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When relationships break down, It’s rarely about what was said, It’s about what was never said In many relationships, conflict doesn’t begin with a fight. It begins with a thought. A look that’s misinterpreted. A silence that feels like rejection. A gesture that triggers an old wound. Instead of speaking it out loud, we start a conversation in our head: “She doesn’t care.” “He’s always like this.” “I’m not good enough.” "I have to do all the work." These internal dialogues become our truth and the longer we carry them, the colder we become. Not because we don’t love the other person but because we’re protecting ourselves from what we fear might be true. The real conflict isn’t the forgotten apple, the missed call, or the quiet dinner. It’s the story we tell ourselves about it. Our innervoice. When two people stop checking in with each other, they start drifting apart. What helps? Speak your thoughts before they become assumptions. Ask: “Is this true, or is this my fear speaking?” Replace internal monologues with real conversations. Be brave enough to say: “I feel hurt, and I don’t want to assume.” Relationships thrive not on perfection, but on honesty. Be a part of the relationship. Not on always agreeing, but on daring to be real. Let’s stop having conversations in our heads—and start having them with each other. Connect with Annick Verboven and follow Euro Wellness Leaders for more insights into embodied leadership and work on your relationships https://lnkd.in/eVns7sVy Topfit na Narcisme en Trauma | European Wellness Leaders | European Wellness Artificial Intelligence Worldwide Leadership

Stop reading, hearing. responding life through your wound. It distorts the truth and twists intentions. It turns connection into conflict. A trauma lens doesn’t just color your story, it rewrites it. You see threat where there’s care. You hear judgment where there’s silence. You feel abandoned when someone simply pauses. This isn’t weakness. It’s a wound and wounds don’t need shame. They need clarity and healing. They need leadership that begins inside. Connect with Annick Verboven and follow Euro Wellness Leaders for more insights into embodied leadership and to see what is holding you back. https://lnkd.in/eVns7sVy 🌿 At European Wellness Leaders, we don’t teach performance. We guide transformation. We help you lead from wholeness, not survival. Because when you lead from your healed self, You stop reacting — and start responding. You stop defending — and start connecting. You stop performing — and start embodying. Your story deserves truth and your team deserves safety. You deserve to lead from power, not pain. #EmbodiedLeadership #TraumaInformedBusiness

Truth bomb: No one can break you. Storms can rage, lightning can strike, and winds can howl but the mountain does not move. It stands, rooted in its own identity. That’s leadership. Not bending to every opinion. Not negotiating your worth. 🚨 Stop believing the lie. A real leader isn’t made in the sunshine, they’re forged in the storm. The storm doesn’t define you. Your response does. Leaders who rise know this truth: People can hurt you, doubt you, or try to silence you. The only way they win, is if you hand them your power. Tanding so firmly in your vision that others find trust in your presence. The next generation of leaders will not be the ones who adapt to please. They will be the mountains: steady, clear, and unshakable in who they are. Reflection: Are you the mountain or still letting the storm decide who you are?

For years, I was winning on the outside, but losing on the inside. Every morning, Linda fired up the engine. A high-performance machine designed for speed, efficiency and flawless execution. She was the director of a big compagny in Sales. She was the driving force behind countless projects, charting the course for others to follow. While the exterior gleamed and the odometer clocked impressive miles, the engine was running on a cheap, dirty fuel called "busyness." The oil light was on. The temperature gauge was in the red. This isn't just a story about being a leader. It's about a machine breaking down from the inside out. Linda, like so many of us, had become a master of a race that was slowly destroying her engine. Your body is a brilliant messenger. It sends signals: a headache, chronic fatigue, constant stress, or a sense of unease. These aren't signs of weakness, they're vital warnings that something needs to change. The joy of the journey faded, replaced by the grating sound of a system under stress. She was missing the very things that kept her running: the clean fuel of rest, the maintenance of self-care, and the silent, steady hum of genuine happiness. Ignoring these signals doesn't make you stronger. It leads to burnout, broken relationships and the loss of the very energy you need to succeed. Listening to your body is not a luxury; it's a fundamental part of sustainable success and true leadership. The turning point wasn't another victory lap. It was the moment she pulled over, listened to the engine, and chose to refuel with purpose, not just performance. She began to fill her tank with the premium fuel of joy, love, and boundless energy, realizing that true power comes not from pushing harder, by running smarter. This journey is a journey to a radical truth that a leader's greatest asset is a well-maintained system. A healthy body. It's a truth I see reflected in the insights of leaders, who are redefining what it means to be well. What about you? What warning lights have you been ignoring? Share your experience in the comments. Connect with Annick Verboven and follow Euro Wellness Leaders for more insights into embodied leadership and to see what is holding you back. https://lnkd.in/eVns7sVy Topfit na Narcisme en Trauma | European Wellness Leaders | European Wellness Artificial Intelligence Worldwide Leadership

