My absolute love story!

Tell me, how much do you let others influence your heart matters?

How often do you consult with friends before deciding for or against something? How often does that end in confusion, disappointment, or resignation?

Believe me, I know this all too well! That's why today I want to tell you how I allowed myself to trust and follow my inner guidance on a deeper level.

In my first email after my digital detox, I wrote that I felt like the time was an EAT, PRAY, LOVE journey to myself. I told you about my newfound freedom, my rekindled creativity, and also about the challenges and my dedication to myself. If you would like to read it again, you can find it here.

But I haven't told you about my personal LOVE STORY yet. Because this retreat has not only brought me self-love, but also even more self-determination. When external influences are no longer there and I realize how important something really is to me, then I can also make sure that it gets more space in my life. By that I mean specifically my inner Jane Austen.

That's what I call the romantic part of me, which I suppressed for a long time, mainly through my spiritual path. I have repeatedly tried to put self-love first and not make myself dependent on others. That's all well and good, but we humans need each other, and I misinterpreted this need for too long— because I believed others more than my own heart.

Portrait of Jane Austen

I don't know if you're familiar with Jane Austen? She was the inventor of the 19th-century love story . The greatest love stories ever produced are based on her work. My heart just loves love stories! I can't deny it. However, many people in the spiritual scene are very critical of Hollywood films, especially love stories with happy endings. They believe these stories reflect unrealistic ideas and unattainable expectations of relationships. I found this plausible, since most reasons for breakups are a result of partners having different ideas about their life together. However, I also believe that many people who hold this opinion have never experienced true love or are afraid of losing their hearts and therefore don't want to get deeply involved in the first place. Why do I believe this? I've met many of them!

IT TAKES COURAGE TO REALLY OPEN YOURSELF UP TO LOVE.

The Jane Austen in me is incredibly brave and wants to get involved and just go all out with romance ! Unfortunately, for a long time I didn't allow her to do so, or only to a limited extent. She mainly wrote poems: schmaltzy, heart-wrenching poems that I found more or less embarrassing . She even hung one of them at Pankow train station in Berlin in order to meet a man she had once met on the train. She sat on a stage with her ukulele to play her love songs. But she loves writing love stories even more.

Sure, I gave her a little leeway, but my time in Italy opened another door. After all, I was in the land of great AMORE, the most beautiful love songs, and the setting of Romeo and Juliet! I was in the countryof my roots, because my last name (in case you don't know) is Italian. I visited my relatives a few times and learned a lot about my father and about how Italians really are, live and love. I allowed myself all the delicacies, even ate meat occasionally for the first time in a long time, drank coffee and wine. I immersed myself in the world of pleasure – it was absolute self-love. Because I had put this part of myself on a "diet" for a very long time.

Moi in Milan

The more I listened to Eros Ramazotti's songs on repeat, the more my heart opened up . I wanted to believe every word , and I actually experienced that Italians wear their hearts on their sleeves . So many previous encounters had ended disappointingly because the reserved Nordic manner felt too limited. Part of me had given up hope and didn't believe in the love stories Jane kept telling me. But the big realization came when I was discussing it with her one afternoon on a hike...

IT HAD TO BE POSSIBLE TO GIVE JANE A PERMANENT PLACE IN MY LIFE.

All these years, old wounds had made me so focused on holding back my love and saving it for THE ONE , so to speak. At the time, I saw this as a virtue, but now I see it more as a defense mechanism. Suddenly, I realized that it's just really important to her to experiencemore than just one love story . After all, Jane Austen wrote more than just one love story ! I understood that all encounters, even those that ended disappointingly and even those with people who became really good friends, were a kind of love story for me. Whether I only met someone for 5 minutes or knew them for 5 years of my life, these encounters were all meaningful to me because they touched my heart and taught me important things. So why should I hoard my love? I was ready to give more, receive more, and make peace with all those whose paths were no longer part of mine.

So I continued hiking up the mountain and offered all the "sad endings" a special place in my heart, because they too had once begun with magic—and were therefore also love stories. I found great relief and enthusiasm for this new beginning with Jane by my side. I was happy and ready to love all the people I knew in my life much more, as well as those who were yet to come.My love can flow freely and fill me!I was so inspired and open that justa few minutes later, a new, surprising encounter awaited me. I could hardly believe it!Was this a test? No, it was a gift! Because it was one of the friendliest, most honest, and most loving encounters I had had in a long time! My Jane had immediately seized the opportunity presented by my openness to make history again . :)

A, say, how would it be if you...

...allowed yourself to truly follow your heart and no longer focused on the outside world?

...could make peace with what is still preventing you from living and loving with an open heart?

What would it mean to you to finally have a conscious and loving relationship with yourself?

Suppose you had constantly neglected your heart's desires and made your life decisions dependent on other people out of fear ofbeing hurtor showing yourself. And you had continued to make such limiting and unsatisfying decisions for yourself.

But now you know exactly what you want. You can recognize this immediately in every encounter and make confident, healthy decisions for yourself. Your confidence grows with every positive experience. You believe more and more that you can fully trust your heart and that you can create a happy and fulfilling life for yourself. Until you actually succeed!

And because you're smart and seize the opportunity that I'm in the mood to share my love with you in a "Start Your Love Story" session, you grab one of my five free spots for a 20-minute Start Your Love Story Coaching Call. There you'll have the chance to learn everything you need to know to find your way from external control to self-determination and finally create the life you really want.

LET ME BE YOUR GUIDE!

Exactly.

I'm offering these 5 free Start Your Love Story coaching calls because I love helping my clients with this topic and because I just love these power sessions so much. But I only have five spots available right now.

Here's how it works: Sign up here here for your free Start Your Love Story Coaching Calls.

After these free Start Your Love Story Coaching Calls, you will:

• feel centered and confident about your heart's desires in life (even if you're not yet sure exactly what they might be).

• Transform the multitude of unfulfilling experiences into a smaller number of experiences that are much more fulfilling.

• Discover a new way to invite love into your life on all levels, instead of habitually orienting yourself toward the ideas of others.

I have a limit of 5 spots available from now until Friday.

So grab yours, my love! They'll be gone fast.

IMPORTANT - If you want to know how to achieve your desires without being interested in going deeper and exploring exactly what patterns are creating your life, then this conversation is not for you. In that case, we are probably not a good fit.

Book your free Start Your Love Story coaching calls now and let's get started.

I look forward to our conversation soon!

With love,

Your Annabelle