#64 Stillness as a turning point!

A fascinating convo with Monika Matuszewska, certified professional coach at LaMatu and a sharp, curious mind who has lived many lives inside one life: four master degrees, sixteen years in international corporate environments and a gradual transition into coaching where nuance matters more than performance.

Monika grew up in Poland with books and encyclopedias as a kind of home base and later built her adult life across borders, languages and communities. What moved me was how clearly she speaks about belonging, identity and the moment she realised she was being called to a quieter way of life, not as an escape but as a deeper alignment. 

Deep dive talking points:

👉🏾 vipassana and contrast: 12 days of silence followed by instant overload and what that revealed about her nervous system and her life;

👉🏾 belonging across circles: living between countries and communities and learning to belong in many places without needing to be central in all of them;

👉🏾 learning as a life stance: curiosity through books, travel and people and why people may be our biggest source of learning;

👉🏾 the shift from doing to being: from corporate achievement to depth, presence and real human conversations;

👉🏾 decisions, fate and family echoes: the strange ways “mistakes” can become your path and only make sense in hindsight;

Nuggets of empowerment:

🙌🏾 your body often knows before your mind can explain it. if something feels off repeatedly, that is not drama. it is data;

🙌🏾 the quiet life is not smaller. for some people it is the most honest life;

🙌🏾 belonging can be a mosaic. you do not need one place to hold all of you to feel at home in yourself;

Monika’s empowering quote:

🙌🏾 “I belong in so many places!”

Books mentioned:

📚 Stillness is the Key: Ryan Holiday, an ancient strategy for modern life!

If your life has been loud for a long time, what might change if you stopped treating quiet as absence and started treating it as guidance?

Connect with Monika:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matuszewska/ 

Company: https://lamatu.com 

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