A fool with some good karma

This blog actually started in 2011 as my little freetime in a very busy dailylife as a fulltime singlemother, with fulltime work and a lot of designprojects in my own company next to my work, which was very busy. My blog Aviajaspace as the name say was my space and time in the evening, after I had put my small children to sleep, a time where I could inspire myself and others with my interest’ without leaving home, an hour or two where I were connecting with parts I missed in my life and myself. It was so helpful and I have really enjoyed all those hours of writing.

What were my interest’ in the start?

Creativity, design, jazzmusic, writing poetry, colors, food and cooking, Greenland (part of my culture), art, meditation, needlework, nature, photos and probably other things I have forgotten about since I have changed over the years and my interest’ have changed or should I say deepened. Because a lot of the interest’ mentioned above are still the same, some are just more prominent in my life. If you have asked me 13 years ago what I would spend my time with in 2024, I don’t think I would have answered taking another round with being my own boss without safety net, facing a lot of fear and establishing courage to create my third career in my life (my first career was within tourism, second design and now being a spiritual advisor). 

The past four years after we moved to Denmark from Greenland have been a very transformative period, going from a very busy life as a professional interiordesigner, living in a lovely house with a stunning view over the ocean, being blessed with highend clients within the corporate world, earning a good amount of money and in many ways being very succesful.

I was supposed to be where I was those years, in my favourite country, Greenland, with my favourite people, my children and creating a lot of beautiful good design, through a period of time where me and my family needed stability and was rooted one place. But I am a nomad of heart or just not able to settle one place.

I remember the change, the pull towards wanting to change my world, trying something new, without not really knowing my new path. And I know myself, when that pull starts, its like a rolling snowball at the top of the hill, growing bigger and moving faster, until I have to take action on it or life will create circumstances that push me to change my world. This time I took action.

One night November 2018 where I couldnt sleep I re-read a book by the healer Alberto Villoldo, I dont even remember the title, I just knew that I had to check him out. At his homepage I saw he had a month long residential program in California starting February 2018, and it felt so right for me, that I in that moment decided to manifest the conditions for me to participate the programme. (manifesting enough money for the very expensive program, travels for me and my family, living expences for 3 months where I was not working, nearly 5 weeks of programme, 4 weeks of holiday with my children and another month where I was back and working to earn money, and then of course finding someone who would live with my children for a short amount of time before they were travelling themselves to different destinations and eventually meeting up with me in Denmark). 

What a logistic, what a manifestation, nevertheless I was pretty consistent in my thought about it becoming my reality. And a couple of weeks after this decision I recieved some business calls with two HUGE designprojects which had to be done immediately, which meant I could raise the cost’ and the money were covering those 3 months ahead. 

That was the start of my big transformational period, ending my design career, moving country, starting a new career as a spiritual advisor and of course helping my two girls to integrate themselves in another culture in some important years being teenagers.

Looking back at the past four years, I must admit Im glad I didnt know what was laying ahead, then I am pretty sure I havent thrown myself and my girls on our turbulent quest.

Me on my quest, “The Fool” from the tarotdeck The good karma Tarot by Kerry Ward

Four years of rocky roads, a lot of moving, change of direction, so little money, Covid time (which we all know was about), feeling soooo lost, digging deep and trying to understand that change of identity is a big loss of yourself for a period of time before you find a new identity or are able to accept and live with different circumstances you havent imagined.

The four years has also been a course in a non-linear journey, letting go of all I have know and how to percieve life, in listening to my inner voice, meeting new people and creating a new network out in the big world, walking new spiritual pathways, besides my healing, adding psychic, mediumship and spiritual assessment to my services.

Trust have been a big part of my journey and probably the most difficult one for me because I have tried to view my life from the old way of thinking and living. I have felt stepping backwards more than forward, rollercoaster after rollercoaster of expansion and contraction, trust and fears at once, anchoring my soul my light and allowing it more and more next to so many shadows and old stuff rising.

So besides feeling low and lost in many periods, it has been and is actually a steady stream of my soul nudging me towards my new direction and a lot of unknown and uncertainty. The part where you have to lean more and more in to uncertainty and meanwhile becoming yourself has for me been a very exciting journey, much needed and a huge lesson in surrendering.

In 7 weeks Im having a blank sheet in front of me, no outside boss, no income, a lot of ideas and intentions about what to create and start and at the same time some inner work letting go of control, trusting that my soul have helped me to this moment.

From our livingroom, some snow, a helping orb and light above us, my process for the moment. Video made by my eldest daughter Anouk.

Getting somewhere new

New home, moved from Aarhus to Copenhagen, summervibe, lots of horses, huge lake (forgot to take photos), unpacking boxes, learning to start the fireplace, lots of sweet neighbours which already have gifted us with new eggs and flowers, curious neighbour animals trying to get in contact with our cat…tired, resting in the sofa…

Livingroom

Sprouts everywhere

The last two weeks have we been planting a lot of seeds, parsley, basilika, tomato, chili, rucola, spinach, thyme, marigolds, and other vegetables and flowers – especially wild flowers to attract the bees and insects. I really look forward to experience how it all evolve and how much we can harvest later this year…I grew up with a huge vegetable garden, so Im starting up a mini vegetable garden now we are living in Denmark and can plant it outside.

Blackbirds have made a nest right outside – I can follow them from my desk

Healing is feeling

This early morning I spotted one little basilika sprout after we have been putting the seeds in the soil a week ago.

I was thrilled to experience the first of many small new plants and with a happy feeling inside I sat and did my morning meditation. After my meditation and some reading I looked at the little sprout again and in the meantime 4 other small sprouts have showed up. Wow, all this amazing lifeenergy right in front of me, waiting, waiting, waiting and suddenly something happens.

You know how it is to plant seeds, it is so exiting that you look at the soil several visits a day.

It made me think about how we plant seeds in life and see them come up as new people in our life, having new experiences, walking new paths, discovering new inner parts of ourselves or gets closer to our own true nature.

For the moment I really use my outer life as a mirror of my inner life. Whenever I am aware of my own thoughts, emotions, likes and dislikes and preferences I try to be aware of them instead of letting them identify me and my life. The proces is interesting and quite valuable and help me to be aware of how attached I am to certain thought patterns, roles I play out in my life, victimhood (which not only have to do with the bigger issues of life, childhood and relationships), but also the little victimhood in dailylife; “It is raining – it should be sunshine today”, you know let go of thoughts arising from control, painful experiences/memories and thoughts…and just be in the moment. How much do we allow ourself to be in the present moment, let me put it in another way, how aware are we of our own thoughts, emotions and patterns – detach from them and be able to be in the present moment. Being the seer, being the one aware of our own emotions, creating space in between the thought and who we are.

I love the proces and have been on this path for many years. For years I thought my own selfrealisation only could be met by a lot of meditation and retreats. But with time I have realised that the ongoing work of morexand more becoming my inner self, or peeling of all the conditioned layers comes and goes in cycles. You get aware of something in yourself, again and again and again, each time you get deeper within and let go of new layers which doesnt serve you and you strenghten your connection with your inner being.

The outside world is a very helpful mirror in this proces, how does life trigger you?! Weather, traffic, work, relationships, family…so many areas can trigger our own unsolved parts…if we are neutral about life (most of us dont question we have electricity, water, the sun is rising, the road outside etc.), but the areas where the outside starts an inner reaction, is the path, the opportunity to let go of our own layers, blocked energy from past experiences which havent been felt, dealt with in the moment, and now are captured inside of us, and keeps repeating itself until we are aware of the pattern, and until its detached it is hindering us from being our true nature – a soul.

So that was what the small sprouts was kickstarting of thoughts. Enjoy your sunday.

Retreat time

For the first time in many many years as a full time singlemother I soon have the possebility to take some time off on my own. No travelling, no courses or educations (I already follow one 7- week course for the moment, and have 2 mentors and an advisor following me), this time I will stay at home, alone (my cat will be around) and I will use my 7-10 days on a personal meditation retreat.

The intention of my retreat is to sit in silence, go inward, create a deeper connection with my soul and nurture my inner stillness. My days will be spent with meditation, talk with my spirits, yoga, walks in nature, silence and no talking or contact with other people, no social media, phones, wifi, tv and so on, eating healthy, study, rest, just solitude, except for our cat.

