Theme of the Month: Wounding, Healing and Integration
This Week:Touching the Edge – What We Avoid, and Why It Matters

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Dear Reader,
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A few nights ago, I was lying on my mat in the dark.

Just after a conversation that left me a little raw – not in a dramatic way, just one of those moments where something touched a deeper layer I usually don’t let others see.

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I felt the tightening in my chest.

The familiar ache behind my breastbone.

And the almost automatic urge to do something – move, breathe it away, open a podcast, think of dinner.

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This time - I stayed.

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I let my hand rest on my chest and said, silently, I’m here.

What rose up was an old sentence:

You’re too much.

You're too sensitive -

You always were.

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I hadn’t heard that line in years. But my body still remembered the impact of hearing this judgment in my younger years - around 10.

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I used to be terrified of these edges – the quiet places where old beliefs still echo.

As a kid, I learned fast how to avoid. I avoided being needy. Asked for what I want - I avoided asking for things I couldn’t prove I deserved - The inner pleaser became stronger - Fear of rejection armored as a protection shield to not get hurt - again.

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Avoidance, back then, felt like wisdom.

Stay light. Stay safe. Stay lovable.

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It took me years to realize that the things I was avoiding weren’t just discomfort.

They were the places that held the truth of who I was – the longings, the grief, the tenderness.

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That night, I didn’t try to fix it.

I just let it be there – the feeling, the memory, the voice.

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And I noticed something else:

A quiet sense of warmth.

A part of me had been waiting for this moment – not to be pushed or need to change, just to be met.

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Sometimes, that’s what integration is.

Not a grand transformation. Not a lightning bolt. Sometimes very silent.

Just the willingness to stay present with something we used to run from.

What are you still avoiding?

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You don’t need to name the biggest thing.

Just something subtle – a part of yourself, a topic, a truth, a feeling.

The thing you keep walking around without quite looking at.

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There’s often a reason we avoid it.

Maybe it wasn’t safe to feel it, speak it, or be with it when we were younger.

But now – with a bit more capacity, a bit more support – we can try again.

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Not to force anything.

Just to notice how near we can stay to that edge.

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If you want to dive deeper into that topic: Read here the full article on my website​

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Till next week
- Johannes

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Next Sunday at 10:00 -

Topic off the Month: Intimacy: The Courage to Be Close -

Week: What Intimacy Really Means (and Why We Fear It)

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