Support groups to heal

There is something very fundamentally comforting in realising we’re not alone in a situation, or in having endured a certain trauma. We need others to understand ourselves, and to even admit and accept that we have indeed experienced something traumatic. By hearing someone else’s story, we can recognize our own. And through listening to others, and recognising our own pain, we can also tap into our emotions more naturally, and let them emerge to be released, as well as find forgiveness and an increased understanding. Then it becomes easy to extend compassion with our empathy.

At Telluselle Living Center, I hope to host these kind of groups, where we can come together and bond through sharing the same kind of experiences, not to wallow, but to uplift, encourage and move on, with one another’s support. This becomes a kind of coaching in small groups, with up to 10 participants, sitting in a circle, for a safe setting.

What have you been through? What have others around you experienced? What would you like to change and how? Send me an email to hannah@telluselleliving.com and share!

Finding forgiveness

One of the most important processes one can do to heal oneself, others, and even this planet, is to practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is a part of love and crucial for omitting that energy, and for being able to act with compassion. In Hawai’i, they have a practice called Ho’oponopono, which basically means to make things right again, to realign into aloha.

To practice Ho’oponopono, focus on a person that says he or she has been harmed by you, or that you know in your heart that you may have caused harm, whether intentionally or not, and pray for forgiveness, not only by that person, but also that person’s family and ancestors and anyone in the future belonging to that family. This way, we also honor others impacted by our actions and conflicts.

The prayer goes:

Divine Creator, Father, Mother, Child as One, if I, (insert your name) or any of my relatives and ancestors, have ever caused (insert name of person you ask for forgiveness) or any of his/her relatives and ancestors, any harm, in any form, I deeply apologize and humbly ask for your forgiveness. I ask of you to transmute any and all negative energies and turn them into light and let there be peace. And so it is. Amen.

To forgive yourself, simply ask yourself of forgiveness. I like to use my inner child as the one I’m apologizing to, so that I continue to have her trust and keep her safe and happy. When my inner child is safe and happy, she brings forth the Divine light in me, in all my interactions and endeavours. And she is not trying to take charge from the subconscious part of me, but rather is allowed to give voice to her needs, so that my inner parent can care for myself, and so that I can be an adult with others. Having given yourself forgiveness, lifts off your guilt and lessens your doubt, so that you can be more authentic and loving. Now, imagine to do this together with the person in question, or even between whole families – what a mature society we would have! Could it even be brought into our workplaces?

Find the feeling within, that corresponds with how the other person feels hurt by you, and you will find compassion.

Coaching technique

Ready to improve your life, set new goals and achieve them? Then seeing a professional coach might be helpful. A professional coach works somewhat similar to a therapist, but without offering any therapy. We focus on your present situation, and what you would like to change.

When we coach, we use different parameters in our sessions, such as:

  • Listening – we listen intently also on the third unspoken level, such as being diligent about cues from your tone of voice, body language, and emotional charge behind the words.
  • Mirroring – we often talk back to you the same way you talk to your coach, to see if this is how you want to be perceived.
  • Summarizing – we summarize what you’ve said, to see if we understood you correctly, and to help you clarify what you want, why and how.

At the end of a session, we decide when and if you want another one, and also what you are going to do until then. It can be to assess any personal traits, capabilities or go through your resumé. It can also be to seek more information, make contact with someone with a new approach, or to find a metaphor to help you evolve. Each session lasts for 45 minutes for both of us to be able to keep our focus.

The best way to understand coaching, is by giving yourself an actual dialogue with one! This is also how I coach, together with following the ICF’s ethical guidelines. You can book a session in person, or through Zoom, by e-mailing me at hannah@telluselleliving.com Your first session is for free!

Dancing in honor of nature’s beauty

Sometimes, the green is so lush, the mountains so majestic, the mist so mystical, the flowers so colorful and deep scenting, the volcanoes so powerful, the ocean so moving, the wind and the rain so telling, and the sun so bright: One must care for the place, and one must dance about it!

