The Sacred Conversation

 

 

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Hello Soul Family,

If you’re connected with me on Linkedin, you may have seen that I just released a new podcast episode I’ve been preparing for quietly and deeply for the past four years.

In this episode, I host Ali Reza Yawari, a Hazara young man from Afghanistan who fled at the age of 15, unaccompanied (An”unaccompanied minor” is a refugee under 18 years old, separated from both parents and not under the care of a legally responsible adult).

He has now been in Indonesia for over a decade, still awaiting resettlement — still without legal status, still in limbo.

No, he didn’t know it would take this long.
No, he didn’t know he’d be separated from his family for this many years.
No, he didn’t know he would experience and witness such profound darkness.
No, he didn’t know that living in a “transit country” would mean being safe from immediate danger… but also forbidden from truly living.

This is his 11th year in that in-between.

 

Every time I spoke with Ali since the early years of our Youth Lead: Youth Change mentoring program, I felt like I was talking to a 75-year-old man in a 25-year-old body. There is an immense depth to him and his words.

I spent four weeks in Indonesia in the summer of 2024 — much of that time with Ali and Muna, the co-founders of the Emplace Initiative. I was with them as a facilitator, a mentor, and a friend. I listened. I held space. I laughed. My heart wept, too, silently.

Ali shared much more with me than in this episode — and I was grateful he trusted me enough to do so.

So many things Ali has lived through are beyond imagination.
And yet, he speaks of them not from bitterness but from a place of contemplative, composure, and resilient grace.

But I was also grateful that I had three years to prepare to receive his sharing with an open heart:

Three years of facilitating healing for these young freedom fighters.
Three years of healing my own heart in the process of supporting these young fighters.

Their healing helped mine. Mine helped theirs. That is how this journey has worked.

Muna once gently whispered to me in one of these shares, “Are you okay? That was a lot.”

At that moment, I was — but my body was processing more than I could speak.

I don’t listen with just my ears.
I listen with my heart.
With my nervous system.
With my soul.

 

And when I flew back to Zurich, during a stopover at Doha airport, my body began to release.
Holding a cup, I sat at Costa Coffee as my tears streamed for hours.
Not out of despair — but because something was being integrated. My soul was stretching. My heart was expanding.

 

It was in early March 2025 that I finally felt ready to ask Ali to speak with me on the podcast.

Not from a place of despair, or grief, or even anger — but from a place of love.

I wanted to honour him.
I wanted to honour his messages.
I wanted to honour the voices of many he carries in his heart and his stories.

It took me four years to become ready to hold that kind of conversation with my heart open. And I was thrilled — deeply, soulfully — when he said yes.

We’ve both grown in the four years we’ve known each other.

This conversation reflects our growth — a weaving of love, resilience, compassion and hope, even as we speak about the darkest parts of our collective humanity.

 

Ali has a potent message at the end of this episode — I ask you to listen to it with care. Let it reach you.

As for me…
There is something I didn’t say in the podcast that I want to tell you now:

Please claim your freedom.
In whatever form that takes for you.
Free yourself from all that makes you feel you don’t belong;
From every lie that says you are not enough;
From every doubt that says you cannot live differently.

Please, live. Please, love.
Live fully. Live freely. Love fully. Love freely.
Because you can.

 

Thank you for watching or listening to this episode.

Be mindful, this episode includes discussions of war, forced displacement, trauma, etc. Please listen with care and pause if you need to. Your well-being matters.

 

Take what you need from it — and let it help you choose something uplifting for your life.

If you feel called, connect with Ali directly. Support his message. Let his words ripple.

With love,

Astuti

 

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The Kitchen Conflict…continued.

 

 

It seems my article on the kitchen conflict with my husband resonated with a number of readers.  It turns out that we’re not the only couple having a kitchen conflict.

So I asked myself why does the kitchen generate so much conflict?

 

My theory is to do with the kitchen being the heart of the home.

In times gone past, the kitchen was the domain of the women in the house.  It’s where our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers ruled. They may not have had the financial power, but they provided food for their families from the kitchen.

They decided how to use the money that they were given (in most cases) and what to buy, cook and how and generally the men didn’t interfere, as they were out earning the money and the kitchen was seen as the women’s area.

