by Wilrieke | Oct 14, 2021 | Courage & Fear, Dealing with Trauma, Sexuality, Spirituality
I’m done. I’m done with my friends apologizing for their bellies. Done with loved ones finding clothes that ‘flatter’ their tummies. I am done with women’s magazines telling us how to get a flat belly. How to lose the love handles and get...
by Wilrieke | Oct 14, 2021 | Dealing with Trauma, Emotions & Insecurity, Relationships, Sexuality
These are two different ways: 1. Your boundaries can get crossed when you find yourself in a situation when someone (or you yourself) is forcing an experience upon you that you don’t want to have. E.g. your parents force you to eat something you don’t want...
by Wilrieke | Jul 26, 2021 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Gender & being queer, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting, Relationships, Sexuality
There is this idea about romantic relationships that they either exist or not. In Dutch we say it’s “on” or it is “off”. There may be a “blinker-phase” where the on and off alternate at a pace faster than gossip can catch up...
by Wilrieke | Jul 26, 2021 | Emotions & Insecurity, Gender & being queer, Sexuality
Gender is not a binary thing. It never has been either. Instead of two checkboxes that we are one of, depending on what seemed to be present between our legs at birth, gender is a three-dimensional galaxy of options. And not just physically. We know the numbers of...
by Wilrieke | May 4, 2021 | Attachment Dynamics, Emotions & Insecurity, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Relationships, Sexuality
We all have patterns in our relationships. This is a short video with an exercise you may be interested...
by Wilrieke | May 4, 2021 | Courage & Fear, Gender & being queer, Kink & BDSM, Sexuality, Tantra
This is what I love most about letting go of the binary gender thinking that I grew up with. Think about it: the first thing people do when a baby is born is checking the sex. And from that moment on, a lot is decided. From the colour of clothes to chances in life,...
