Let go, accept and let in!
My annual review of 2023: A year that could have had the motto: DO EVERYTHING DIFFERENTLY!
And that affects both my private and my professional life.
Because in 2023 everything has interwoven and I have a lot planned for 2024!

This year I followed the path of a new beginning and spent a lot of time in Morocco. As a passionate person, I want to explore life, taste it, touch it and practice surrendering and breaking through the themes and masks of bygone times. The old no longer serves and the new wants to develop. It is interesting to see which people I have attracted through my newly developed energy field. In preparation for this, the last few years have been a lot of “self”: self-care, self-love and honor and appreciation for myself. Seen from a higher perspective, everything that has been learned and the life that has already been lived makes so much sense today and the circle has come full circle!

What do I have planned for 2023 in 2022?

• Goal 1: Offer desert trips to Morocco for women.
  I was able to offer sold-out desert trips for women twice this year.
  
  
• Goal 2: Spend more time in Morocco
  And my blog: Fill my Morocco with stories.
  I managed to spend a lot of time in Morocco and get to know life and the people there better.
  
  
• Goal 3: Finally finish my construction work at home.
  Tell God about your plans!
  He's just laughing! I still haven't succeeded in this mammoth project. But I really enjoyed life in 2023 because I followed the trail of new beginnings.
  
  

2023: On the trail of life and myself

Desert journey for women

In March I realized my first desert trip for women after the Corona period.
I wrote a detailed blog post .
That was a very special experience!
It once again showed what the nomads always say: NO PLAN IS THE BEST PLAN!
Because everything that was in my imagination about how something should be, nature taught me better! And I'm grateful for that. It fits me! One participant said to me: You're such a cool guy and the best desert guide because you adapt so well!

New beginning: Live life simply and don't ask so many questions!

That was at the top of my agenda: Morocco!
So I've been to Morocco several times this year.
Both professionally and privately. Once even for almost 3 months in a row. A dream that I have had within me for 30 years came true: spending a lot of time with nomads
! They have exactly what is good for me: serenity, joy of life, music, wisdom and an incredible sense for reading energy fields.

I spent almost all of my time in the company of men and it was so nourishing because there was so much care and appreciation. Also: I got to know new places on a road trip: Tan Tan, Aglou, Agdz, Eaasauira.
My mother came to visit me in Marrakech and we spent a very nice time together.

A different world with a lot of friendliness and humor

I've always said that I wanted to live in a world where people make music, laugh and dance.
I found all of this here in Morocco and much more. A connection was established that I wasn't actually looking for... But as it is: the best things that happen in life are the ones you neither worked for nor waited for nor expected!

Liberation from old patterns

BEFORE 2020. Looking back:
It took me a very long time to go through my shadow issues.
Not being able to let go of a relationship that was anything but good for me was a huge amount of pain management.
Healing required a lot of looking, patience, care and unrestricted self-love. During this time I was so busy with myself and the questions about being a woman in relationships and the questions about my femininity.

This gave me a great need to help other women to value themselves and lead a happy life. But first I had to learn to accept and heal this anger and this sadness.
It's not just time that heals wounds.
Above all, it is consciously taken steps, reflection and introspection that are needed to become successful.
At some point I had a real breakthrough!
My laughter came back again, the joy of life, the self-confidence,
the desire, the curiosity and the feeling of:
I can trust life and that what happened is ultimately good for me.

Being happy is a choice!

My master Shika had already explained this to me in India in 2015.
But my ego, that little will in my head that was magnetically attached to my “idea of ​​how everything should be,” had remained stubborn despite everything. So I continued to suffer for a while until I finally (!!!) finally separated and then at some point I was able to say: I'm happy now!

The magic of letting go and the turnaround

A lot of lightness and feelings of happiness flooded me last year. I didn't want to let external circumstances ruin my attitude to life. 2022 was such a wonderful year because I freed myself from my ideas and illusions. So I wasn't looking for a relationship, a man, a flirt, a life companion, a partnership and please no friendship-plus relationship model! Nothing that manages to take me away from ME and my joy of life.
But when I met a very special person at the end of 2022, everything changed completely in 2023!
Since then, this person has turned my life upside down and I have been asking myself new questions:

• Do you really want a relationship?
• How do you want to feel in a relationship?
• What is home for you?
• Where is home?
  
  Is it a country, a place, a person? 2023 became the year that prompted me to spend more time in Morocco to find out whether I could live here and how strong my connection to the country, people and partnership is.
  

What I take with me from Morocco

What this country does to me: As a woman who always thinks a lot, does something and is driven to chase tasks and time, Morocco is a blessing. Everything here is exactly the opposite!

It was so hot here in the summer that I couldn't do anything. I couldn't move anymore because every movement was just too much. So I started to relax. Calm came into my system. Sleep a lot during the day. All of this brought me into my inner world.  

