Deep Wild Coaching

19/09/2024

As we walk towards autumn in the northern hemisphere and step through an eclipse portal of release and change it’s a good chance to look inside.

If you want to find your place…a sense of belonging…look inside. That’s where you will find your place…your inner peace and inner knowing.

Take a breath…take some time. Look inside into your heart space to remember your wholeness. Reclaiming your sovereignty on the material plain is also about having enough confidence to take steps to restore a sense of worth, self-respect and trust when it comes to your finances.

This is the last call before Saturday to sign up for a writing session on healing money trauma.

Click on the link in my bio to take that first step.

12/09/2024

I will be guiding an online group writing session focused on exploring and healing from money trauma on September 21st from2-4pm.

This is a sneak peek group session for a pilot offering from Deep Wild Coaching starting in October. This pilot offering is a bi-monthly group meeting for trauma recovery writing sessions online and in-person.

Join me for a safe space to express your thoughts and feelings through writing. Whether you’ve experienced financial hardships, inherited money-related stress, or faced any other money-related challenges, this session is for you.

Through guided writing prompts and group discussions, the aim is to support each other in processing and healing from our money traumas. No writing experience is necessary - just bring an open heart and mind. Let’s come together to heal and grow.

Register by clicking the link in my bio

07/09/2024

I will be guiding an online trauma recovery writing group session on healing money trauma on September 21st from 2-4pm CET.

This is a sneak peek group session for a pilot offering I will be starting in October. This pilot offering is a bi-monthly group meeting for trauma recovery writing sessions online and in-person.

During this recovery writing session we will define what money trauma is, what causes it, behaviours associated with money trauma, the kinds of healing available, and ways to support the recovery process.

During the session there will be two different writing components: one extensive writing activity and one with a shorter creative writing focus .

Afterwards there’ll be a time of sharing with clear safety guidelines and closing with a grounding meditation.

You’re welcome to join either by sending me a DM or clicking on the link in my bio.

29/08/2024

You could chant a million times for world peace, pray five times a day to end all wars, make sacrifices or practice austerities to liberate all living beings, but the world’s misery has never diminished.

The thing is that only personal endeavours can be spiritual. What you do with your daily devotions is purely for your own sake. Once you put ideals on a grand scale, they’re compromised by the contradictions of life.

There is no utopia. There never will be. There is only the valiant attempt of each person to live spiritually in a world where spirituality is almost impossible.

~Deng Ming-Dao, Daily Meditations from Tao

26/08/2024

💙
looking up into
the blue sky
I see
the heart
of truth

When was the last time you really looked into the blue sky? We all live under the stars, but when we look up do we really see the sky? Do we really touch and taste life, do we see and feel the extraordinary in the ordinary?

Why is it that the dying always say that they just want to see the stars one more time?

You will never experience the earth with all its wonders in this time again. Don’t wait for one last look at the heart of the blue, blue sky. Go look now.

23/08/2024

Today I will be facilitating a writing circle for ***rwriterscirclevienna as an ally on healing money trauma.

We will be talking about what money trauma is, different behaviours associated with money trauma, and ways of healing it.

We‘ll be exploring aspects of where our money trauma started, self-blame and shame, how it impacts our beliefs about money, and how we can be compassionate with ourselves.

Doors open 18:00. Session runs 18:30-20:30.
Hanging out till 21:00. The q***r writing circle is a highly intersectional and multilingual q***r centered space. All languages and allies welcome. Check your privilege.

Vinzirast Mittendrin Wahringer 19, 1090. Entrance Lackierergasse 10, 1090. DACHTERASSE TOP FLOOR with lift or via stairs. Stair free access/ Barrierefrei

FREE entry/ donation based/ bring a snack to share.

18/08/2024

So, these past 10 days I have been attending the and working on songs during the Your Voice on Stage workshop and helping at the festival afterwards.

Hanging around a wonderfully supportive group of musicians, getting in touch with the power of my voice, and also learning about giving myself as much grace as I need when I make mistakes has been a tremendous life changer.

This isn’t an easy task for a person like me who has cPTSD. When you’ve experienced trauma after trauma in life your brain and nervous system become wired that making mistakes isn’t safe. You develop coping mechanisms that help you to face perceived dangers that trigger the body on a molecular level.

Of course, logically making mistakes isn’t a real threat, but the body doesn’t see it that way. Though I’m doing the healing work it’s a daily practice.

So ,when I got onstage during the concert of the last night and royally messed up the song after just making it to the middle my fight, flight, freeze and fawn response kicked in.

I stood there making mistake after mistake right in front of the audience. My voice faltering, my heart racing and my mind grasping for the words then I heard the notes from the guitarist, Andy and I saw the look on the face of the pianist, Tom whose had my back all week, and I found the chorus. I felt the whole band backing me up.

I found the courage to take two and finish the song.

Yes, afterwards I found a corner where I could cry my eyes out and the days that followed I had to be with the uncomfortable feeling of having my pride hurt. But…

The lesson here is always take two because that is part of the recovery process as well as walking the creative path.