Liberate from Narcissism Newsletter Published by Annick Verboven, Founder of Topfit na Narcisme en Trauma and European Wellness Artificial Intelligence Worldwide Leadership Edition 27 The Invisible Impact of Female Narcissism on Men, Children & Workspaces

Communicating at top level doesn’t start with speaking. It starts with landing. Many women want to soar in their leadership. They want impact. Visibility. Strategic weight. Still they stay stuck in turbulence. Why? Because they communicate without clarity, depth and ownership. Top-level communication demands something different. It requires you to land in yourself first. To listen before you speak. To choose words that lead. "True communication isn’t about speaking louder. It’s about listening deeper." Communication at top level is not performance. It’s perception. It’s the ability to hear what’s not being said. To interpret the essence beneath the words. To respond not from ego, from clarity. When you master this, you stop reacting and you start leading. To build strategy from vision, not noise. I work with women who are ready to own their leadership. Not someday. Today. Because you can wait until you “feel ready” or you can take full responsibility now. You don’t need to work harder. You need to communicate sharper and think more strategically. That’s how you rise. Connect with Annick Verboven for a personalized leadership session. Follow Euro Wellness Leaders for more insights into embodied leadership and to see what is holding you back. https://lnkd.in/eVns7sVy Topfit na Narcisme en Trauma | European Wellness Leaders | European Wellness Artificial Intelligence Worldwide Leadership

The mother wound Alex, a CEO could command a room with a single word. He built an empire, yet inside, he felt like he was constantly walking on eggshells. He didn't understand why his success brought him no peace, only a new set of expectations to fear. The root of his unease was buried deep in his past. His mother was a woman of conditional love. She praised him when he brought home a perfect report card, but her warmth would turn cold if he failed to meet her impossible standards. The wound she left was not a scar from a single event, but a deep-seated belief: his worth was not a given, but something to be earned. This became the mother wound. This wound shaped their entire family as a system. His siblings learned to compete for attention. His father learned to stay quiet to keep the peace. Alex, the high-achiever, became an expert at anticipating his mother's needs, an expert at self-sacrifice, all in a desperate attempt to fill a void that could never be filled. Alex is building an empire on shaky ground As a leader, Alex was a mirror of his past. His drive for being outstanding wasn’t ambition; it was the internalized voice of his mother, constantly whispering that his best was still not enough. He micromanaged his team because he couldn't trust them, a reflection of a childhood where trust was a fragile, fleeting thing. He saw any form of dissent as a personal attack, not a new perspective. His external power was built on a desperate, internal need for control. This is the central paradox of the leader with the mother wound. They are the strongest person in the room, but they feel like the weakest. They are the most successful, but their inner world is in constant turmoil. How Alex feels: He feels deeply isolated. He believes no one can understand the pressure he's under, and he fears that if they see his fear, his whole empire will crumble. He is constantly exhausted, living in a state of survival, not thriving. How he wants to feel: He longs for true peace. He yearns to feel worthy and complete, even when he makes a mistake. He wants to lead from a place of genuine strength and integrity, not from the desperate need for validation. He wants to simply be instead of constantly doing to prove his worth. Alex's success was a beautiful, towering mansion built on a cracked and unstable foundation. He had spent his entire life decorating the rooms, adding more impressive wings and polishing the windows to a brilliant shine. He thought if the house looked perfect on the outside, the cracks would disappear. The cracks were still there, deep beneath the ground, threatening to bring the entire structure down. The true healing, the real transformation was not about building a bigger house. It was about having the courage to go into the dark, hidden basement, to face the cracked foundation and begin the slow, deliberate work of rebuilding it from within.