 

Even today, when a woman goes into another woman’s kitchen there is an unspoken understanding that this is her domain and as a guest one defers to the hostess. It’s a sign of respect / hierarchy and is never discussed, but implicitly understood amongst women. For example, my mother in law in my kitchen will ask me if she can help and if yes, how exactly she can help. For example, if I want the carrots cut and how- diced or sliced.  I do the same in her kitchen.

 

Back in my kitchen, my husband wanted to help but was not aware of all the unspoken “rules” or the underlying “hierarchy” that existed. He would come in and not ask how I wanted the carrots cut and do it his way.

He would then get annoyed if I told him I wanted them cut a particular way as he wanted the freedom to do as he has wished. He thought I was being bossy. I got annoyed as I wanted the carrots a certain way as that was how it was meant to be. 

 

The real issue however was much deeper. I got upset because he hadn’t done what another woman would do. He hadn’t respected my position in the kitchen.

For him the kitchen was a communal space. For me it was MY kitchen.

This was all going on subconsciously without awareness on our parts, and it went on for years. At the time, I just thought I want the carrots like this, and he’s not cooperative.

It was only after many years, when I started to dig deeper to understand what was really going on, that I understood the dynamics that were playing out and the underlying beliefs associated with them.

 

What I’m sharing is based on my experience. Yours may be different.

Maybe you feel like you’re more easygoing and your partner is the one who gets stressed and why can’t they just relax a bit more.  Whatever the case may be, if there is any sort of conflict or heightened emotions causing the kitchen atmosphere to get tense, it’s worth asking yourself the following:

  1. What does the kitchen mean to you (and your partner)?
  2. What role do you each play in the kitchen?
  3. What is it about your partner’s behaviour or action that you find triggering? “He cut the carrots wrong” or “She is so controlling”
  4. What meaning are you attaching to this behaviour / action? “He doesn’t listen” or “I’m an adult, it’s my kitchen too”
  5. What is the underlying belief you have about yourself as a result? This can be a rich source of exploration if you dig deeper. “He doesn’t listen. No one listens to me” or “I can’t get things right”

 

Once you become more aware of your beliefs, you can start to let them go if they no longer serve. There are many ways to do this, for example with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), journalling or working with a therapist.

 

On a side note, I am currently studying astrology. Learning about the planetary placements in my astrological chart it’s no wonder why I have had this conflict in my life. It seemed almost destined to happen.

Over the years, there have been much frustration, anger and sadness associated with it, and also many opportunities for my growth and learning, which I can now say I am grateful for. 

 

I hope you found this helpful and may peace enter into your kitchens. If you have any feedback, I’d love to hear it.

– Julie

 

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Victorious us.

 

 

When my mother passed away on March 29, 2017, I was reborn.

 

It was the end of a long chapter—one defined by over-responsibility and self-sacrifice.

A week later, I began a 100-day decluttering journey in my parents’ home, a place untouched for 43 years. When it was finally done, I sat alone in the spacious living room and asked myself: Where do I go from here?

That moment, I made my choice: I will live as authentically as possible for the rest of my life.

 

What most people didn’t know—including my parents and siblings—was that I had once made an unconscious promise: I will fully live my life only after my parents passed away.

As the eldest, with a mother who was chronically ill and a father who traveled for work often, I became the caretaker. My father was very loving and warm. When he was at home, he put all of his attention to us (my mother and all the three children). When he travelled, there was a big hole that I unconsciously tried to fill, while I was feeling the void myself. 

I carried that weight and it impacted every decision I made for my life until it broke me—burnout in 2008 at age 34.

 

For nearly a decade after, I unraveled the layers of duty, obligation, and fear that kept me from truly living for me. I healed the beliefs that feed the choice of my life had to wait. And yet, when my mother’s health declined (also experiencing dementia), I chose—this time, from love, not obligation—to be fully present with her. She passed with my sister and me by her side.

 

Looking at a photo of myself from 2017, I see a woman standing at the edge of the unknown—excited, innocent, and nervous. She had no idea that saying yes to her soul’s calling would lead her through her darkest fears. That she would face moments of such deep pain, she wasn’t sure she’d make it through. And yet, she did. Because her soul told her to.

Through the fire of transformation, she emerged stronger, fuller, more wholesome yet softer. More gentle. More graceful.

 

The last time I saw my father in 2011 (he passed away eight months later suddenly), he told me:
“You never choose the easy path. And I see why—you grow because of it. But promise me one thing: never let life harden you. You are a beautiful, gentle soul. Never lose that.”