I’m thankful for the opportunity to grow and learn. I’m going to keep getting back on that stage. I’m going to learn how to regulate my nervous system and be in my safe place up there. I’m going to work together with a band and we’re all going to rise and enjoy what it means to flourish and thrive.

If I can do it anybody can.

If you’re ready to step into a new beginning I have some spaces available for life coaching and trauma recovery coaching. Send me a dm.

12/08/2024

Learning so much about music, myself and having a voice Thanks going out to the organisers and for their amazing vision ✨💛✨

01/08/2024

With the new moon on August 4th and Mercury Retrograde on August 5th it would be wise to pause.

Pause and consider that our words are sacred. They carry tremendous power to heal and to destroy. They are energy and transmit that energy into infinity. Words come together to weave reality and create destiny. Words create worlds and bring love into being.

Mercury Retrograde deeply impacts our communication. Take time to pause and consider the power of your words. Remember words are sacred.

“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.”
~Emily Dickinson

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little.”
~Tom Stoppard

13/07/2024

For those on the healing journey who need to hear this today…the truth is trauma never goes away,
but nor can it diminish your spark, the essence
of who you are. Your deep wild nature remains
in tact whole and sovereign no matter what.

29/06/2024

The mid-year is a good time to check in on yourself, your beliefs, your feelings, and where they’re
taking you in life.

Are you on a miraculous path? You have to believe in miracles in order to experience them.

I’m offering a 20% discount on Mid-Year Check In tarot readings if you sign up by July 4th. These readings are 120€ with the discount you save 20€

These are some of my most popular readings and are much more extensive in nature.

This special package includes: 120-150 minute guidance with an option for an audio or video recording to use as a reference for journaling or reflection throughout the rest of the year, and a detailed PDF file.

Send me a DM to schedule your session.

20/06/2024

Today is the Summer Solstice and Saturday is the full strawberry moon in Capricorn. This is a the end and beginning of a new cycle. It’s a season of feeling the feels and seeing what has to change and how we can allow ourselves to continue to grow and thrive into who we are becoming.

What if everything that’s lead you to this moment is because you were meant to recognise the importance and power of the cycles in your life?

What if being in flow and rhythm with the cycles of your life can lead you to more increased happiness, freedom and joy?

What if you are a deeply wise infinite being just experiencing what life is like through the lens of this human physical form you are currently in?

What if you’ve been going through various cycles for eons and this just one of them?

What if when you finally accept all of the various cycles and view them with love? What if that’s when they start giving you exactly what you want out of life?

Not necessarily material wise although it can be, but certainly emotionally which is what we all want anyway. While at various cycles in our lives we may think we want specific outcomes what we really want is the way we think it will make us feel. So, what if we give ourselves those feelings? And trust that in all the various cycles and iterations we go through in our lives that if we use our feelings as our GPS as our guide and we keep feeling the way that we wish to feel, trusting in the ever unfolding…we trust that everything is happening with us for our highest most loving good.

What would we become? We would see that we could choose anything. We could recognise in each moment of any cycle we’re in that there’s always choice as we unfold, grow and evolve.

12/06/2024

when darkness falls
keep walking
morning will dawn
like the tender light
of your soul

Salem Islas-Madlo ©️2024

29/05/2024

15/05/2024

a star is born
whenever an ancestor
goes to the great council
their spirit bursts past
the earth’s extremity
like a nova explosion
returning home to an
impermanence of infinity
the medicine of story endures
through memory of light
as well ancestors pass on
the legacy of wisdom
each time we gaze
into the night sky
an ancient song
pulsating in our blood
calling into remembrance
to honor what is sacred

Salem Islas-Madlo©️2024

06/04/2024

Someone being a friend or a moment of kindness got me through some of the darkest times of my life. Even if those moments were fleeting they kept me going. Friendship and kindness can be profoundly life changing and we may never know how deeply.

Thay (a Buddhist Zen master) said one time that the gift of presence is the greatest expression of love we can give. That remains true in my own personal experience.

31/03/2024

“There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. And yet the same instinct tells us that this change is a recovery of that which is deepest, most original, most personal in ourselves. To be renewed is not to become somebody else, but to become ourselves.” — Thomas Merton

26/03/2024

“Sensuality is the art of awakening the senses, of experiencing the world in all its vibrant colors and flavors.” ~Unknown

18/03/2024

Yesterday I went to a place called Marchegg where there’s a stork colony. What a gift to see this magnificent bird in its natural habitat.

A couple of days before I pulled a stork oracle card and the message is still with me. “Trust your intuition. The view from above can help you to see what was concealed from you until now.” The stork card represents the subconscious and our beliefs while heralding transformation.

Spring is here and the official acknowledgement of its arrival is tomorrow on the 19th. It’s a good time to recognise how your journey has led you to where you are now. It can give way to new growth in your inner world, in your heart, as well as growth in the exterior world around you. Happy Spring Equinox everyone❣️🌈

09/03/2024

I’ll be reading my poem “I am Here Today” at a poetry evening organised by on March 16th at 7pm at 7Stern Cafe. Join me and other talented poets for a night of magical revelry.