The unspoken paradox: Success you can't enjoy. You've built an incredible career. You're a leader, a pioneer and an inspiration. Your external world is a testament to your hard work and ambition. Inside, a different story unfolds. You find yourself frustrated with "unreasonable" people. Conflict makes you want to retreat and self-isolate. The mere thought of criticism or judgment fuels a deep-seated fear, leading to perfectionist tendencies that either delay your projects or prevent you from starting them at all. You've done the work. You've attended the events, mastered the cognitive tools like NLP, and tried to reprogram your mind and yet, the same patterns persist. Why? Because the problem isn't in your conscious mind. The problem lies in the subconscious blueprint of your past. This leader had an early voice, a critical mother that became his own internal bully. He did not heal the wound of being criticized, but instead, built a successful life on top of it. His success was a defense mechanism, a constant quest to prove his worthiness to a voice he had internalized. The solution isn't more cognitive work. The solution is to heal the core wound. The real shift happens when you stop trying to control the symptoms and begin to listen to the whispers of your past. When you allow yourself to feel the anger, the frustration, and the fear, not to be a victim, but to lead your own inner healing. What’s the point of building an empire if you can't enjoy the view? It’s time to lead yourself from within. Connect with Annick Verboven for a personalized leadership session. Follow Euro Wellness Leaders for more insights into embodied leadership and healing. https://lnkd.in/eVns7sVy Topfit na Narcisme en Trauma | European Wellness Leaders | European Wellness Artificial Intelligence Worldwide Leadership

Procrastination isn't laziness. It's the whisper of fear, masked as "later." The art of keeping up with yesterday. Let’s call it what it is: Sabotage dressed in logic. You tell yourself your client "needs more time." You send another info packet and wait. The deal dies silently in the corner of your inbox. What makes real leaders uncomfortable: Your client isn't confused. They’re overloaded and scared to choose. They’re clinging to the known pain of the status quo over the unknown potential of transformation. This is not about logic. It’s about stress. The brain avoids risk. It freezes under pressure. It seeks comfort, not change. It doesn’t care how powerful your offer is. If you activate the wrong system, it shuts down. So what do you do? You don’t push or pitch harder. Start to ask, deeper, bolder, softer and sharper. You meet their nervous system, not their narrative. You melt the freeze with questions that create breath, not pressure. Because decision stress isn’t solved with more thinking. It’s solved by leadership. Leadership that dares to name the fear. That dares to hold space instead of selling escape. That activates the intuitive brain, the place where real action lives. Want to break through “maybe later” and move into “yes, now”? Start with questions like: ⚡What is the cost if nothing changes in 3 months? ⚡What’s actually holding you back from choosing now? ⚡What small step feels doable and valuable today? This is how high-level wellness leaders sell. Not with pressure, with precision and not not with persuasion. With presence, because the moment you shift from convincing to co-regulating. You stop chasing and you start leading. Ready to take that next step for yourself or your clients? Connect with Annick Verboven for a personalized leadership session. Let’s move the needle from freeze to flow. #europeanwellnessleaders #traumainformedleadership #decisionfatigue Follow Euro Wellness Leaders for more insights into embodied leadership and healing. https://lnkd.in/eVns7sVy Topfit na Narcisme en Trauma | European Wellness Leaders | European Wellness Artificial Intelligence Worldwide Leadership

💔 Narcissism in your environment? It doesn’t break you all at once. It erodes you from the inside out. Whether it’s your mother, your partner, your boss or your brother. It seeps into your system and rewires your reality. You feel drained, skeptical. Smaller than you remember being. You try to fix it, analyse it, make sense of it. Deep down, you’ve lost connection with yourself. Your head never stops, your body is on edge. Your heart feels either numb or overwhelmed. You start procrastinating and overthink everything. You subtly copy their behaviours, defending, blaming, reacting. You barely recognize yourself anymore and still you stay. Loyal to what is silently destroying you. You hope, doubt andrationalize. With that, you lose time, energy and joy. You long for clarity and peace. You want to feel inner freedom. You long for YOU. 🧬 The raw truth: As long as you don’t move, nothing will. This is not about mindset. This is not about “just let go”. This is deep, systemic trauma and trauma doesn't live in your mind. It lives in your nervous system. In your breath, cells and in your identity. Your body is tired of surviving. It’s craving softness, boundaries and safety. This is not a quick fix, it is radical inner leadership. A full-body decision, a system-wide reset and the return to your true self. The most powerful revolution does not begin out there. It begins with the person who is brave enough to break the generational cycle. To decode the unconscious “Code of Conduct” they inherited and rewrite it with awareness, love and fire. Are you that person? Because you weren’t born to survive. You were born to rise, love fiercely, lead fully and live freely. That begins with one decision. Are you ready to make the change? I’ve got you. Annick Verboven | Topfit na Narcisme en Trauma | BRUG-Methode | European Wellness Leaders