And here I am. Soft. Gentle. At peace.

That, to me, is victory.

Because grace is not the absence of hardship—it’s the ability to remain open-hearted through it. And today, I celebrate that.

 

I celebrate the empowered feminine energy I now embody.

What are you celebrating today?

Please share, I’d love to hear.

With love,

Astuti

 

 

 

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The “Love Wins!”- Embracing the authentic Widy through the gifts of Near Death Experience, ADHD, and Father Wound

 

 

 

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Eat, Pray, (Self) Love.

Inilah yang terlintas di pikiran saya setelah merekam podcast “Love Wins!” bersama Widy Dinarti.

 

Perjalanan Widy dalam episode ini (episode dua bahasa – Bahasa Indonesia dan Inggris) adalah kisah pencerahan spiritual yang lahir dari tragedi.

 

Kecelakaan bus di Kenya tanggal 31 Agustus 2011 ini merenggut nyawa teman baiknya, Elmer Pérez Requiz (Rest in Love, Elmer). Saat itu, Elmer duduk di kursi yang dia reserve untuk Widy. Karena terlambat masuk ke bus, Widy duduk di beberapa baris di depan Elmer- dan selamat, tanpa cedera yang serius. Tapi Elmer… meninggal.

 

Sejak kejadian itu, ia bersumpah untuk hidup autentik. Widy merasa hidupnya adalah kehidupan pinjaman dari Elmer.

 

Saat itulah Widy memulai proses transformasi (termasuk healing) yang terus berjalan sampai sekarang.

 

Di tengah prosesnya, ia menemukan bahwa ADHD telah membebaninya sejak kecil, menyebabkan burnout yang tak disadari. Ia juga menyembuhkan luka batin dengan ayahnya, membebaskan dirinya dari belenggu lama.

 

Takdir mempertemukan kami di tahun 2016, saat ia pertama kali mendengar tentang burnout ketika saya menjadi salah satu pembicara di suatu acara di Jakarta. Saat itulah, Widy memutuskan untuk menjalankan sesi hipnoterapi dengan saya.

 

Perjalanan ini berlanjut, ketika saya membantu Widy kembali empat tahun kemudian (tahun 2020), setelah ayahnya meninggal.

 

Proses yang membutuhkan waktu dan komitmen ini mengupas banyak lapisan jati  dirinya satu persatu, membuatnya semakin terhubung dengan jati diri sejatinya, termasuk bakat-bakatnya yang terpendam.

 

Saya yakin, Elmer tersenyum bahagia dari surga untuk Widy hari ini, merangkul peran kepemimipinannya dengan caranya yang autentik.

 

Dengarkan kisah penuh makna ini di YouTube & Spotify: YouTube and Spotify.

 

 

 

Semoga ini dapat menginspirasi Anda untuk hidup merasa bebas dan autentik 🙏💖

With love,

Astuti

 

 

 

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Copyrights, etc.: Music used in this episode: “On My Way” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

 

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How to embody LOVE

 

I often received many questions from my clients on how to embody a divine quality that resonates so profoundly with their souls.

These divine qualities can be love, peace, joy, patience, compassion, etc.

 

If this is also your question, please continue reading.

 

The process of embodiment is a process of integrating a choice that it becomes a part of who you are beyond what you do.

Something is embodied when it becomes your natural state. It feels natural to be and do “it”.

 

Divine qualities are something that we all have within us. We are part of the Divine Source, so its qualities are in us, including as potential or dormant energy.

 

The embodiment process is literally making space for the divine sparks to ignite and grow.

 

Human has multiple levels of consciousness – conscious, subconscious, unconscious and superconscious minds. Something is embodied when whatever we want to embody is imprinted and operating on these levels of consciousness.

 

Here are five steps that you can do to jump-start an embodiment of a certain divine quality (to show you an example, I choose one that I do for myself – love). Give it a try and share how you feel – I’d love to know:

  1. Reflect regularly on what the divine quality you want to embody is and is not. This is very important.
  2. Daily, upon making a decision, ask yourself, “What is the (most) (divine quality) thing to do right now?”.
  3. Check in how you feel when you implement your decision.
  4. Clear out conscious and unconscious beliefs and trapped emotions that make it challenging to implement your decision.
  5. Commit to implementing all these steps consistently for one month (or however you wish to) and assess how your life transforms.

