How I navigate the inner and outer chaos as INFJ, empath & a highly sensitive person

May 7

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Hey, my sensitive and intuitive people!

Last week I was packing to move abroad [yes, again!]. As I did, I looked at the absolute mess on the floor and couldn’t help but chuckle to myself. From a point of dread and annoyance, I immediately felt lighter and had more clarity! How come? After all, I hate packing... But in this very moment, I saw great symbolism in packing as an intentional process of stepping into a new stage of my life. A new stage of ME. A new earth, all at the same time.

I moved across Europe five times in the last three years, and moving is the one thing that has always flipped my life upside down. I have a history of moving in super stressful conditions in a big rush, so associations are not fun. Moving is so destabilising. You have to make tough choices about what to bring with you, and what to leave behind, all in the presence of total uncertainty about what my life will be in a new location.

Each time I was just moving it was just with my luggage. No containers. No shipping. Just what I could fit on the flight with me. Decisions had to be ruthless ;)

For this last move, I decided to bring only one(!) large suitcase and one small bag with me. That's right. One suitcase for three seasons and at least six months – to a year, of clothes, shoes, towels, my hairdryer… basically, all my possessions had to fit in only one suitcase.

The previous time I moved I downsized to three, then to two suitcases. Now another cut. And in my bedroom, as I was packing with all my stuff scattered in and complete chaos all around the bedroom floor, I decided that I was going to travel light. I decided that wanted to stay free and not be burdened by anything. I knew that I would never use all my clothes (classic Pareto principle). I’m all about intentional and sustainable living, where I honour my energy and make choices that will serve my current version of myself.

The world is changing and we are changing. But not without the intense chaos that's escalating as we move into a new earth. I've always said that changes are not linear. Healing is not linear. Sometimes things have to break apart so that we can reassemble on new terms.

As an INFJ, an empath and a very sensitive person I can feel the pressure intensifying. I’m not going to lie, the last 3 years have been a hell of a rollercoaster, where one thing after the other was popping up to be dealt with.

During this time I was asked by the universe, life or whatnot to make some radical choices about what to bring to the next “level”. Believe me, there wasn’t any angelic voice asking me to do it. Many of these decisions were my own, but emerging from big disappointments. Other losses I just had to take in stride. For most of the time, it felt more like a constant fight for my peace, integrity, freedom, creativity, energy, my love. I HAD to choose. And you do too.

I am sure that you can feel how everything is changing and how useless it is to keep on doing the same thing when you see it’s not going to work. What used to work doesn’t work anymore.

I thought I could share how I navigate this process of sieving through my parts of identity and old choices as I move to the “next level”, to the new earth that’s unravelling. It’s an important subject because, from this overwhelming chaos, it’s so much easier to come out more authentic and more liberated on the other side. We, by our intentions, are co-creating what life we’re going to experience. It may be even terrifying but with this idea, it will be so much easier to remember what this time is really about.

When you watch, don’t forget to let me know what immediately you feel is too heavy. And what feels supportive and sustainable. I’m curious to know!

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