So I have some planning beforehand. Cleaning, grocery, meal prepping, laundry, perhaps buy some treats, so when my retreat start at home I can fully focus on my meditation.

I have made several meditation retreats different places in the world. I did a buddhistic one in France many years ago, 1 month of meditation in deep silence (supposed to be in silence, but I was not able to be silent a whole month “LOL” ), but I think I am able to be silent for 7-10 days when I start next week.

I can really recommend it, going inward, listen to your inner voice, sit with yourself, and feel whatever comes up, so you can create more space inside of yourself.The first period you usually feel that you are very tired, then you feel restless because youre not stimulated by the outside world, and then you feel feelings and unsolved issues arising from deep down which havent been taken care of….

At some point you will feel the inner PEACE, more inner SPACE, more JOY and LOVE for yourself and the world…at that time you are more able to be in the PRESENT MOMENT….I really look forward to my mini retreat, and will make another month long retreat when it is possible – I will write about it in some weeks.

The following photos are from my 1 month long silent buddhistic retreat I did in Mas Marvent in France at Dechen Chöling together with 65 other people from around the world.

Winter projects

Im knitting today or actually Im correcting mistakes. The nice half mittens/gloves in rosa and yellow a gift for my eldest daughter (as the purple and blue which already are done and gifts for my youngest daughter) I was so concentrated about the pattern that I missed making the knitpreparing for the thumb part…so right now Im knitting back wards 20 rows 🤣

The green project a v-neck slipover in lovely merino and mohair wool needs a circula knitting needle in a size I dont have – so although I was in the mood for finishing it today I have to wait until tomorrow.

And last project – a very ooold project, a beautiful merinowool blouse for myself – the needle broke – and then life came in between – so I think that february (after birthday month for the girls), I will finish this project – and wear it.

And then every december month I remember an old project (worked on it intensely for 6 months more than 20 years ago and then I was very busy with my final project at the Danish Design school, so this and other projects had to wait. I should finish the edge so we could use it, and then get inspired to finish it…lets see…meantime my eyesight have changed a lot 😂 so when Im going to finish the project I will need a huge magnifying glass lamp. I went for a 5 week embroidery vacation when the children were small at Skals craft school. That was such a nice gift for myself – embroidery and knitting for 5 weeks. Im going to pay the school another long term visit…because its so wonderful to work with your crafting projects 8-12 hours a day.

12 days of changes

We have left Greenland, and have now been living in Denmark for a couple of weeks.

And for some days in our new home, without furnitures, because we still havent recieved them from Greenland. So we live the simple happy campinglife…

Our cat have adjusted to trees and a big variation of plants, and seemed scared the first couple of days (since we moved in to our new home some days ago), but when he overcame being anxious and scared for all the new nature, he found out where we now live and has been running in and out.

We love our little garden with berries, and went out yesterday and bought some extra plants, for example lavender, roses, herbs…And now we have bees in our garden!

Quite glad :)

A custommade acoustic door
And a lot of acoustic walls made by the woodworkers, behind the oak panels acoustic filt creating better acoustic environment in this big entrancespace of the Goverment of Greenland where so many people pass by during a day.
Custommade oak cabinet without its glassfront and Led lightpanels.
Part of it – in-between-cleaning and beautiful sunshine outside
Colonial Daybed by Ole Wanscher fabricated by Carl Hansen & Son – unpacking and hour before use to protect it as much as possible.
Part of the new custommade reception – smoked oak – moved and placed temporary
Blankets everywhere to protect

My day is mainly circling around a LOT of communication, taking small and big decisions – although the project is well described, there will always be issues occurring which has to be solved immediately . When there is a very tight timeschedule, problemsolving and good coordinatingvwork of 20 different people is so important so nobody has to wait for another persons work…

Some of my people will work until late this evening and others will start 4 am, which I really appreciate. Meanwhile the Goverment of Greenland is having their half yearly intense gathering taking political decisions, and exactly this week (our project was delayed 4 weeks because of Covid-19, so we have to work next to their intense work), which means using heavy tools in specific hours are NO go 🙂

By the way renovation-, interior- and buildingprojects are a very male dominated world, and I really find it easy and nice to work with all these skilled men…