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Dear ,
At the end of last year, a dear colleague of mine invited me to hold a workshop in Zagreb sometime in 2026. We met online, agreed on a date and started the preparations.
I booked my flight from Sofia to Zagreb already last December only to receive notice from Ryanair in January, that both flights had been cancelled. After a first moment of disappointment, I had a feeling that there might be meaning behind all this and shared it with my husband. It did not take long for the idea to come up that we could combine my workshop with a longer shared work-and-travel experience and we searched for a nice place to stay.
Finding an accommodation at a reasonable price for 4 weeks is not easy, but there was this homely place in a small Slovenian town just across the border, 30 minutes from Zagreb. It immediately caught my attention and we booked it.
To keep a long story short, from the first moment there we were taken back in time to what felt like home for both of us - like Bavaria in the 1980s and before. It was more than the houses and streets, the people who smiled at us as they passed by, our landlord and his friend who invited us to a canoe ride on the nearby river. It was the trees, the birds, the smell of nature, the whole energy of that place.
And with each day passing by, I realized how tense I had been. How much pressure I had put on myself with work and deadlines, trying to be there for everyone and everything – as if trapped in a bubble where the mere idea of stopping and relaxing had felt impossible to even contemplate.
Now, in this special environment, something has happened. Although there was, of course, still work to do, sessions with my trainees, preparations for workshops, and more, I slowly began to relax. I started doing things I could barely remember allowing myself to do before, like not opening my laptop for an entire weekend or lying in the landlord’s hammock for an hour – just me, the birds, the sun, and our dog beside me. My husband noticed that shift even more than I did and asked me jokingly if I was still the same woman he had married.
I realized that so many things I thought I needed to do were actually not that important. And yes, now I can hear some of you saying, “but that’s what you are always teaching us”. You are so right. And yet, I am only human, like all of us.
This place has opened up long forgotten spaces within me. It allows me to become aware of old patterns that had been hidden somewhere deep inside. Some of them I meet with tears. Others with a smile. And all of them are welcome.
They are all welcome because they are the result of me following a call from Universe asking me to open a space for something unplanned and unknown.
Now I know that not all of you can go on a 4-week work-and-travel journey. But maybe you can allow yourself to create that space where you can slow down and rediscover the balance between duties and simply breathing.
May the month of June bring you moments of realization of what is truly important to you in life - and the courage to follow Universe’s call.
In the spirit of love and reconciliation
Ursula
Before I share the upcoming events and offers, I have a small request.
Over the years, many of you have worked with me individually, in workshops, courses or constellations. Recently, I found myself curious about something: What does this work actually feel like from your side?
Your perspective matters to me. So I created a little survey — three questions, fully anonymous, takes about two minutes.
No pressure at all. But if you feel like sharing, I'd love to hear from you.
Share your experience here
With gratitude,
Ursula
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