Embodied Living

27/06/2025

Summer Holidays 📸✨
As the summer holidays approach, it's the perfect time to not just relax, but also to reconnect with yourself and find a deeper sense of direction.
Did you know your holiday photos can be more than just memories? You can use them for self-discovery and boosting your mental well-being!
Inspired by a fantastic article by Stine Munch-Nielsen on faod.dk, I want to share this unique way to turn your summer break into a journey of self-exploration: creating a "Photo & Art Journal."
How it Works

Capture Your World 🌍 Use your camera to explore details – the beautiful, the quirky, or even the everyday things you usually overlook. Let curiosity guide your lens and spark your creativity. Remember, a relaxed mind is a creative mind!

Go Deeper – Dialogue with Your Discoveries 💬 This is where the magic happens! Select the photos, sketches, or little mementos you collected that really jump out at you.
Now, "talk" to each one on multiple levels:

Emotional Connection: Look at a photo and remember how you felt in that moment. Was it joy, peace, curiosity, awe, or a sense of calm? Really connect with that feeling. The emotions that arise can reveal your emotional needs and what you truly value.

Physical Description: Describe the photo or object purely by its physical traits. What do you literally see? Don't overthink it, just list what's there.

Free Association: Let your mind wander. Write down any words that come to mind when you look at the photo, without judgment. These can be random, poetic, or even funny.

Reflect & Connect: Ask yourself: Do any of these words or feelings resonate deeply with me? Do they describe something about my personality, my desires, or what I appreciate in life?

Discover Your Insights, Values & Direction 🌟
Now, it's time to synthesize everything!

Identify Patterns: As you dialogue with your photos, you'll likely notice themes or words that keep reappearing. These are key indicators of your core values – the fundamental beliefs that guide your choices.

Define New Goals & Direction: Based on your clarified values and insights, start thinking about how you can integrate them more fully into your life. If "calm" is a strong emotional need, how can you bring more of it into your daily routine? If "adventure" is a core value, what small steps can you take to incorporate more adventure into your work, relationships, or free time?

Write It Down: Make sure to record all your insights, identified values, and any new goals. This makes them tangible and helps your journal become your personal coach, showing you a clearer path forward.

I'll be taking a break from 30.6 to 22.7 to recharge and play with this myself.
While I'm away, why not grab your camera and give this "photo & art journal" a try. I'll be back on the 23.7 in my clinic, ready to support you on your journey to embodied living.

What do you think? Are you also curious to try this creative approach to self-discovery this summer? Let me know in the comments!

22/05/2025

16/05/2025

Lovely when ones calendar stil thinks Store Bededag is a work free holiday and blocked for bookings.
Had a nice big breakfast planned with my kids just to find out they had to go to school 🫡
So down to Svanemøllen and enjoyed a late morning swim 🌊
Have a great weekend ☀️

14/05/2025

This poem from Jeff Foster describes so well what it means to work with your pain, grief and sorrow:

Perhaps your pain has a secret job to do.
Perhaps your grief is what healing actually feels like today.
Perhaps your sorrow is not supposed to have “disappeared” yet.
Perhaps your pain can be trusted today, even if you wish it were gone.
Perhaps your struggle is a portal.
Perhaps this is a perfect meditation:
Total surrender to this One precious, imperfect moment.

Jeff Foster

01/04/2025

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08/03/2025

The other day I reflected on attentions as a limited resource and Georg Franck book "Economy of Attention" (1998). His insights into how attention has become a valuable resource are incredibly relevant today. In his book he also refers to an Economy of Self-Esteem.

Building on Franck's framework, I see how self-esteem, much like attention, can be viewed as a resource that's shaped by economic-like dynamics in our society.
Especially in our digitally connected world, we are constantly exposed to social comparisons, often leading to an implicit competition for validation and recognition to boost our sense of self-worth.

It is quite obvious, that this "economy of self-esteem" is driven by the two factors of Social Comparison and External Validation.

We probably all have experienced how the well framed and curated realities we see online can easily trigger feelings of inadequacy and impact our self-perception.

We can become overly reliant on external markers – likes, achievements, status – to define our value, making our self-esteem contingent on external factors.

For me, understanding this "Economy of Attention and Self-Esteem" is really important. It helps me recognize the pressures we all face and how they can affect our well-being. How we get triggered into patterns of reactions that stem from childhood struggle for attention and love and acceptance.

In my own business and in advising clients, I aim to promote a more grounded sense of self-worth, one that is less dependent on external validation and more rooted in intrinsic values, self-acceptance, loving kindness towards ourselves and being anchored in our bodies.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Please share 👇

06/03/2025

This one spot close to my home.
Bench, sundown, spring feeling, deep breaths....

05/03/2025

Daily I hear from clients they are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and just unable to keep up. And I wanted to elaborate on a post I did about a month ago – our attention is a limited resource - and we're constantly bombarded with demands for it. 🤯

Remembering Georg Franck's book "Economy of Attention" (from '98 but still SO relevant!), it explains how attention has become a currency in our modern world. Unlike money, it's finite.
(Ok, sorry but our own experience of money also seems very finite at times 🙂)

And right now, many of us are facing an attention deficit, especially with the constant stream of negative news, conflict, and catastrophes. It's like our nervous systems are in overdrive! 😵‍💫

Franck's "draft" helps explain why this constant influx is so damaging. When our attention is stretched thin and we're stressed, we're not in a good place to make sound decisions – whether for ourselves, our families or our businesses. We're reacting, not thinking strategically. Surviving, not living.

So, what can we do? Step back! Be more mindful of where we direct our attention, and actively filter out some of the noise. Focusing on Embodied Living is a very needed pause.

It's not just about time organisation and management, it's about attention management and Embodied Leadership in this attention economy.

Does this resonate with you? How do you manage your attention in today's world? Share your thoughts below! 👇

08/01/2025

New Year's resolutions? No, thank you! 😴

January is a time to rest, dream, and reflect. ✨ Let go of the pressure and focus on what truly nourishes you.

What do YOU need right now?

Read my short new post here (in Danish too): https://www.embodiedliving.dk/resources/new-years-resolutions-dream-reflect-and-set-intentions-instead

27/12/2024

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25/12/2024

There is no way to peace, peace is the way. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Christmas filled with love, light, and connection. May we all strive to embody peace in ourselves, for our lives and the world 🎄