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How my Kids Judge People

by Wilrieke | Aug 29, 2024 | Gender & being queer, Parenting, Spirituality

Pride month is starting today, and my town of Utrecht kicked it off with Canal Pride. I’m queer. My kids (12, 14, 16) may be queer. They may not be. But they are supportive. Curious. They try to use the right pronouns for all our diverse friends. They...

Forty

by Wilrieke | Dec 7, 2023 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Relationships, Sexuality, Spirituality

Forty. It’s half my life ago when I was twenty. Double this and I am eighty. It feels like an eternity and a blink of an eye. I don’t mind getting older. I celebrate the grey hairs, although slowly the physical downfall sets in. There is so much I love...

What’s the difference between relationships and friendships?

by Wilrieke | Sep 27, 2023 | Relationships, Sexuality, Spirituality

A question that I can ponder over for hours. Is it saying ‘we are in a relationship’? Is it the person we expect to fulfill all our needs? I once read somewhere that we define our relationships by who we are having sex with. It’s quite a monogamous...

eFlyer Retreats 2023

by Wilrieke | Jan 16, 2023 | Attachment Dynamics, Call-Out, Courage & Fear, Dealing with Trauma, Debunking Lovesongs, Emotions & Insecurity, Gender & being queer, Kink & BDSM, Nervous System and Trauma, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Red Flags in Workshops, Relationships, Sexuality, Spirituality, Tantra

Red Flags in Workshops: Bystanders

by Wilrieke | Jan 6, 2023 | Red Flags in Workshops, Sexuality, Spirituality, Tantra

Bystanders: they are there but don’t do anything. Why is that problematic? Check the full brochure on different roles in situations of harm here.

Red Flags in Workshops: Enablers

by Wilrieke | Dec 24, 2022 | Red Flags in Workshops, Sexuality, Spirituality, Tantra

What are enablers and how do they operate? Are you accidentally an enabler? Enablers are people who actively support a perpetrator, e.g. by organizing for them, opening their venue to them, co-teaching with them, assisting them, etc. Enablers may also shame or blame...
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