More turtle, less hare

Apr 23

I have been in a big life transition for the better part of a year. A new chapter is beginning, whole new horizons and uncharted waters are revealing themselves to me. It’s joyous. It’s thrilling. And also a bit scary. Wounds and mistakes from the past whisper to me - what if it happens again? Fears snake up my spine and purr - what if you’ve lost your edge? What if you don’t create anything worthwhile if you don’t constantly push and overextend yourself?

The thing about slowing down enough to get quiet that no one tells you is that your shadows catch up with you too. It takes time for a nervous system constantly fuelled by caffeine, adrenaline and fight/flight/fawn responses to adjust to calm. Until then, waves of insecurity, fears and feeling thrown back into what was are bound to happen.

I don’t want to start this new chapter from a paradigm of rush, scarcity and fear. I want to start from the kind of foundations upon which the world I’d like to live in can be built - more just, regenerative, and beautiful. And that takes time. So even if it’s scary at times, I am taking that time. For the first time in my life as far as I can remember, I am pacing myself. Being more turtle 🐢 less hare 🐇 for a while.

I am building my new projects with tender care and more patience than those who know me best would have guessed I can muster. I am nurturing my resilience with conscious movement and art-based practices. The Living the Questions journey has been so incredibly supportive in this process! It is now available as a self-paced journey by the way - 8 masterfully crafted workshops, woven into a beautiful journey, to do in your own time, at your own pace. And with the possibility to ask Michelle questions if anything comes up! A fantastic offering if you ask me.

We’re also offering a brand new journey called NatureSpeaks 🌿🎨 starting on 6th of May. Learning to pace myself has gone hand in hand with learning to live more in tune with nature’s cycles and being more present, so I can’t wait to see the magic that this journey will bring.

If this resonates, I’d love to have you join us or hear back from you. Questions and comments about my journey to well-being are always welcome, it's important to me to shed light on this often taboo topic. In any case, I hope some gentleness can be with you too, wherever you are in your story 🤍

Learn more about Nature Speaks 🌿🎨

Nora Wilhelm

Nora Wilhelm is a systems change advocate, researcher and artist dedicated to paradigm shifts for a more just and regenerative future. She has been on a quest to make change work since her teens, and eventually hit a wall when her body couldn't cope anymore. She was diagnosed with burn-out, and realised she had to unlearn putting herself at the end of her own to do list. In addition to her systems change work and support for (aspiring) systems change leaders, she founded the well • change atelier in 2023 to make art-based processes and tools to cultivate connection, creativity, and well-being available to more people, and is an outspoken advocate for mental health.

https://www.norawilhelm.org