 

Voilà!

Please drop me a line to let me know how you are getting on with these.

 

With love,

Astuti 😊

 

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The “Love Wins!”- Jourdan’s Unlearning Societal Expectations – Trailblazing a Path for Authenticity

 

 

 

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Jourdan Hussein is a poster child of an ambitious, successful go-getter.

 

With multiple degrees from world-renowned universities (Stanford University, University of Oxford, Wesleyen University), work experiences in reputable international organizations, and The President’s Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight of the Republic of Indonesia, Jourdan had much to be proud of.

 

Yet, for years, his heart longed for something else, and these are not the definitions of success in the path he was on. He longed to experience peace, kindness and gentleness beyond success. He had to create another path that allowed him to grow, build, and impact others, care for himself, and experience peace, kindness and gentleness.

 

Our paths crossed in 2019 when one of his friends, who was also a client, recommended that he reach out to me for support.

At the time, Jourdan was amidst an intensive transformation period as he chose to face his deep, hidden fears to expand his leadership capacity. He was on a quest to find out why he felt compelled to achieve so much in his life yet felt less than loved and enough regardless.

 

Through our shared journey, I witnessed his commitment and dedication to showing up in his life authentically and choosing love no matter what. His journey was intense, to say the least. One that I’ve seen people would quit for or not even started.

 

Growing up in a traditional Muslim family in Indonesia, the path he was expected to live was strictly laid out. There was no room for him to embrace his true self as an LGBTQIA+ member.

Yet, Jourdan realized that the only way to feel fulfilled is to create a life where he honours himself as his authentic self.

 

This episode is Jourdan’s “Love Wins!” story about his journey in UNLEARNING the societal expectations he once had abided to TRAILBLAZE a path for authenticity. He chooses to live and contribute to the world from a place of love.

 

Please join us in this engaging and reflective conversation on YouTube and Spotify.

 

May this inspire you to choose fulfilment and love for and in your life. 

Enjoy 💖🙏

With love,

Astuti

 

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The Kitchen Conflict

 

 

 

 

My husband and I used to have a fight every time we had guests over for dinner. I wanted things done in a certain way and would get annoyed at him if he decided to do it differently.

It could be he cut the vegetables differently from how I wanted them cut, or he put the wrong plates out. It got to the point where he didn’t want to help in the kitchen when we had guests over or generally to be in the kitchen together, as that was a source of conflict over many years.

 

Recently, I had my cousin over for lunch, and I made a salad that is usually served only for Chinese New Year.

In the past, I would run around the shops making sure I had the exact ingredients for the dish and stress myself out preparing it.

This time, I noticed myself being much more relaxed about how it looked and what went into it. My husband also helped out in the kitchen, and it was a pleasant experience for both of us. There were no disagreements; he asked me what to do and how he could help.

 

What changed?

I realised that the conflict we had was because I had a lot of judgments and beliefs about how things should be, being in control and perfect, gender beliefs, and I was quite territorial about the kitchen. Choosing to work on them and let them go has meant that I’m more easygoing in the kitchen.

Things don’t have to be perfect or look or be a certain way. If it turns out a bit different, that’s ok too. This easing in my attitude has resulted in a nicer, calmer atmosphere in the kitchen between us.

 

Is there something in your life that is a source of conflict? Instead of pointing the finger, maybe it’s time to look at how you’re contributing to it.

– Julie

 

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The “Love Wins!”- Angie’s journey in turning grief and loss of sense of self into wholesome self.

 

 

 

Life is happening for you and not to you.

This can’t be more true for Angie Garcia Forner’s “Love Wins!” story, my newest podcast episode.

 

This episode is Angie’s homecoming story to her wholesome self, after living her life in many physical locations and organizational and social cultures in many places in Europe and Africa over decades.

 

Angie has lived, worked, and integrated herself (and supported her family in doing the same) in many spaces and places that offer her contrasting experiences.

 

The life journey that she chooses brings about accumulated grief due to a sense of loss of self, relationships and dreams due to the experiences, as well as powerful and profound growth that essentially brings her home to her wholesome self.

 

Relocation is never just physical relocation.

This is what I personally experience, and Angie shares the same.

Physical relocation (be it a place of living or a place to work) is the tip of the deeper consciousness transformation. When we realize this, we can get much more out of it.

