🌿 NEWSLETTER 1-2-26 — Theme: Are you listening… or not hearing yourself yet?
Patricia and Robert van Kooten 
“The soul doesn’t shout. It waits patiently for you to become quiet enough to listen.”
The past period has been completely about listening for me.
Not to opinions.
Not to expectations.
Not to what feels logical or safe.
But to that quiet, deep voice within.
The voice that doesn’t shout.
That isn’t in a hurry.
That doesn’t try to convince you —
it simply is.
During a ceremony, I went inward with this theme.
I felt a calling. Strong. Clear. Unmistakable.
And at the same time, grief, fear, and resistance surfaced.
Because listening to your inner guide can mean that everything you’ve built suddenly feels uncertain.
What I discovered there touched me deeply:
that in the past, I often made choices from fear, tension, or the feeling that “something better must be waiting somewhere else.”
This time was different.
The message I received was simple and crystal clear:
Safety does not live in a place.
Not in what you hold on to.
But in your heart.
And suddenly, there was stillness.
Not emptiness.
But calm.
Listening to your inner guide does not require immediate action.
Only honesty.
And the willingness not to run away from what you feel.
In the coming period, we’ll take you along in this theme.
Not because we have the answers —
but because we are following life itself, exactly where it calls us.
Maybe something resonates.
Maybe not yet.
Both are okay.
Keep listening.
Without forcing.
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🌙 Mini-Reflection —
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Take a quiet moment and feel into this question —
without answering it in your head:
Where in my life do I already sense something calling…
but I am still waiting to fully listen?
There is no need to do anything with what comes up.
Just notice.
Your body already knows..
🌙 Mini-Mini Exercise —
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A short listening moment
Wherever you are right now:
1. Place one hand on your heart.
2. Take one slow, natural breath in.
3. And a long breath out.
Then gently ask inside:
What wants my attention right now?
Don’t search for words.
It might come as a sensation, an image, or simply a feeling of “yes” or “no”.
That’s enough for today.
(Yes — listening can really be this simple.)
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🌾 Explore this further
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If you feel called to go a little deeper into this theme,
we’ve written a reflective blog about listening to your inner guide —
and how to recognize the difference between fear-driven impulses and true inner guidance.
👉 Read the blog here
Let it meet you where you are.
No pressure. No conclusions requierd.
This month, we are not asking you to change your life —
only to listen a little more honestly.
With softness,
Patricia & Robert
InnerSource Galicia
Transformational Llife Coaches
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