Tools that might change your life | BOUND STORIES 1.1

I am currently in my 29th year on this earth and I am going through my Saturn return. In astrology during a Saturn return, typically around ages 28-30 and 58-60, life challenges intensify. You're pushed to evaluate responsibilities, restructure foundations, and face unresolved issues. It's a period of growth, maturity, and discipline, leading to greater self-awareness and a new life direction.

It has been a rollercoaster but as I am half way, I’ve learned to enjoy the ride. 

During this journey I realized that everything I’ve built with impatience and hyper independence is a bad foundation to scale anything in life. 

When people talk about that your new life will cost you your old one, I thought they talked about what I’ve felt before when many changes were happening at the same time. But now I experienced what they really talked about.

Relationships, business models, mindsets and limiting beliefs were changed forever. And it felt very uncomfortable and scary. I’ve never experienced that much fear in my life. In between these intense moments, I felt a next level of ease and trust in the process we call life.

As these intens situations kept coming at me, each time I was able to lean into trust more than ever before. 

I implemented amazing tools like EFT and bodywork that made it much more effective but this one book changed it all for me. And I want to share it with you. You’ve might’ve seen it all over Tiktok & Instagram but the book: Untethered Soul by Micheal Singer is truly a book that can change your life.

Funny enough I though that Michael Beckwith was Singer and throughout the entire book I felt his presence with pre-baldness locks and all. Only to find out on the last page of the book in the biography of the author, that it’s a completely different person.

I’ve read the book over a quite long period of time considering the size of the book. Intuitively I read about a chapter in a night, every few weeks. As it is confronting and soothing at the same time. And at the end of each chapter there is an exercise/tool on how to handle in situations and examples mentioned in that chapter.

There are two tools that I use often, changed my life and that I look forward to share with you.

1. Letting the emotions flow through you. 

The key takeaway from this exercise is that emotions are just energy moving through you. They don't define you, and by practicing non-attachment, you free yourself from emotional turmoil. Over time, this creates a deep sense of inner peace and allows you to remain untethered from external circumstances.

2. Be the eye of the hurricane.

The calm, peaceful center of the hurricane that remains unaffected by the violent winds and chaos around it.  By becoming the eye of the hurricane, you learn to observe life's chaos without being swept away. Simply breathe deeply, center yourself, and watch your emotions pass by. This practice brings calm, clarity, and emotional resilience while experiencing any stress.

You might wonder why I am writing about my personal development journey on a premium jewelry brand blog. BOUND is all about helping you feel more confident from the inside out. By sharing tips & tricks that help you feel confident choosing differently than the social media fashion trends and items that everyone wears. This doesn’t mean it has to be so unique, no one else has access to it, no. We believe that choosing items that YOU truly like, that you see yourself wear for year to come, that are also ethically crafted - which might be something you value or is your default, or not.

Wearing your gold rings with gold hoop earrings with pride. And if these tools have helped you taking one step closer to your 2.0 version, I think that’s a pretty good reason to celebrate with some ethically handcrafted silver or gold jewelry if you’d ask me.

Lots of love,

Malu