Welcome Back - Let's Talk About Independence!

Where do I start? It’s been a while since I stepped back to reassess Mavoure and what the world really needs (I am a Service Designer, after all).

A rainbow in the royal gardens during my time Aarhus, Denmark.

Since I was last here, I started a new job, graduated from my therapist, traveled out west, moved to New York City, was promoted, started a relationship, went to Chicago, ended a relationship, started therapy with an attachment therapist, traveled to Ecuador, traveled to Denmark, ended therapy with an attachment therapist, started therapy with a somatic therapist, moved into a new apartment, and started training to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA).

A picture of the sunset above the clouds in Cajas at the end of my trip in Ecuador.

It was a difficult past couple of years, but things are on the up and up. I can’t stress how much therapy changes my life when it arrives into my routine. The amount of release from past experiences is unreal. It was also challenging leaving Mavoure alone. I always thought about Mavoure and how I wasn’t focused on it. Even now, I’m worried about keeping posts up or taking them down and looking at how I spoke about my experiences two years ago compared to now. Some of it is quite cringy, but if you don’t cringe at your past self are you really adapting? As I feel ready to start sharing my experience again, please embrace me in my new form. It may be rough from the re-start, but as a wise white man said, perfection is the enemy of progress.

My answer to the prompt: what is happiness? at The Happiness Museum in Denmark.

In this new chapter of Mavoure, I am going to write about my own experience each week. I may cover what I went through in therapy or a difficult conversation I had. I could talk about my experience at work or a silly oment. We’ll see where the wind blows us. Regardless of the topic, it will all tie back to one topic: independence.

Chat soon,

Hannah