The majority of Hawaiian songs are describing a place on the islands, a legend about a god or goddess, or the history of its monarchs. All with love, for love. Doing motions that share these stories with our hands and hips, constitute dancing Hawaiian Hula ‘Auana (modern). Most songs are in Hawaiian, but some are also in English. And this is another one of the types of dance styles that I hope to host at Telluselle Living Center, with a teacher, taught by a Hawaiian Kumu Hula, according to lineage.

Making an eco-friendly choice

I have been looking around to find a dark green, long, mat for my kitchen for months. Since I live on a small budget, it also can’t be to expensive. Imagine how glad I was to find one for just 30 USD (300 SEK) at Rusta. But, it wasn’t made of cotton and directly the day after, I started sneezing, which I assume was because it being made with an allergen in its material. Not only that, in my very sunlit kitchen, it looked blue during the whole day until nightfall. Then it looked green. It made me frustrated, so I returned it, and luckily found another one elsewhere a couple of weeks later.

This kind of mat, is like I want it, made of only cotton in the right size, so I can wash it myself, and in the exact green hue that I think look nice to match my curtain and placemats. It’s a typical Swedish weaved rug that has been popular here for hundreds of years. And as if this wasn’t enough, it’s also made of recycled fabric from leftover, discarded clothes. So, not only did I score a better quality and color, but also an eco-friendly kind. This one, however, cost 110 USD (1100 SEK) but with free shipping at Nordic Nest. And no more sneezing!

So, what do we pay and for what? How do you reason, when you make choices for your health and your home?

You can see more of how I have it at home here.

Learning to dance Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan dance is one of the kinds of dance practices that I’d like to host at Telluselle Living Center, with a trained teacher. It’s a form of modern dance, evolving from ballet to classical music but with softer and more liberated movements, dancing barefoot. Isadora Duncan was a pioneer in modern dance and developed this style in the early 1900’s, in the United States, across Europe with a fascination for Greek art, culture and legends, and with a visit to Russia that also inspired her for some dances. She also believed in teaching children about life and relating to nature, as she had grown to understand some spiritual mysteries, that she also wanted to forward. This is also part of learning to dance Isadora Duncan. We study her work, including both original photos and videos and interpretations.

Then we try to grasp how the motion came forth and seek this within ourselves, while aiming to express the same.

She is also famous for some profound quotes, like “You were once wild, don’t let them tame you.” and her free lifestyle, including dancing in sheer silk tunics.

More about Isadora Duncan dance can be found in the archives here.

The benefits of coaching

What is it, that you get from being coached? After all, it’s still you yourself, who needs to do the assessments, assignments and action-steps towards reaching your goal. Here are some benefits:

  • Firmer decisionmaking
  • More defined boundaries
  • Better confidence
  • Renewed motivation
  • Clearer focus and purpose
  • Feel supported
  • Realisations about yourself and others
  • More life-balance
  • More organized

There aren’t any side-effects or negative outcomes with coaching! However, you might feel challenged and experience resistance, both inner and by others, as well as change in both your relationships and your work and home-life. After all, it’s what you’re seeking. But, it’s just growing pains!

Coaching questions for you!

In case you wonder, what type of questions I will ask in a coaching session with me, it all depends on what you seek help with. But, a common string of questions with a simple example, might sound like:

What is the problem you would like to solve?

I am tired.

Which kind of solution would you like to see?

I’d like to be rested to be able to do more and be a nicer person.

What do you need to solve this problem?

I need to sleep better.

What is stopping you from solving this problem?

I don’t have a good bed.

What is then the actual problem?

That I don’t have a good bed.

What can you do to take a step towards lessening the obstacle that is stopping you from solving the problem?

Save up money to buy another bed.

Is there any information you can look up? Any person to contact and ask? When will you do that?

I can look at IKEA and in vintage stores for different types, as well as read up on the different kind of mattresses to match my needs, next week.

