Peek in my Week #32 Week 10 of 2026
5-4-3-2-1 → ACTION! 🎬
5 – FULL MOON DIP
I didn’t know it was on my bucket list. But I can officially check it off: last week I went cold water dipping under a full moon for the very first time.
After Frank van Bergen sent me a message, I hesitated for about 10 whole seconds. Then I thought: why not? I’ve never done this, and it might be interesting.
Little did I know the water feels even colder during a full moon, which Frank casually mentioned at the exact moment, I was already in the car and couldn’t back out.
My first thought: it’s just a placebo effect. It’s dark. It’s exciting. Your brain does the rest.
But Frank says it’s real. That the water holds a different frequency during a full moon.
True or not? I felt it. It was colder. And there was something in the air (around and in the water) that was just… different.
4 – WHEN IS GOOD, GOOD ENOUGH?
I’m still working on my Wildly Important Goal. Building a training. With a card deck. Every single day is a freakin’ struggle. Not because I don’t want to. But because it’s just an incredible amount of work.
Like a writer who has absolutely no desire to write. Resistance. Pain. Effort. The voice in your head saying: tomorrow. Or: it’s never going to be good enough anyway.
I’m on my third round of edits. You can keep going forever like that. And then James Clear hits me with this: “When you need clarity, subtract.”
That was the wake-up call I needed. Stop adding. Start cutting. Less. Sharper. Clearer. This week I’m finishing the booklet and the deck. Then on to the training.
3 – I HAVE INTERNS 🎉
Yep. Reneela and Celia are helping me create content for my Instagram. Because that’s the thing that keeps falling to the bottom of my list. While I know: I have so much to share. I just can’t do this alone. There isn’t enough time.
Asking for help is also practice. One I’m still doing myself.
Thanks to Regiocampus Meppel for bringing the right people together. Like these two wonderful, go-getting ladies.
They’re also doing research into what YOU want to see on Instagram. Are you following me there yet? If not, you can here. Two minutes. Anonymous. This is the link to their research. Will you help?
2 – THE HOURGLASS
Because I’ve been going full speed on my W.I.G., I’ve put the hourglass back next to my laptop. When it runs out, I stop. Non-negotiable. No “just five more minutes.” A short break. Move. Go outside. Face in the wind or sun (or right now: rain 😂). Get the laundry from the dryer. A few minutes of nothing.
Because my head just wants to go go go. But my body? It knows better. And my shadows translate it for me.
Someone in our coaching group put it beautifully:
“My body is a text message from my shadow. A warning light I used to try to switch off by reaching for something outside myself.”
Recognizable?
1 – NOBODY LIES ON THEIR DEATHBED…
…thinking: I wish I’d worked harder.
Saturday I was in Doetinchem. My old hometown. My friends, some of whom I’ve known for almost 40 years (😳). Just completely stepping out of everything for a bit.
And back home: a lazy Sunday afternoon with my son. A silly game. Laughing and chatting. A movie in bed together that evening.
It’s about what really matters. The people who really matter. That comes first for me. My child, above all. And while I’m working on something that will hopefully help a lot of people, I refuse to let the work come at any cost.
Being present. Connection. Enjoying what is. Who is here. Who is still with us. Because this week loss came close to home, and that reminds you, once again, how precious life really is.
Let’s make it count.
THE COMMON THREAD
International Women’s Day was this week.
“One is not born a woman. One becomes one.”
Maybe that applies to more.
You don’t automatically become someone who stops when her body asks her to. You don’t automatically become someone who truly listens. You don’t automatically become someone who rests without guilt.
You become her. Step by step. Time and time again.
My own coach said it so beautifully: “Pray to feel your shadows. And pray to have the courage to host them fully.”
My body already knows. My shadows already know. Now it’s up to me.
ACTION 🎬
Set a timer today. Twenty minutes.
When it goes off: stop. Move. Breathe. Look out the window. Or step outside. Not because you’re lazy. But because you’re smart.
Thank you so much for reading. 🙏
May the Life Force be with You.
Love, Syl
