Podcast episode #2
Pippi hele livet handler om det som er inni og det som er utenpå. Å våge å være litt Pippi krever mot på flere plan. Et lite steg av gangen er eneste veien å gå.
“Trenger du rope så høyt Trine?”
Når jeg bruker blogg eller sosiale medier på å dele innhold som for meg er viktig å dele, er det ikke min oppgave å skjerme din hørsel. Den oppgaven er din egen.
En god start er gull!
Som voksen må vi være våre egne “foreldre” Det er det som heter å ta ansvar og som mange ikke har fått med seg definisjonen av. Det kommer ingen og gjør jobben for deg, du må gjøre den selv.
PIPPI hele livet
Vandrer, dine fotspor er veien.
Intet mer.
Vandrer, det finnes ingen vei,
veien blir til mens du går.
Mens du går blir veien til
og ser du deg tilbake,
ser du stien du aldri mer skal følge.
Vandrer, det finnes ingen vei,
bare runer i havet.
-Ferdinand Finne // Antonio Machado.
We decide what we are.
Our thoughts shape us. The mind is such a powerful instrument and sometimes we don't even realize that we have the opportunity to choose our state of mind or change our state of mind. We decide what we are.
I DID IT!
Emerging into the cold is contradictory! Your mind will try to make you not do it, it will tell you that this is very dangerous and you should not do it. But I can promise you that the feeling you get after having taken your very first ice bath is amazing. Nomatter if you never do it again or get totally hooked. You will never forget it!
So here we are. Let's dive in!
Be the change.
Find a loving feeling in your heart and spread it! I see too many people spreading hate and blame and it is not going to give them a good day. They will feel horrible and it will make them miserable, but it is a choice one and each of us has. Choose wisely and make yourself a wonderful day!
I never liked waiting…
In Norway we say: “Waiting for something good, means you don't wait in vain.” So what about those who don't know or understand what they are waiting for, what about waiting for something not good at all, something horrible?
FENCES
Fence in or fence out?
I was taking my morning walk and because of construction there is a fence put up where I normally walk. So I had to walk around. I didn't like it, but it is of course set up for my protection. And they had cut some trees and made a new path to walk on. So I could get to my sunrise without further problems.
Sixty will be a magic number
Age is just a number. I know!
I still remember very well the feeling I had when turning 20, 30, 40 and 50.These numbers are in their own way milestones in a person's life. I felt different by every milestone and the best feeling was actually turning 50. I felt strong, grounded, wise, unique, happy and confident. I felt the wonderful feeling of not having to be anyone other than ME. I had experienced so much in life that I felt I could handle anything. What a wonderful number 50 was.
And then comes 60!
Hooked On A Feeling
In May 1973 I was 11 years old and Bjørn Skifs sang “ooga-chaka-ooga-chaka” for the first time. It brings back so many memories!
I make MY rules
To keep my integrity and stay sane I made a couple of rules. The first one has to do with the phone. This wonderful tool that connects me to the world and makes it possible to make new friends in almost any country. This device that can spellbind me with fun and entertainment for hours. This technology that enslaves me in the most sneaky way! I have a love/hate relationship with my Samsung and my first 2022-rule is to leave it alone from 21.00 to 07.00
Give yourself a big hug!
It's Christmas and we are robbed of most of the hugs! But we got this fare!
Let me boost you with a couple of ideas!
Who owns the truth?
Christmas is coming and I want peace on earth!
My life is lived in Norway and my meanings are shaped from what is happening throughout the whole world. My truth comes from what I read and watch and listen to.
Who wants what is best for me and for humanity?
Who is telling the truth out there?
Who can I trust?
(this post is in English AND Norwegian)
How a scared girl ended up as an Icebather!
My name is Trine and I was born in Norway in the winter of 1962.
Aquarius is my sign and water is my favorite element.
I was the first child and my mom made all my clothes up till I started school. I loved to wear the dresses that she designed. If my parents couldn't find me they just had to look in the garden. I was sitting between the flowers and feeling in touch with nature. Preferably with a kitten in my lap.
I was a scared child. I would imagine all sorts of bad things happening and I got sick to my stomach from my thinking. I took years to realize that most days were good and that my imagination was not serving me at all.
At 17 I got totally fixed on America! Two years later I went on a big adventure to the United States. I met wonderful people, gained 10 kilos and came home after one year, feeling so strong and brave that I felt nothing could ever stop me.
I decided to become a goldsmith because I love to work with my hands and make nice things. No one in my family had ever gone in that direction, my family owned a soda factory. But I felt drawn to being creative and making wonderful jewellery.
After 3 years in school in Oslo I graduated as a goldsmith. There was no work for me in Lillesand so I started my own workshop. And from that day I was an entrepreneur. I have never been working for anyone else than myself.
Fast forward 30 years I had a lot of success with my brand Wilhelmine Smykker but I started to feel like doing more. I wanted to reach out and help people in different ways.
I moved my workshop from a safe location on the second floor in Strandgata 10 in Lillesand, to a wonderful location right on the street and on the dock in Strandgata 16 in the same town.
I made my own «retail-theatre», a word I picked up at a meeting several years earlier. I also decided to make «magic moments» the theme. And that's what Harald Fjeldal Kunstkolonial was all about from 2014 to 2020.
Back to the question why Ice Bathing?
The boutique was only two meters from the ocean. Sometimes I would see ladies go bathing in the freezing winter ocean…even in an icehole they made with an axe! This was intriguing and I was convinced I would die if I did it.
More and more people started ice bathing and I was cheering for my friends, when suddenly I was invited to join! A snowy Christmasday in 2017 with ice slush at the beach I realized I couldn't say no. I still remember the feeling of going in and actually surviving, it was mind blowing! Since then I have been practicing Ice Bathing more or less once a week from October till May.
I never counted but I would guess I have been in the ocean between 150 and 200 times. I have several groups I enjoy this hobby together with and sometimes I even go in alone, just in the company of my dog. I love to practice cold-dips at sunrise! It brings an extra dimension to it. Being in the cold water and seeing the sun rise is the perfect way to start a new day!