How will you feel after reaching your goal? What more can you do to make you feel that?

I will feel more rested! I can also take naps.

Coaching dialogues, and sessions, are based on being present for our clients, so that we pose questions and pull out insights and solutions, directly deriving from what you are saying in the moment, as well as summarize it to allow you to become more clear. The only way to see if it works, is to try! Contact me for a complimentary session on Zoom, or in person, to find out for yourself. (I recommend at least three sessions (once every other week) to notice a difference, and usually three months to have reached a goal, or a milestone towards one. If I find that you might need another type of counselling, such as getting help from a therapist, attorney or accountant, I will also say that.) I look forward to hear from you!

Is Yoga a precursor to personal growth?

Many are those in the Western world, who believes practicing Ashtanga or Hatha yoga, is equal to personal growth and even career development. This is simply not true. Standing in any of the asanas, for any amount of time, any amount of days in a row, will not allow you to make more money or become more successful. Or even more happy. What yoga does, is to work out our bodies; muscles and ligaments, as well as internal organs, to form a better balance in harmony with our breath. When our bodies are at optimum health, we also tend to feel better, and can achieve better results in other endeavours. You need not however, to wear malas, drink only smoothies, and become a Hindu. It’s rather all these beliefs about Yoga, that hinder you from functioning on an optimal level. Your ego comes in the way. Yoga is a set of stretches from India, that enables our souls to inhabit our bodies more fully.

After both having had surgery and gaining weight last year, I have had to go backwards in my yoga practice. What I mean by that, is simply that I can’t do all the asanas the way I used to. I simply don’t have the strength or the flexibility to. But this doesn’t make me any less enlightened, less caring, or any less healthy. Enlightenment isn’t achieved by standing in the downward dog. Enlightenment is to expand our hearts with compassion and look and act in the world from this perspective. Some would call it attaining Buddha-consciousness, others Christ-consciousness. God still being the guru.

And being healthy, has to do with eating well, getting enough oxygen and sleep, and using our bodies physically, as well as exercising our intellect, releasing emotional tensions, and feed ourselves spiritually, with a balance between alone time and time spent with others. Choose the practices that makes you feel better.

For career and personal growth, seeing a life-coach once every two weeks for a couple of months, can help you make a plan and start taking action towards reaching your goals in any area of your life.

Leaning on a rock

Where we live on this planet, decides what we think of as a treasure. I thought of that today, when I went out for a walk in the woods nearby where I live. As is so common in the Stockholm area of Sweden, granite rocks can be found easily, even large. This one looked particularly smooth and I wondered how many people have not touched it or sat on it? Granite is said to be a development of lava for thousands of years. Ours mostly coming from the Ice-age, simply left on the ground where the ice melted. But, does granite also hold symbolic healing properties the way many hold to be true for crystals like Rosequartz or Amethist? Are we walking around in gemstone wonderland ourselves but can’t see the beam in our own eye? I doubt that any Swedes, besides children, would carry pieces of granite in their pockets, or medicine pouches like wannabe Native American Indians. Why is that?

The rarer the find, the greater the treasure.

According to Google, the Mayan Indians hold Granite high, as a rock for protection. Probably, because they aren’t very common in South America. To me, Granite stands for stability. It’s simply my own symbolism. What if people chasing gemstones to carry in their pockets, are really longing for a rock to lean on, as in having faith? Did you know? You can decide yourself, what you want your gemstone to mean for you. It can be used as a reminder, as a pretty object beautifying your home or office, or to elevate your energy that it naturally does, carrying energy from where it comes, and because of your own beliefs that together with your spirit can charge it as.

At Telluselle Living Center, we want to come together to celebrate and cherish nature regardless of faith, upholding, and introducing, Indigenous knowledge and culture, by teachers according to lineage.

Sacred Frequencies

According to some healers, different frequencies can be used to restore and promote wellness within our minds and bodies. I’ve just started trying this for myself, to see if I feel any difference. The whole concept is nothing new – chanting sacred mantras are built on the same principle; that pronouncing certain words a certain way, produces a vibration within our mouths, that help us align our own spirit with the Divine.

