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Moving Hearts Therapy is committed to help you find your inner wisdom & create a life from your heart through offering psychotherapy, coaching, workshop & retreats.

19/10/2026

“JUST LET GO”

Easy to say.
Much harder to do.
Usually annoying to hear this as a well-intended advice.

This is me, more than 20 years ago, photographed by Geert Stadeus. The picture appeared in De Snoecks alongside a little story about a fish. And here she is again, floating into your feed. 🐟

Looking at it now, I think about how much we ask of ourselves. To keep going, make decisions, find answers, hold things together.

Even letting go can become another thing we feel we should be good at.

But what helps us loosen our grip? What makes it possible to trust that we can stop for a moment and be supported?

Sometimes it’s knowing someone will listen.
Sometimes it’s asking for help before we’re completely exhausted.
Sometimes it’s allowing something to stay unfinished, or giving ourselves time before deciding what comes next.

Perhaps this is the perfect place to begin: noticing what would help us feel supported enough to let go a little.

A question to take with you:
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲? 💛

15/10/2026

You don’t have to come to therapy with a “relationship problem” for relationships to become a big part of our work.

In my experience, they’re one of the main topics in individual therapy. Your relationship with yourself, with others, and with the bigger picture: where you belong, what matters to you, and what you feel connected to.

We’re social beings. We need each other. So of course our relationships affect us deeply.

But we haven’t all grown up with good examples of how to build and maintain them.

Maybe you weren’t allowed to be angry.
Maybe boundaries were expressed through shouting, blame, or punishment.
Maybe keeping the peace meant putting your own needs aside.
Maybe someone close to you felt threatened by your success, or by your connection with someone else.

When that’s what you grew up with, it can be difficult to know how to do things differently. How to say no without feeling guilty. How to disagree and still feel close. How to support someone without taking responsibility for everything they feel.

In individual therapy, we can explore what you learned about relationships, how it shows up in your life today, and what you’d like to change.

There’s room to understand yourself better and practise different ways of relating. To express what matters to you, make space for others, and build connections in which your needs matter too.

You can work on your relationships even when you’re the only person in the session.

If you recognise yourself in this and would like some support, send me a message to arrange an introductory call. We can explore what you need and whether working together feels right for you. 💛

12/10/2026

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆

Solo travelling doesn’t necessarily mean staying alone.

Quite the opposite: doors sometimes seem to open more easily.

Perhaps because you are more open yourself.
Perhaps because people are more likely to approach you when you aren’t hidden within your own company.
And sometimes, you don’t even have to make the first move.

A few months ago, I greeted my regular tomato seller at the market around the corner.
He made the remark that I hadn’t been there for a while.

A woman who happened to be standing at his stall heard my accent and became curious.
We started talking.
It turned out that she lived in Kenya and was visiting Mexico for the summer.

It was one of those encounters where phone numbers are exchanged and I’m left wondering afterwards:
was this simply a pleasant conversation among the tomatoes, or will something actually come from it?

Because she was an expat herself, I was hopeful.
And indeed, she invited me for coffee.
As often happens here, I immediately met some family too. 😉

During our conversation, she casually mentioned that if I ever needed somewhere to stay for a short period, I should let her know.

How extraordinary…

At that exact moment, I was looking for a place near that market, where I would love to go back to for autumn.

What were the chances of finding something right there, without me even having to look for it?

I call this ‘MAGIC’

That is how I came to spend three months in an old Mexican house full of character.
I have breathed some new life into it, and in return, the house has given me a temporary place to land.

This is what I love about solo travel: you never know which small encounter might open a door.

Sometimes a new chapter begins at a tomato stall.
Unlike your mom perhaps told you when you were younger...

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮?

08/10/2026

“𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.”

I was stunned for a moment.

Of all the possible answers, those weren’t the first two words that would have come to my mind.

Until I heard the story behind them.

A former partner had left him and married a wealthier man not long afterwards.

Suddenly, his answer was no longer only about relationships. It also revealed something about loss, comparison and the meaning he had given to that experience.

