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  • Thoughts on Self Love Image
    Spirituality

    Thoughts on self-love

    27th October 2016 /

    The other day I decided to dig a little deeper and find some answers to some clear questions. I’ve identified that my main “issues” have to do with my worth, or how I value myself. Do I believe I am worthy and deserving? And if not, why? I figured that the areas of life where I struggle most are: people e.g. creating meaningful connections with other human beings, and money e.g. creating financial stability and wealth in general, not just money. Why is it hard to experience pure loving relationships with people? And why is it hard to attract money and have financial wealth? Both questions together – Why is…

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    Using crystals to access the subconscious and heal deep wounds

    28th November 2017
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    Follow your feelings

    11th September 2017
    That Girl Image

    That girl – a birthday poem

    18th September 2017
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    Trauma Healing

    Why holding space is so important in relationships

    11th October 2016 /

    You may have heard the term “to hold space” for somebody. Did you fully understand what it means? How we actually do that and why is it so important? I remember reading about it a while ago but couldn’t quite connect the dots – it just sounded abstract or something. And I’ve been seeing articles and videos on the subject circulating around social media, but it wasn’t until I had my own realisations about what relationships really are, that I fully embodied the understanding of what this term means. As I wrote in my previous post, relationships are tools that are assigned from God to us, and signed in a…

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    Remembering what matters: on being social, school troubles and birthdays

    18th February 2016
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    Birthday wishes and full moon magic

    22nd September 2016
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    Showing up for ourselves: an experience of a photo session

    30th June 2016
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    Trauma Healing

    How relationships help us heal and transform

    8th October 2016 /

    Will you define your relationships with people as good? Or do you think you can do better? Have you ever wondered why are relationships so tricky? I recently watched a talk which shed some very needed light on this question. Relationships are a tool, with a big T. They are an instrument. They are a mirror. They are an opportunity for us to heal our wounds. Furthermore, they are the only way for us to continue growing and evolving, as human beings and as souls. When we choose to enter a relationship in the material plane, on a soul level we have already signed a contract with this particular soul to experience some learning and growth. Our mutual purpose is…

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    Finding peace in the midst of a crisis

    1st October 2015
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    September astrology vibes and dives

    14th September 2016
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    Past life explorations

    3rd June 2016
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    Spirituality,  Trauma Healing

    Reclaiming a lost self: an experience in my home country

    13th September 2016 /

    Hey Everybody! I’m back from my two-month trip and stay in Bulgaria, hurrah! The situation with the internet certainly could’ve been better but at the same time being “off” had it’s positives, too. I enjoyed being more present, more active, more outside and basically super busy running after my son around in the garden and back yard. One minute was playing in the mud, the next playing with the water pump, and occasionally kittens were being thrown in the bin, oops… Our stay over was full of experiences, meet-ups with relatives and friends, and in general re-connection with the roots. I realised how much I’ve missed my friends and the deep connection…

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    Working with the moon, its energy and phases

    19th March 2018
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    That girl – a birthday poem

    18th September 2017
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    Dear beautiful you

    9th October 2017
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    Trauma Healing

    On grief: the missing relationship with the mother

    19th May 2016 /

    If you ask me how my life has been the last couple of years, I probably wouldn’t say it has been full of grief. It would be one of the first things to cross my mind but I wouldn’t say it. I would probably divert to being a mom and looking after a household, which is true but it’s only half of my world. The grief and everything it brings – I’ve put aside in the back pocket of my mind. It wasn’t until I started listening to the audiobook Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, that I felt how much grief I still carry in me.…

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    Cutting through clouds and fear

    17th October 2016
    Embracing Our Nature Image

    Embracing our (complex) human nature

    13th June 2017
    Autumn and the renewal of the soul image

    Autumn and the renewal of the soul: on priorities, anxiety and social media

    11th November 2015
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    Trauma Healing

    Becoming our true selves

    2nd March 2016 /

    I had a revelation – I had put my life on pause. About 3 years ago I unconsciously put my own life on hold. What happened at that time is that I moved in with my partner and we had a baby. Life drastically changed as I moved out of my flat in Dublin city and moved in a quieter area nearby; I said goodbye to single life living with my best friend and embraced sharing a relationship and a 3 bedroom house with my boyfriend. I also lost my job and not long after that we got pregnant. It was a life overhaul. I switched identities over a few months. Consciously…

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    On grief: the missing relationship with the mother

    19th May 2016
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    My Pain is My Power

    17th June 2019
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    Reclaiming our wholeness

    17th March 2016
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    Trauma Healing

    Learning to love ourselves

    30th December 2015 /

    Learning to love yourself is probably one of the hardest things we will have to do in life. Some never get to enjoy the feeling of self-love. Others are lucky to have built it slowly for themselves. And third have experienced the bliss of growing up in a loving environment and cultivating self-love along the way.In any case, living your life without loving yourself could hardly be called living. And, more or less, we’re all here to learn to love in one way or another. I’ve always struggled with self-esteem, self-worth and self-love. I didn’t realise how crucial these qualities are until recently, and how they affect all spheres of…

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    On gratitude

    20th December 2015

    Oh, how I miss…

    4th September 2021
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    Self-doubt: get out of your head and into your heart

    14th February 2018
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    Trauma Healing

    Being present: getting to know and love ourselves

    22nd December 2015 /

    I’d like to talk about my experience of being present and how I came around it. Something that wasn’t only a realisation in my mind but a feeling in my body as well. A knowledge of how one IS when they are present in the moment. I have started doing some regular meditation sessions. I’m using an app called Headspace, and without being affiliated with the company – I’d recommend it to anyone. When you sign up you start with ten meditation sessions lasting 10 minutes each. When you finish these you can continue to the next ten 15-minute meditation sessions. And then off to the 20-minute long ones. So in…

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    Embracing Our Nature Image

    Embracing our (complex) human nature

    13th June 2017
    Reclaiming a lost self image

    Reclaiming a lost self: an experience in my home country

    13th September 2016

    Start of the school year and the nervous system

    8th September 2022
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I am Vilina Christoph and I write about my journey of healing from childhood trauma and emotional neglect. I use words to transmute the pain from the adverse experiences into fuel for growth and empowerment. I believe we have the power to heal ourselves and transform our lives from within. I am passionate about helping women heal and grow to become their authentic selves and build an abundant life.

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