Hey, Reader,

In my last letter, I described a very particular moment that torments me. It’s a moment where something is looking to emerge through me: an idea, a piece of writing, a truth - but I shrink and block it. It’s the moment I risk being seen for who I truly am, and my fear enters the room. To protect me from the danger out there, pulling out all the old stories I learned as a child about what I am allowed to be, to say and to create. That moment is blocking my creativity from unfolding. It’s preventing me from sharing the best of what I have. This is my version of shrinking. I’m certain you have yours.

I want to do a little experiment with you.

Think of that moment in a relationship when you shrink. Maybe it’s at work, a family interaction, an intimate relationship, a public appearance. You know the moment where there is some heat and tension in the room, and instead of standing clear and making your voice heard, someone else’s power overcrowds your own. So you stay silent, small, and you retreat. In that moment, you choose to preserve the relationship bond in exchange for your truth.

You are cultured to stay small - for the sake of belonging. You’re meant to fit neatly into the box that was defined for you - to not disrupt the system too much. So you play the role, wear the mask. And maybe you have, for years. At your own detriment. Because the energy of that thing that wants to come out makes a U-turn in your body, and it gets lodged inside. It manifests as discomfort, tension, or even pain.

Repeat that U-turn enough times, and you end up with chronic symptoms, chronic self-abandonment, or a dead end in your journey. The body carries your unexpressed life force that has nowhere to go, and the bigger that force is, the more you resist and want to contain it. Until you can’t anymore. And now it’s pushing from within and won’t take no for an answer.

Don’t worry, you are not broken. There is nothing to fix. It’s this immense energy from the part of you that you have neatly packed away. The part that wants to live freely and move. This part already knows what is needed, and it holds the antidote - it’s imperfect and unruly. Rough around the edges, spiky, disruptive. You might be afraid to show it, because it’s too much, too noisy, too awkward, too unconventional. I call it the Wildling. That is the part I would like to speak to.

I’ve kept my inner Wildling contained - for most of my life. Hidden behind the mask, keeping me included, safe, and - professional. You know. The one for LinkedIn and conferences. Until I couldn’t bear the mask anymore. It cost me too much.

I’m allowing that part to be fully seen now, free to be who I really am, say what I really think. Mean what I say. And I want that for you, too. I want that for all of us.

So, we need that part of you to be fully seen and felt in the world. And this is not just individual work, it is collective. We can’t lead the change we need to lead right now from a small, conditioned, constrained self. You know. What change have you seen self-abandoning leaders produce?

Right.

Leading the change right now requires something much more powerful. A kind of power we may not have mobilised for a long time. It requires your wild, unconstrained creativity and the full force of who you actually are. It requires the collective force of who we actually are, together.

That is what this is about.

An invitation that’s been a year in the making. An invitation for you and your inner Wildling to step into a space held intentionally by two coaches and a movement facilitator. A space of story, honest inquiry, being seen exactly as you are - without shame. For a new way of reclaiming what was exiled. For us.

Saturday, May 16th; 15 people - in the flesh - in Copenhagen. ​
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​Book your spot here.​

Let the wild rumpus start. 🔥

Hi, I'm Martina. I coach creative leaders, change-makers and teams through defining transitions. My approach is relational and focused on growing vibrant, trusting cultures full of life. Our work together serves a systemic paradigm shift towards a regenerative, life-affirming worldview. ​ I am committed to anti-racism and decolonisation, and all my paid client work enables me to support impact leaders and communities of the global majority through scholarships or pro-bono work. ​ And as for me - I am wildly intuitive, ancestrally rooted and happiest in treetops. 🌳 ​

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