Everything is like sound; a vibration that can have an effect on our energy field and thus mood. This is easiest recognized simply by listening to different types of music. Sacred Frequencies build on indigenous flutes, digeridoos and the soft beat of drums. With the add of a pulse, we can increase, or decrease, our heartbeat and thus feel better, depending on our needs. It can both soothe and energize us. We can float in a sea of tones.

More about the Sacred Frequencies can be found here.

Letting your needs lead you

Practicing self-care is not about constantly going to the gym or eating the right diet. Self-care is about tending to your needs as they arise in your daily life. To help motivate and guide you towards a better practice, a good way is to observe how you feel after you have done something.

This is how it’s for me:

After I’ve slept well, I feel rested.

After I’ve practiced qigong, I feel refreshed and ready.

After I’ve practiced yoga, I feel warmed up and relaxed.

After I’ve practiced meditation, I feel at peace.

After I’ve eaten a healthy meal, I feel satisfied.

After I’ve listed what I’m grateful for, I feel content.

After I’ve danced Isadora Duncan, I feel happy and alive.

After I’ve danced Hawaiian Hula, I feel more feminine and loving.

After I’ve danced West African dance, I feel powerful and liberated.

After I’ve worked, I feel accomplished and good.

After I’ve had dialogues with uplifting people, I feel inspired to grow and get going

After I’ve taken a shower, I feel clean and fresh.

Now, how do you feel before and after you do any self-care practices? Most of all, how do you feel when you don’t? I think it’s good to strike a balance between booking times and dates to do certain things, and to just feel the need and do it then. I don’t do yoga or qigong at a specific day every week, because then they’ll just add more stress to my day, knowing that I need to check that of my list too. I rather feel that I need to do qigong and then do it. I can be cranky or feel overwhelmed, then I do qigong. When I feel I’ve been sitting a lot, I need to do yoga to stretch and release tensions. And so forth… So, what is a need you have, and what is a practice you want to make into a habit, or is even for you to have as a reward in itself?

At Telluselle Living Center, I hope to create a combination of fixed classes and an open membership, with timeslots and space to practice on your own. Which do you prefer?

Photo shows me doing a West African dance motion, as taught by Carin Dackman.

Getting uncomfortable

One of the more important aspects of Lifecoaching, is to lead your life and therethrough set boundaries. Recently, I was met with a situation that became an example to practice this. I’ve been seeing a physiotherapist for a couple of months, due to having experienced some pain in my shoulders, sitting bones, and knees that I needed help to cope with. But, last week, my physiotherapist here in Sweden, had just made an appointment on his own, that I received a confirmation on by text, without talking to me first.

Since I didn’t have any other appointment booked at that specific time, it became hard to find a reason to turn this down, but both did I have other things planned to do, the commute is long and I didn’t feel it was necessary to come so often (Since I dance, it’s fairly easy for me to remember exercises to do on my own). But most of all, I didn’t like the way he set it up, not asking me first. Or was I wrong? Did I need this more than I realise myself? When it comes to healthcare, it isn’t always so easy to discern, and to trust your own gut feeling, but, we must!

The day after, I called to cancel. They only had their answering machine on, but I left a message. Later that same afternoon, they called but without hearing my cancellation. My physiotherapist had fallen ill and had to cancel himself. Thus, we postponed it to next week and I also shared why.

Do you have any situations or relationships that you don’t feel treated the way you need, to feel good about them? Discussing this with a life-coach, and then trying different approaches for yourself with your own examples, will enable you to lead your life better too.

Furnishing with Feng Shui

Before taking on any plans for furnishing your apartment, go by your instinct and personal taste first. For me, it’s important to have it color-coordinated and easy to clean, with symbolisms and a personal touch. I naturally chose to sit at a specific seat at my kitchen table and later learned, it’s where I can catch a glimpse of the sunrise. According to Feng Shui, facing East enables more opportunities in life to find you. Green stands for abundance and growth. A poster of San Francisco reminds me of my goal.

