waarin we vertragen en luisteren. Wanneer we stoppen met forceren en ruimte maken voor wat zich van binnenuit wil ordenen.

Lees het hele essay op de Substack van Inner Nomads via de ✨ inclusief een kleine oefening om je bewust te worden van deze bedding in jezelf.

“Er zijn momenten waarop we weten dat onze vooruitgang eruitziet als vertragen.”

In deze winterse reflectie schrijf ik over innerlijke structuur.

Over wat draagt wanneer het tempo zakt. Een ordening onder de oppervlakte en een vorm van bedding die van binnenuit ontstaat

Het essay bevat ook een eenvoudige oefening
om te voelen hoe het is om jezelf van binnenuit te dragen.

Te lezen via de link in bio ✨