My motto was: Do the opposite of what I would otherwise do.
So I acted from a field that felt unsafe. But I knew full well that my thoughts had arisen from old stories and perhaps had nothing to do with the reality I was living at that moment.

I learned to ask questions in 2023, to myself and to the person I'm talking to.
No matter how childish or stupid I am inclined to judge them. It was as if I were opening dusty thought boxes and giving the contents the freedom to reveal themselves.

And that was exactly what allowed us to learn to trust. To trust another person.

Every time I gathered the courage to say everything I felt, what I thought, what scared me, what made me angry and what I didn't understand.
I learned to stand up for myself, to express my needs and desires and not to bury my discord under the rug for the sake of peace. To be “Not always everybody’s darling”!
Being allowed to be unsympathetic sometimes.

All of this made me grow beyond myself! I learned to trust in 2023. To trust me! And I found out that my intuition was exactly right.

In general I learn in this country:

• Community spirit
• Hospitality! The guest is always king!
• Kindness is a great virtue
• Respect and attention 
• Appreciation and protection for women
• Communication through the heart works!
• Telepathy is real
• Laughter is the best entertainment
• Just wait and see, because everything will come in its time
• About femininity, about beauty,
  about respect, about honor and about care
  

Marrakesh, earthquake, Agdz, Mhamid

When I arrived in Marrakech on September 3rd, I was staying with friends in an apartment in the new town when the earthquake on September 8th rocked our accommodation. I reported on this in detail in a blog post.
Out of caution because of the warnings of aftershocks, the three of us then slept on the street for three days.
Later we buy food and bring relief supplies to the Atlas.

I am thrilled by the solidarity of the people here! After two weeks in Marrakech we decide to go to the desert and not to the sea as planned.
When I arrived in Mhamid it was sooooo hot that I wasn't able to move during the day and instead I settled into the air-conditioned bedroom.
I'll be outside again in the evening. At night we often don't eat until midnight and sometimes drive out into the dunes.
The rhythm here is completely twisted. There's not much to do.
I'm continuing to write my blog posts and other things.
For a change, I sometimes go to a café in town.

While I'm alone in Morocco for 10 days, I go to Agdz and spend the time in an old Kasbah.
First, I'm sick. But then I explore the surroundings and take walks in the fantastic oases. It hasn't rained there for 7 years.

The palm trees look very dusty and are partly dried out. to one more night in the beautiful hotel next door, which has a swimming pool.

Then I'll go back to Mhamid and spend the next few weeks here. Omar's riad is a construction site. But it doesn't bother me. From time to time other guests also come by. The Taragalte Music Festival at the end of October was a big disappointment this time!
It always lasts 3 days.
Unfortunately I wasn't there for the first two days because I had such terrible diarrhea! But the third day, which is usually a highlight, was anything but great!

For the second desert trip with the women in November, we are going to Marrakesh to welcome them.
A happy group awaits us and we drive back to the desert the next day.
One route is about 9 hours long by car. But what is time? Something you learn in Morocco is that time is not measured by the clock hand and the clocks tick differently there. In my blog post I wrote about taking time and the quality of time in Morocco.

Desert travel with women brings us together into our own strength

When we pick up 11 women in Marrakesh and then drive across the Atlas into the desert in a comfortable minibus,
I'm hooked again.
I have so much passion and joy for connecting with women! I know about half of the women have concerns about spending so much time with other women.
I am all the more pleased that these concerns are resolved immediately. Because moving through the desert together in a caravan with dromedaries and nomads teaches us a sense of community, care, cohesion, respect, dedication and responsibility.

Our desert guide explains that he has individual tents for each person, but that he likes to set up two large tents because then people can bond more quickly.
Nomads know no different. They only survive in the community. Our society is an individualized society. We can learn here. We learn from the nomads' way of life.

Simply by walking with them through the desert, celebrating life with them around the fire in the evenings with music, dancing, laughter and singing. A sandstorm brings us into contact with our inner storms for two days.
This experience is unique and so valuable!
Why?
Because we have no control over nature, events and time.
When the storm is over, it's over.
When it's time to move on, we move on.
When it's time to rest, we rest.

Devotion is the only solution.

She pulls away the veil of illusions. It is precisely in these strenuous moments in the desert that the turning point happens, the transformation begins.
Some feel it immediately.
Some only after their return. This is the magic of the desert!
It brings everything to light and helps us see our light and potential.

The circle closes at the end of the year

At the end of this year I can say that everything that has happened in my life so far has complemented and fit together in a wonderful way.

My training and my previous professional life are only part of it.
The other part is that of my personal experiences, which have led me to think more deeply about women, men and relationships.
Ultimately, helping people live in good connections with themselves and others.

My 3 favorite blog articles of the year

3 bullet points with the headline of the blog article and a link to the respective blog article.