Another thing I like, is to sleep with space around my bed, rather than next to a wall. Placing the bed like this, also is good according to Feng Shui and is called to place it in power position. Above my head, I’ve placed a visionboard from 2013 for making dreams come true (These past two years, I’ve had a photo of a Hawaiian sunset above my bed.), with what I like to attract in life, and a photo by me of a pink rose for femininity and love. Sheepskin instead of a mat, makes it nice to put down my naked feet in the morning.

My living room is a place to unwind and socialize. It’s also here I move the chair to practice yoga and qigong, as well as Hula and Isadora Duncan dance at home. This is facing West, so I get to see the sunset here. And thus, a good place to end my day at. Pictures on the walls are photos printed out as posters, that I have taken in Hawaii.

My living room, is mainly used for relaxing and not working. When I want to practice yoga or dancing, I simply move the chair and use the space in front of my bookshelves to.

Green plants are important to have in your home in Sweden, since we only have it green outside for a couple of months per year. I opted for plants that can be found naturally in Hawaii to stay with my theme of sand and seashells. I re-potted them in a special soil that I know helps them grow and last long. An elephant made of porcelain, with the trunk up for good luck are on the windowsill, but mostly because I used to collect elephants growing up, initiated by my grandparents. And a bust of a woman draped in fabric as a token of my appreciation of dancing Isadora Duncan and Hawaiian Hula.

I like my entrance to both be welcoming and a little elegant in a sleek way, wherefore I opted for this vintage chair and the colors beige and white here too. I might add some photos or quotes. What is placed opposite a mirror is said to multiply and attract it into your life.

And a bathtub with feet and sea-green floor tiles, just the way I want it. And a shower-curtain with little drops in the same color. The window, a bonus.

Last, but not least, it’s common to have built-in balconies in Sweden, because of our climate, so I made it into a cozy spot with the add of supporting bamboo in a corner, some lights, and a wind-chime made of bamboo too, making a soft sound. According to Feng Shui, this helps to elevate the energy and increase the flow of the room and home.

Furniture from IKEA, with decor, fabrics, pots and plants from: Jysk (and the kitchen chairs), Rusta, Åhléns, Hemtex, Plantagen, Blomsterlandet, Nordic Nest and local thrift-stores. All on a budget!

(Some of the photos updated 2025.)

The power in choosing

Even locked up in a prison cell, we have actual, literal, choices we can make. We can choose if we want to sit or lay down, read or sleep, talk or be quiet, choose which clothing item we want to put on and in which order, and of course how we respond to others. (That is, unless we are directly threatened and need to react.) Now, look at your own regular life and acknowledge all the choices you have: what to eat, who to talk to, what to do, where to go, when to go to sleep, when to get up, what to buy… When you really acknowledge all these choices that you have, you’ll begin to see all the possibilities you have. How does this make you feel?

To make conscious choices, is an important part of Lifecoaching, which aims to empower people to make better decisions for themselves, in order to reach their goals and ultimately live their dream. Each little step you take, contains a choice: How fast you walk, if you are going to look down or up, or be on your phone, and whether or not you want to stop and smell the roses. Actually doing so, is how you practice presence and gratitude, as well as lessen your stress.

A good exercise to do, is to bring this question with you in your daily routines in the morning: Which choices am I going to make today? I’m choosing to…

Enjoy!

Creating a vision

While a Christian mystic would refer to it as an apparition, a business strategist and/or life coach, think of a vision as something we create ourselves, but indeed as a picture. A desired picture of how we would like something to be or look like. It can be our own life or business, or an entire city or country.

When a vision has become defined, it can be distilled into one or several achievable goals, and is best done together with the group that is going to achieve them.

