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How to Feel Your Boundaries: The Power of Consent Work and Embodiment

If you’ve ever struggled to say “no”,
to know what you actually want,
or to trust your body’s signals,
you’re not alone.

Many of us grew up in systems that taught us to override ourselves.
To please, adapt and push through.
But your truth still lives in your body.
And it’s waiting for you to listen.

 

What does it mean to feel your boundaries?

Boundaries aren’t just rules in your mind.
They are felt experiences in your body.

A contraction in your belly.
A rush of energy in your chest.
The tension in your jaw when someone steps too close.

Your body knows.
But often, we’ve been taught to ignore those cues, until we no longer recognise them.


Consent starts within

The Wheel of Consent, developed by Betty Martin, is one of the most powerful tools I work with.
It teaches us to slow down and ask:
What do I want?
What feels good right now?
What do I want to give, or not give?

It shifts the focus from saying yes or no to others,
to learning what it means to feel your own truth.
In touch. In connection. In everyday life.


Why this matters, especially for sensitive women

If you’re highly sensitive or neurodivergent, boundaries can feel blurry.
You might feel everything; others’ needs, expectations, emotions
and lose yourself in the process.

Embodiment practices help you return to your own inner signals.
To know where you end and the world begins.
To feel what’s yours, and what’s not.


In sessions, we explore…

  • your embodied yes and no
  • how to feel and express what’s true
  • nervous system safety while in connection
  • consensual, attuned touch (only if desired)
  • slow, present noticing of sensation and truth

This work isn’t about performing boundaries from the head.
It’s about gently reclaiming them through your body.


What if your boundaries were sacred?

What if saying no was an act of self-love, not guilt?
What if you could feel, without analysing, what’s right for you?

This is possible.
It starts with slowing down and listening.
To the quiet whispers of your body.
To the wisdom that was never lost, only waiting.

You are allowed to take up space.
To choose yourself.
To feel what’s true.

And you don’t have to do it alone.

The pain of having sisters

Of course, I love my sisters.
But something from my early years quietly shaped my life.

When I was two, I suddenly had to share my world.
I was too young to understand what was happening.
Too young to grasp big changes.
Too young to know how to keep my place in the family.

What I’ve been exploring lately is how that early experience planted the seeds of scarcity in me.
This sense of “there isn’t enough” 
not enough love, not enough attention, not enough space for my needs.

And so a protector stepped in.
One who learned to minimise what I wanted,
to silence big feelings,
to become “easy,”
to take less space,
to convince me that my needs weren’t important anyway.

It’s strange how such early moments can ripple through adulthood…
how they show up in relationships, intimacy, business, self-worth…
How the body remembers long before the mind can understand. It’s a common wound under firstborns who suddenly had to share their parents.

Lately, I’ve been meeting that little girl again.
The one who felt that shift she couldn’t name,
the one who coped the only way she knew how.

Giving her softness.
Giving her space.
Letting her know she was never replaced.
Letting her feel that her needs matter.
That there is enough.
That she gets to take up space.

And somehow…
that simple truth is beginning to change everything.

#innerchildhealing #innerlijkwerk
#firstbornwound #embodiedhealing
#nervoussystemhealing #attachmenthealing
#selfworthjourney #innerlijkkindwerk
When a man didn’t run from my emotions

During the @zoukmira embodiment events, I met someone who reminded me of what that could feel like. He wasn’t interfering in my process or offering advice I didn’t ask for. He wasn’t overly protective or constantly checking in. He was just there. I could sense him in the background, grounded, steady, available. And when I needed him, I could approach him. When things felt too much, I could lean on him, and he would simply be still. When I cried on his shoulder, he didn’t try to make it better. He just stayed quiet, letting me have my moment, and somehow that stillness spoke more than any words could.

When we paired up in a shadow workshop I showed him some of the anger I carried inside, and I remember feeling scared that it might be too much, that I did not feel safe enough in the container of the group to go deeper. He looked at me and said, “I can handle much more than that.” Those words landed so deeply. It wasn’t even the words themselves, it was the way he said them, the energy behind them. I realized how much I had longed for that kind of presence my entire life; a masculine energy that could hold me without needing to control me, that could guide me back to my center simply by being there.

I can see now that so much of what I’ve been searching for in men was really this longing for safety, for someone to help me hold all that I feel, not to fix it, not to change it, but to witness it. And somehow, through this connection, something in me started to heal. 

This experience didn’t erase what was missing in the past, but it showed me what’s possible now. That love, safety, and presence can still arrive later in life, in forms I didn’t expect.

@Martin_hartmannshenn I’m grateful for the friendship we have build. A connection built on trust, and holding space for each other. In my most vulnerable moments, I could lean on you and feel the steadiness of a masculine support that helped me stay with myself. 💫

 #innerchildhealing #fatherwound #divinemasculine #innerwork #embodiedhealing #emotionalawareness #healingjourney #shadowwork #selfhealing #embodiment #traumahealing #spiritualgrowth #nervoussystemregulation
🇬🇧English in comments 

Het is heerlijk weer.
Ik zit met mijn vriend op een terrasje te werken, met een prachtig uitzicht op het park.
Langzaam stroomt het terras vol mensen. Gesprekken, koffiekopjes die neergezet worden, stemmen, gelach.
En ergens merk ik… dat ik me steeds slechter begin te voelen.

Op een gegeven moment zeg ik hardop: “Ik ben overprikkeld. Het gaat niet goed.”
Ik pak mijn geluidsdempende oordopjes, zet een kalmerend muziekje op, doe mijn ogen dicht en leun met mijn hoofd tegen de achterkant van de bank.

En dan komen de emoties.
Verdriet.
Niet gekoppeld aan een herinnering of een gedachte. Gewoon… verdriet.
Ik laat het over me heen komen, zonder er iets mee te willen doen.
Langzaam vullen mijn ogen zich met tranen.

Na een tijdje open ik mijn ogen weer.
Dezelfde zon. Hetzelfde park.
Maar ik voel me ineens zoveel lichter, zoveel meer aanwezig.

Soms zitten we de hele dag in ons hoofd.
We merken niet hoeveel kleine gebeurtenissen, berichtjes, blikken, geluiden zich in ons opstapelen.
We banjeren maar door.
En pas als het lichaam fluistert genoeg – of soms schreeuwt – hebben we de kans om te stoppen.

Soms is dat alles wat nodig is:
de ogen sluiten, het lichaam voelen, en toestaan dat alles wat vastzat… mag stromen.

Herken jij dit? Dat je pas voelt wat er leeft in je lichaam als je eindelijk even stilvalt?
Voel je vrij om hieronder te delen.

#overprikkeling #hoogsensitief #ontprikkelen #emotiesvoelen #emotioneelherstel #zelfzorg #hsp #lichamenluisteren #embodiment #emotiesdoorvoelen

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