Elisabeth, Author at follow your wild heart

Total availability and the creeping loss of silence

“What? You spend several hours a day talking to people all over the world?” – These words from a good friend stuck with me. Even though it’s part of my job, I knew that I had once again lost my way. I was basically available 24/7, and the consequences were obvious. That’s why, right after Christmas, I spontaneously decided to go “offline” again after a long time. I wanted to be unavailable to others for at least one day and not be able to reach anyone either.

When we are surrounded by a culture/society that is not good for us for too long, sooner or later we get carried away. No matter how well we know from past experience that it is not good for us. Then we need a strong network of people who build a different culture. People and a value system that remind us again and again to anchor ourselves within us and in the here and now. read more

Purposeful work does not follow a pattern

Why most of the business and marketing strategies out there don't work for a lot of us.

DON’T turn your hobby into a business

With all the talk about “Soul-business” (or whatever it may be called) we often hear that we should turn what we really enjoy doing into our profession or business. However, this message should be taken with a grain of salt. But why?

When nothing makes sense anymore

The last few days, I've been trapped in a bubble. Everything felt heavy. I couldn't feel why I was putting in all this effort anymore. The smallest task took an infinite amount of energy. I just wanted to hide away and give up.

My wish list for the getting-colder season of 2025

During a blogging event organized by Judith Peters, called Blogtoberfest, I was presented with the idea of writing a “personal” blog post in which I list a kind of bucket list (a “to-want” list) for the next quarter and explain why.

Why I don’t write a to-want list

She invites us to write a “to-want” list instead of a “to-do” list, which is an exciting approach of rewiring our brain. I often talk about how crucial the words we use are because they affect how we actually feel. And yet there is a strange feeling. It’s as if we’re just sugarcoating the whole thing without changing anything at its root. However, the more I thought about the question, the “to-want” list became a “want” list and then a wish list. read more

What it means to hold space

The best way I can describe holding space is to maintain focus and pay attention to where people are at, what they might need, and what the mood or energy is like in a group.

What it means to be a woman

“We need more strong women—show yourselves.” That, or something similar, was a post on Threads by Maxim Mankevich some time ago. Actually, it was well-intentioned, wanting to support women. One would think. And yes, it was definitely well-intentioned, and yet there are more and more nuances showing up here as well.

Loneliness and rootedness

For a long time, I searched for connection without realizing that I was looking in the wrong places. I traveled around the world, searching for it in other cultures and other people. I was uprooted. I was a wanderer. I was like a leaf in the wind. Constantly searching. Constantly looking for a home in someone else or trying to build it there, or building it in such a way that I could leave at any time because it wasn't quite ideal anyway.

Who knows the way?

Everyone says “follow your path,” but where is that path? Who knows it? And whose path is it really?
When we set out to find our own path instead of following the one that has been prepared for us by our environment, opinions about what our path may be are sprouting like mushrooms. Everyone who “only wants the best for us” has an idea in their head about what our path is. And when we hear similar stories from different people about where we should go, we can easily be tempted to believe them. But that can be one of the biggest traps on our path… read more

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