“Love” tells a story too: the romantic belief that as long as you love each other enough, you can overcome anything together.
Especially in Latin America, the home of the telenovela. 😉

Someone else might say that s*x is the glue that holds a relationship together.

My own answer would probably be communication, trust and commitment.

We all look at relationships through the lens of what we have experienced, missed, lost or needed.

That is why, when I work with couples, we explore different pillars of their relationship and what each of those means to both partners.
Neither partner is right or wrong.

The challenge is to understand each other’s relational language and build a relationship together in which one person’s perspective doesn’t become the only norm.

So now I’m curious:
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞?
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01/10/2026

“𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭?”

Those words were once said to me after several situations in which I felt communication had been missing.

Instead of reassuring me, they made me feel as though everything was being swept under the rug again.

As though loving each other should be enough, so there was no longer any need to talk through what had happened.

And then I blurted out:
“But 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐒 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞!”

By communicating, we are trying to express that we care.
The desire to stay connected.
A request for something to change.
An intention to take the other person into account.
The need to feel seen and understood.

Of course, we don’t always express those things very skilfully.

Sometimes a longing sounds like criticism.
A need sounds like blame.
An attempt to move closer sounds like the beginning of an argument.

We keep discussing the dishes, the unanswered message or that one poorly chosen remark.

But underneath, there is often a very different story.

The longing not to feel alone.
The need to know that we matter to the other person.
The pain of not feeling heard or seen.
Or the echoes of old wounds that have suddenly been triggered again.

When we manage to talk about that deeper layer, communication can become visible for what it often really is:
𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭.

Perhaps clumsy, emotional or expressed in words that still need some refinement.

When we say, “Can we talk about this?” what we really mean is:
“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐠.”

Helping couples move beyond the surface conflict and understand what they are really trying to communicate is an important part of my work.

If you recognise this pattern in your relationship and would like support, you’re welcome to book a free introductory call through the link in my bio.

28/09/2026

After delivering my first Toastmasters Ice Breaker speech, in Spanish, I officially committed to the club. 🎤

For me, this is about more than practising to speak in public.

It is about finding my voice in another language, allowing myself to be seen and inviting myself to:
step into something new before I feel completely ready.

So… I guess there’s no backing out now. 😉

What are you currently committing to, even though you don’t feel completely ready yet?

24/09/2026

I prepared for an earthquake as if I might go into labour at any moment.

For years, I said I would never live in Mexico City. Mainly because of the earthquakes.

Now it’s September — apparently earthquake month — and I’m living alone in an old house in the middle of the city.

Before the national earthquake drill, I was scared. Earthquakes don’t happen where I come from, and locals had shared their most horrifying stories with me.

Unfortunately, I’m blessed with both a vivid imagination and the awareness that I’m not immortal.

Every day, I added something to the emergency backpack beside my door: water, nuts, documents, a flashlight, a warm sweater, cash…

As if I could go into labour at any moment.

I hoped being prepared would calm me down. Instead, every new item gave my mind material for another disaster scenario.

A few months ago, an unexpected drill caught me stepping out of the shower. I was outside with wet hair, a pounding heart and shaking knees within five seconds.

Apparently, my survival instinct is faster than the rest of me.

This time, I rehearsed the most challenging scenario: being jolted awake at night.

When the alarm sounded, I was outside less than a minute later — in my socks, wearing a headlamp and a large backpack — while people sat chatting in the bright sunshine.

I felt slightly ridiculous.

But also relieved.

The sirens didn’t cut through me. I knew the route. The many locks weren’t impossible obstacles. My body finally experienced what my mind had been trying to predict.

Preparation can help. But sometimes it also gives fear more material.

What helped most was practising and noticing:

I know what to do. My feet know the way.

In psychotherapy, we sometimes do something similar through psychodrama or bodywork: make a feared situation concrete and let the body experience how it can respond.

Sometimes our nervous system needs new experiences alongside reassuring thoughts.

What feels overwhelming can become more manageable when we discover:

I can handle this.

When has something been less frightening in reality than it was in your mind?

Adres

Brussels

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