Poetry Society of Vienna is an international community who likes to read, write, share and discuss poetry. Their mission is to give a platform and a safe space to international writers and poets living in Vienna through poetry readings in English.

These evenings are a dialogue, not a competition. The goal is to promote an exchange of views and inspiration.

03/03/2024

Happy March, Everyone!

daring tenderness
a snowdrop’s audacity
to rise and to bloom

Signs that perspectives need to change…

🍂getting stuck in habits or routines
🍂constantly feeling unmotivated
🍂feelings of restlessness and unease
🍂discontent despite accomplishments
🍂sense of joy and wonder fades
🍂feeling disconnected despite contact
🍂each day feels the same over and over
🍂when dreams seem better than reality
🍂small problems seem like big problems
🍂getting sucked into negativity

Wherever you may find yourself in life there comes a time when the need for authenticity prevails over everything else. Your soul needs to be liberated to express itself and it will communicate by sending you signs that make you uncomfortable or your life unbearable. Let it be like the end of a winter. Leave behind the dead, brittle leaves of perspective that no longer serve. Answer spring’s invitation to rise and blossom into a new space, new growth, and new beginnings.

28/02/2024

Have you been feeling dull and uninspired? Perhaps the sacred simply hasn’t felt sacred.

It happens to the best of us. It becomes easy to forget that creativity lies latent within your body, heart and spirit. Your soul hasn’t forgotten. Sometimes we fear that we may not access that source of energy.

That’s when we need to keep practicing dear hearts.
Keep the rituals, keep the space, keep the silence.
Eventually when you’re ready to listen your soul will speak. The creative power will ignite and when it does let it burn and warm your hopes and dreams.

“Finding the source of spiritual power is a great joy; deciding how to direct it is the greatest of responsibilities.” ~Deng Ming-Dao

10/02/2024

This morning I needed a walk. Any of you ever feel that way? This new moon in Aquarius kept me awake last night. This morning I journaled some thoughts and reflections about shedding what is no longer part of me. Setting new healthy boundaries with myself.

Right now in the northern hemisphere there is the in-between of transitioning from winter into spring. If we find ourselves in attunement with seasonal energy we may become conscious of how uncomfortable this experience can be. Detaching from old perspectives, habits, and from past pain becomes part of the natural cycle of life. There are times to end things, let things go, in order for new things to be born.

Unfolding from winter into spring is inner work. It is necessary for the sake of growth and rebirth. Now is the time to reassess our boundaries. Sometimes we need to set new boundaries so that they can help us maintain our growth and health be it mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual. Designing a life in harmony with ourselves, our needs, and the world we live in allows us to create a balanced existence and that requires an understanding of ourselves, our environment and our connection with the rest of life.

This new moon in Aquarius is calling the collective to the next level of responsibility and freedom. Honor the flow of energy as you continue to grow and evolve. Where do you feel inhibited in your growth? What can develop if you detach from what is no longer needed? What depletes your energy, space and time? What replenishes them? What new boundaries are needed? How can you communicate your boundaries with kindness as well as determination?

02/02/2024

26/01/2024

the moon has
wrapped herself
in a misty veil of
shrouded mystery
this wintery night

Salem Islas-Madlo©️2024

24/01/2024

Let that be enough.

19/01/2024

The start to 2024 hasn’t really happened for me yet. I’ve been sick. Sinusitis, the flu, and now bronchitis. Yeah…not fun. I have felt pretty down and discouraged. Even plain feeling sorry for myself.

So often we take our health for granted. When it’s gone well…life can seem really low. Sometimes unexpected things happen and everything you hoped for or expected gets put to the side. That’s when you need to look for the spark.

Magic and miracles are my words for the year. The miracle that I need is remembering that I have the spark in me. I’m a fire sign with a huge spirit and I am here to make magic happen. I might not be able to do much right now, but it’s enough just to believe.

12/01/2024

Hello beautiful Peeps,
I’ll be guiding a vision board workshop for “Manifesting Visions for 2024” on January 20th from 12 noon to 4pm for the intersectional q***r community as an ally at Villa Vida in Vienna, Austria.

It’s a free workshop and donations are welcome.

We’ll be exploring and writing down a detailed list of our goals for 2024, finding images for what we’ve written, and tapping into the emotions of what it feels like to have these already manifested into our lives. Looking forward to seeing you there!

05/01/2024

Today I remembered a little bit of the magic my own life holds as I stood in my tiny garden with a glass of red wine overlooking the hills in the dead of winter.

Grey lavender clouds sailing in a pale greenish sea of yellow as if it were forever and a day…

…until a motorcycle went racing in the valley below echoing like an angry wasp trying to find it’s nest breaking the reverie, bringing me back to the present moment. I smile to myself knowing that this is my life here and now. This beauty that fills me with love is a present I gave myself when I chose to create this life I am living. I’m truly grateful for the grace, generosity and gentleness of my soul.

The miracle is that joy fills my being until I am unable to contain it, so it begins to overflow..

30/12/2023

🙏🏼
Thank you for kindness.

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love”.
~Lao-Tzu

“A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on
someone else’s life.”
~Roy T. Bennett

“Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.”
~Leo Tolstoy