A good way to start, is to assume a perspective as seen from above, to get the whole desired picture. We can define it as a wish or a dream, when done alone, but for a group, creating a vision can also be a goal in itself to work towards, answering questions like:

Which resources do we already have in terms of time, money and knowledge? Map this out.

How would we like to live and work?

What is our purpose?

What can be done to achieve this?

What can we do?

Who else can we bring in to join us?

What will become the result for us as individuals, as an organization, and as a community?

There we have it!

Belonging to a group

When we feel accepted and held by a group, we feel more safe to fully express ourselves. A group can consist of anywhere from 3 persons up to 20, to feel at home in. Usually around 10 is a good number. when we want the group to be whole and not splitting into two. Often times, bigger groups tend to also develop an informal leader alongside the formal leader, which can bring about conflicts and insecurity among its members and in the culture we form.

I’ve been thinking about how I express myself orally and how it used to be, when I was part of an acting group growing up in my Swedish High School years. I think we worked together for some five years, putting up children’s plays, musicals and even a series of dialogues by one of the Swedish literary masters. Since we all got to know each other and were performing together, we also built a supportive disposition that enabled us to become better on stage, as we prepared, rehearsed and offered our audience our best interpretations in a closely knit collaboration. For this to become good, we all learned to accept and respect one another, had fun, and helped each other out as we practiced with improvisations. Thus, with the group as our foundation, we can bring forth our inner selves more, with our own quirks and authenticity blossoming, as well as in any roles we play.

Likewise, coaching in small groups in a round the table setting, can enable more open discussions with forward motion for our topic at hand. This is how we really can share on an equal basis with mutual trust.

At Telluselle Living Center, I hope to host support groups and coaching conversation circles, with various topics and concerns, to develop not only ourselves, but also our community, and in extension our society.

Let your feelings lead you

Many people choose to either dress or surround themselves with certain colors, because they have learned that if they do, they will radiate and attract what these colors are said to possess. While many colors can be likened with nature and what they represent for us, it’s not the same. Not everybody wearing dark blue will work in law enforcement or be presidents or in any powerful position. I choose color mostly depending on how I feel wearing it. Sometimes, I also like choosing colors according to trends I sense and what’s in fashion.

I chose this green for my spring coat, because it reminds me of meeting a Chameleon in Hawaii, that hid under leaves in this exact hue, and of my first Hula-skirt, my ‘pau, that unfortunately I was much hated in. Nonetheless, I still like wearing the color green. It also can be seen as symbolic for spring, nature and growth – naturally – while not at all symbolic of money to me, since we don’t have green bills in Sweden or in EU. If I would solemnly choose to wear this color in an effort to attract money, it wouldn’t work, since I don’t believe that I would receive money just for wearing this, given there is no natural reason. But, I feel happy wearing it.

So, the next time you ponder about buying a piece of clothing and which color to choose, just ask yourself how it makes you feel, and let that be your foundation for making your decision.

Longing for warmth

Today, April 30th, is the official last day of winter in Sweden, celebrated as Walpurgis night with special songs for the occasion and a traditional bonfire. Even so, the nights here in Stockholm, are still below freezing and I still need to wear my winter jacket. This, besides the culture and the suppression by authorities here, is the biggest reason for me to want to move from Sweden. Imagine having to be cold for some 8 months out of 12! I would never cold plunge.

In comparison, San Francisco is at the same latitude as Lisbon in Portugal, where it basically never freezes and where winter is only a couple of months, besides having more daylight. This is also where the UN was founded, where the Women Liberation movement started, and where living Eco-friendly first became an everyday alternative also for city people. Then add more liberal views thanks to the large LBQT community, and some lovely architecture and design, that I sincerely appreciate. And, this is where Isadora Duncan was born. It’s also a good place to do business with some moderate efficiency and tempo of life, less stressed and smaller than the regular large American cities. I’ve been to San Francisco twice in the mid 90’s, but the question is – is it still the same?

Honolulu, on the other hand, is always going to be a warm home.

Writing as therapy – from copywriting to coaching

I’ve got my first journal when I was seven years old and started to document what I had eaten and done during the day, including buying clothes with my mother and what I had received. I continued journaling throughout my upbringing and soon found comfort in sharing my worst feelings and fears. I also grew very fond of Anne Frank, thanks to our own family history where my grandmother survived the Holocaust and we visited Anne Frank’s hideaway in Amsterdam when I was a young teen. I decided to save all my diaries in case I one day would be discovered too…

My mother was a language teacher and my father worked as a journalist and author, so it was only natural that I became a copywriter in the beginning of my 20’s. Unfortunately, all my diaries became destroyed in a fire in the attic, in my apartment building where I had kept them. But, I also found relief to write about fun things, products and services that are useful and make me curious, and even tried writing some poetry. Most often, poems come to me naturally in their own form of inspiration that just enables me to write them down, with a little finetuning and editing.

In my 30’s, I began to journal more consciously, with self-assessment tools, affirmations, plans and goals, and lists of gratitude. This became the beginning of my career as a life coach and I also wrote a newsletter for a couple of years, with different theme words for each one, after finishing my Swedish university degree in Workscience.

Hence, after my mother passed when I was 34, it was only natural for me to process it all in writing. I had also written down the story of my life to this point when I was 25, after I had come out of a destructive relationship with a man I used to work with. This, however, was never published after an agent’s recommendation to not have it backfire, more than it already had with lots of gossip around town.

My grieving process took me to Hawaii in September 2004 to study, which I did from December to June 2005. During this time, i got ample time to renew my perspective and ambitions for life, while also looking to define love in an effort to heal myself. I soon realised that I wasn’t feeling my true feminine essence, which became the focus of my journey. After some years in Sweden, where it was first written in Swedish but without publisher and I also had changed my name, I decided to translate and develop it into a version more fit for an American audience, from where I have drawn much inspiration. It was my goal to have it published and marketed in 2011, while moving to San Francisco, where I also wanted to build Telluselle Living Center, after another year in Honolulu to get my Master’s degree, or a Graduate certificate, in Organizational Change. I had just gotten a promise to be able to publish it with Hay House’s self-publishing department called Balboa Press, when… I was detained and put into a legal jeopardy by Hawaii Pacific University, who delayed the transfer of my Swedish graduate credits.

Soon, I understood that I also had to heal my masculine essence and how my father has shaped me. Often, men are seen as authority, wherefore it became easy to see my battle with authorities as an extension of battling with him. So, another book became about in 2012 and 13, after I had been deported. I also submitted about a dozen witness testimonies to the UNOHCHR to ensure a better respect for Human Rights of immigrants to be upheld. The UN in Geneva, made their own investigation and conducted more interviews with others in 2014-16. And in 2017, I edited both my books to the best of my ability and was ready for the big launch with the kind of PR I have gotten my entire life…

But. Some people in Sweden, including authorities, have some kind of problem with my career development and most of all perhaps, with my personal development as I stepped out of the roles I’ve played. and instead developed a stronger sense of self. I also knew that I had to heal my inner child from its own perspective, to let it be reclaimed and integrated in a more lifegiving way that also has enabled me to experience true joy. This is why I lived in Portugal in 2019-20, after which I had originally planned to move to San Francisco.

Instead, the same envious and jealous Swedish woman tried to sabotage me even more, that has resulted in a legal battle ongoing since 2015, but escalated since 2018, that I’d like American authorities to help me with, since I also was made homeless during this time and had to wait for 3 years to get my teeth done, due to someone’s wrongfully registration of my whereabouts in the Swedish tax records. Now, it’s 2023, and after summer, I hope I can finally move, depending on my skincancer and any other circumstances out of my control. Meanwhile, I work as a freelancing translator and life-coach, while always practicing my favorite wellness practices, and dancing too of course.

So, stay tuned! And, if you so would like, read more about my books here, available worldwide on Amazon and Kindle.