• Blog article 1: With the caravan through the desert: Pure joy of life and femininity
  This article contains all my love for working in the desert with women.
  And as a result of this article I had new inquiries for the next desert trip.
  
• Blog article 2: A short story about politeness and hospitality
  I love this short blog article because it says something about the country through this one encounter.
  
• Blog article 3: Earthquake in Morocco on September 8, 2023: My personal experiences on site
  I was in this place in Marrakech and experienced the earthquake and the help people provided.
  
  

Ice swimming in the Erzgebirge

In February I drove to the Erzgebirge to take part in the event on February 22nd, 2023, the “ Zollhaus Open” . My brother and my two nephews organize this under Addicted to Nature. It is an international ice swimming event in the middle of the forest, near the Czech border. Very lovingly designed in an extremely romantic setting. The host is the Landhotel Altes Zollhaus . People come to this event from all over the place and have a lot of fun testing themselves in the ice water in various disciplines from 50 to 1000 meters, swimming and at the end proudly patting themselves on the back, sitting together in the warm tub and then Celebrate the party and enjoy the buffet and awards ceremony.
I wrote about this in a monthly review .
It was nice to be there again (even if this time only as a helper and spectator).
Experiencing the competition and the emotions of all the swimmers, doers and companions reminds me of my own short time as a former competitive swimmer at a very, very young age. I'll be there again on February 24th, 2024 when it's time to take off your clothes and go into the water! Uahhhh!

What else was going on in 2023: Unbearable heat and fires in Sicily

I'm back with my family in Sicily for the summer.
There I give my courses and massages and enjoy the sea.
The heat becomes almost unbearable as the summer progresses.
Even for me! I live in the countryside, 5 minutes drive from the sea.
Without air conditioning. For the first time I buy a fan for the night.
I shower several times during the night and go to bed wet and naked.

Everyone is so tired from the heat wave that has hit all of Europe.

It's another summer in which I spend a lot of time in the country to myself and work on my business.
Sitting in front of a large window looking out to sea, I should have seen what was going on outside in such a short time.

But I didn't even look up. Until my girlfriend came in the car and told me that there were fires all around us and that we should leave immediately. I told her that I wanted to finish writing something and then come with my scooter.

When I got up after a while to look at the situation outside, I didn't understand my own stupidity!

It was burning everywhere! Ash flew through the air and the sun was completely obscured by the ash rain. I quickly packed all my money, my passport, my new laptop and a few clothes. Then I grabbed my scooter and drove through unbearable heat clouds to the family at the sea. In the end everything went well!
Just before the cottage caught fire, the wind changed and a seaplane appeared. How lucky we were!
Many others don't. Property burned and the trees and all of nature were charred black. Such a sad sight!
Every year there is heat and arson everywhere.
Also with broken glass, which causes the dried bushes to burn due to the strong sunlight.

My findings in 2023

• Follow the signs, impulses and invitations in life, even if my mind says: Are you crazy?
• Being brave to jump into the unknown even when I'm scared.
• Having clarity about what I really want gives me the drive to achieve it!
• Live commitment!
• Awareness and examining my thoughts is the key to change
• Recognizing myself as the most important person in my life

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My goals for 2024

• Offering desert trips for men too
  I support men in feeling valuable and self-confident so that we can all live connections better together.
  
• More new and old desert travel concepts
  I have so many ideas and concepts in my head that I want to realize in 2024.
  There's the Tai Chi Desert Retreat and the Women's Journey: Longing for Origins .
  
  I'm currently planning a men's trip and a trip for queens, for young people and for business people.
  
• Offer an online course: Women in their feminine power
  To be honest, I'm wavering internally with this ONLINE idea.
  My belief that no one wants to do anything online anymore comes to mind when I think about it and blocks me. I know how valuable my input is.
• Time for connections and relationships
  The older I get, the more I want to be more there for those around me.
  For my friends and for my family.
• Growing business and financial freedom
  After the Corona crisis, I had to change so much and invest a lot in terms of time, money and patience.
  My wish for 2024 is that the buds will bloom magnificently and I will have more than enough money
  to continue investing and making things possible.
  
• Planting my first tree in the desert.
  A new home….
  
  
  
  
  

My conclusion

Letting go of my old stories took a long time.
But taking this path gave me a completely new awareness, a new
attitude to life and new life events.

I am very, very grateful for that! Investing in yourself and taking new steps requires courage and a lot of patience.
Life is about experiencing itself and is growth.
I love growing, learning and ultimately sharing my experiences.

But sometimes life demands exactly the opposite, namely:
stay still, surrender, wait and enjoy what is there.

I continue to wish this for the coming year 2024.

Your light will shine when the shell breaks!

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My projects in 2024:

Desert travel

coaching

Dance into femininity