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Wilrieke Sophia
@wilrieke.bsky.social
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Intimacy Educator
International/TEDx Speaker
Author of the upcoming 'Queer Tantra'
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May 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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April 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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April 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The Foundations for Touch-Based Workshops Facilitator Training 2025 g an impression

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April 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Foundations for Touch-Based Workshops Facilitator Training is coming up in a few days!

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April 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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About last weekend! Exploring Kink - Foundations
March 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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You might be interested in joining! I'm one of the ten speakers :)

villaconcordia.nl/agenda/queer...
February 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Space between people feels different as a recovering codependent. I’ve always identified as anxiously attached and insecure in relationships. However, I am changing, slowly.

Full post: www.exploringdeeper.com/notes-from-a...

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Notes from a Recovering Codependent - Exploring Deeper
Space between people feels different as a recovering codependent. I’ve always identified as anxiously attached and insecure in relationships. And although I’ve been on a path of recovery for years, […...
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February 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I think there is a thing we get twisted when it comes to receiving. I meet many people for whom giving comes easier, as they know what to do and can be of service.

Full article: www.exploringdeeper.com/receiving-vs...

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Receiving vs. the Discomfort of Anticipated Return - Exploring Deeper
I think there is a thing we get twisted when it comes to receiving. I meet many people who say they find it hard to receive, harder than giving. Giving […]
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February 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Safety is not about preventing anything challenging or potentially hurtful from happening (that’s impossible anyway). It’s about what happens afterward.

Full post: www.exploringdeeper.com/rethinking-s...

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Rethinking Safety Beyond Prevention - Exploring Deeper
Discover how true safety unfolds beyond prevention, fostering deeper closeness and trust through honest listening, humbleness, and shared courage—even after friction.
www.exploringdeeper.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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You cannot think your way out of trauma. I often meet people who think ‘they should be over this by now’ or try to rationalize their way through hurt.

Full article: www.exploringdeeper.com/cant-think-y...

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You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Trauma - Exploring Deeper
Discover why trauma can’t be resolved by logic alone and learn how safe, connection-based experiences, honest communication, and self-compassion help to heal emotional wounds over time.
www.exploringdeeper.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Op 27 februari is er weer een hele toffe PechaKucha Night in Utrecht. Een Queer-editie dit keer, op een hele leuke nieuwe plek: @villa_concordia Via @pechakucha030. De sprekers zijn inmiddels bekend. Dus neem daar een kijkje om de line-up te zien (die fantastisch is!)

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February 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Taking responsibility for yourself and your emotions also includes knowing when to reach out for reassurance, affirmation, and a sense of security. You don’t have to meet every emotional need by yourself. We aren’t meant to exist in isolation.

Reach out.

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February 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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When two people have different needs in terms of intensity, frequency, or other preferences, it’s simply a difference—nothing more. Neither wanting less nor wanting more is wrong; it’s just a variation in needs.

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Celebrating the Space Between Our Wants - Exploring Deeper
For many years, I believed being “too much” was my problem. Whether it was a desire for more intimacy, s/x, extra time together, or additional cuddles, I thought the issue […]
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January 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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I’m learning that not always leaning toward the other person can feel like being distant, but as I get used to it and relax, it starts to feel like a healthy distance instead of forced closeness.

Full post: www.exploringdeeper.com/notes-from-a...
Notes from a Recovering Codependent - Exploring Deeper
Space between people feels different as a recovering codependent. I’ve always identified as anxiously attached and insecure in relationships. And although I’ve been on a path of recovery for years, […...
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January 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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What I think we’ve got wrong, is the entanglement of the idea of receiving (something is a gift for you) versus dealing with the discomfort of the idea that something (a gift, touch, etc) is expected in return, in that moment or later.

Full article: www.exploringdeeper.com/receiving-vs...
Receiving vs. the Discomfort of Anticipated Return - Exploring Deeper
I think there is a thing we get twisted when it comes to receiving. I meet many people who say they find it hard to receive, harder than giving. Giving […]
www.exploringdeeper.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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For the Speak Out project of FEDEC – the International network for professional circus education, supported by the European Union and Fontys University of Applied Sciences, I am teaching a two-part workshop on consent and somatic autonomy.

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Consent for Performing Arts Students - Exploring Deeper
From my LinkedIn – things I also do besides my own workshops: For the Speak Out project of FEDEC – International network for professional circus education, supported by the European […]
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January 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
wilrieke.bsky.social
Safety is not about preventing anything challenging or potentially hurtful from happening (that’s impossible anyway). It’s about what happens afterward.

Full article: www.exploringdeeper.com/rethinking-s...
Rethinking Safety Beyond Prevention - Exploring Deeper
Discover how true safety unfolds beyond prevention, fostering deeper closeness and trust through honest listening, humbleness, and shared courage—even after friction.
www.exploringdeeper.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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You cannot think your way out of trauma.

I am a person who wants to outthink pain by myself. The thing is: the pain created in connection, can only heal in connection.

Full post: www.exploringdeeper.com/cant-think-y...
You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Trauma - Exploring Deeper
Discover why trauma can’t be resolved by logic alone and learn how safe, connection-based experiences, honest communication, and self-compassion help to heal emotional wounds over time.
www.exploringdeeper.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM