Elderly Couple Bent on Cane
Most people believe that getting older is horrible and that we will be afflicted by all sorts of things, illnesses, missing abilities and so on. I believed that for sure and I remember the day when my first husband turned 40 – which was a catastrophic day for him. Not yet for me, as I was 12 years younger. He believed that he was now going downhill and everything would change for the worse.
Well, in a certain way it did. He worked ever harder to establish himself as an architect – and I was ever more frustrated until I finally left him to go to Italy and study opera singing to fulfill my dream of becoming a good singer.
I did discover my authentic voice, I did concerts and taught others how to use their voice, I found an Italian partner with whom I bought my country house, now called Paradiso Integrale. But life was still unfulfilling, full of work and not much success – measured with the high expectations I had for me as a trained perfectionist.
Life turned better after 40 when I entered the self-discovery path. Psychotherapy, NLP, music therapy, my training in counseling, transpersonal Psychology and many more tools which slowly allowed me to see clearer who I was and where I was about to go. The real breakthrough – although gradually – came with my study of Integral Theory. NOW I really began to understand what before seemed to make no sense to me – and what was bothering me a lot. Twenty rich years of gaining knowledge which I never expected to exist and of experience which I allowed myself to have.
Life is an amazing journey.
Heidi and Mark in the audience of the 2nd European Integral Conference in Hungary 2016
I realized how packed I was with false beliefs like: in my age, I will never find THE ONE -but after my coaches training in CALLING-IN-THE-ONE with Katherine Woodward Thomas I met Mark and we are a happy couple in “a relationship beyond our wildest dreams”
( Find the amazing book by Katherine Woodward Thomas here: Calling in the ONE on Amazon)
Life gets better and better, the older I get. And this is not only my personal experience. I came across the same statement by other people and I want to share with you this article by Dr. Bud Harris entitled Aging Strong, The Opportunity of a Lifetime
He says: “I am enjoying aging – what a surprise” . And you can do it, too!
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