 

Join us in this deep yet light and thorough reflection on YouTube or Spotify.

Just like how I feel to have the chance to see the beauty of the Swiss mountains every day, I feel grateful to have the opportunity to witness such a sacred, beautiful journey, such as Angie’s, often. It never gets old.

 

I am always touched and inspired by this. I hope you will, too.

Enjoy 💖🙏

With love,

Astuti

 

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Success vs Fulfilment – how it is different.

 

 

All individuals I support to date are successful in their own rights, yet many of them need support to feel fulfilled.

 

Many word combinations are used to describe this desire; among others are content, satisfied, enough, happy, complete, full, whole, excited, alive, passionate, liberated, uplifted, worthy, and gratifying.

 

I fully empathise with them and respect them for being honest and proactive about this.

I was oblivious to the difference until I experienced burnout in 2008. Through the rising journey from it, I learnt that the two are fundamentally different.

 

Feeling fulfilled is different than being successful.

Success happens when what you achieve aligns with your goals.

Fulfilment comes from how aligned your identity is with your soul (authentic self).

 

Success can happen even when your identity is in dissonance with your soul (authentic self).

In contrast, it is impossible to stay fulfilled when you are in dissonance with your soul. The good news is when you are fulfilled, you are also successful.

Take this ☝️in, please.

 

This happens because when your identity is aligned with your soul, your desires and goals also become aligned. Your life becomes aligned, grounded, centred, whole, enough and secure.

This is when your goals are aligned with your destiny – the ultimate soul experiences and destination. It brings out a sense of completeness, ease, purposefulness, and liberation, regardless of how unpredictable and challenging life can be.

 

No, your identity is not automatically fully aligned with your soul.

Aligning the two requires your consistent and continuous choice, inner work and commitment.

Your identity is “artificial” because it is formed by labels, judgments and beliefs of others and systems who raise and influence you as you grow up.

Your identity may also be formed in reaction to a wound or unhealed trauma (an event that made you believe that you were not enough, weak, powerless, etc.).

Your soul is the core energy /essence of your existence, and it holds the qualities that are uniquely yours. It is the true you. This is what emanates to the world through your body and life.

Being successful and fulfilled are two fundamentally different journeys.

Make your choice.

 

 

With love 💖

Astuti

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Easy does it!

 

 

As I thought about how I’d roll differently in 2025, “Easy does it” resonated so loudly in my mind that it became one of my mantras for the year!

 

“Easy does it” means I will consciously choose the most enjoyable ways (instead of the most intense, fast, challenging, etc) to experience what I wish.

 

I want to experience life and grow differently this year. Joy and pleasure are the top two experiences I prioritize.

 

This is a big deal for me, bigger than I can imagine. Yet, I am committed to it and keen to see what unfolds consequently.

 

I wrote down a few things I’d like to do accordingly and made my way through the list.

One of them is to have guest writers in my newsletter.

 

I am fortunate to have wonderful, curious, and deep-thinking minds around me. These are individuals with whom I can spend hours deeply conversing to expand and deepen my consciousness. Julie Grauel is one of these wonderful people.

 

I’d like her to share her perspective and reflection with you, and I’m happy that she accepted my invitation. Thank you, Julie 🙏💖

 

Today is her first of many.

Enjoy!!
With love,

Astuti

 

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

This is my first time contributing to Astuti’s newsletter. I’m honoured to have the privilege and would like to thank Astuti for the opportunity to do so.

I saw a fantastic clip today on Instagram (click here to watch the clip).

 

It was of a family selling food from their food stand somewhere in Indonesia, and they were doing brisk business.

 

The catch is – it was in the middle of a flood.

The clip shows people walking calmly along in waist high water up to this food stand. The water seemed quite calm, it didn’t appear to be rising or look life threatening. People were composed and smiling and chatting as they bought their food. It looked like a normal day out.

 

I love this video because it shows the attitude that one can take in times of adversity.

 

I think many people, myself included, would be upset about the damage to our goods and property. It is devastating if you lose your home or things precious to you.

 

Yet, you see people smiling despite the circumstances surrounding them and grateful they can buy food.

There is this calm acceptance of the situation that they are in and focusing on the present.

 

The other thing I loved is how the family focused on what was within their control. This video is an inspiring example of how to accept that the only thing we can control is how we choose to respond.

 

These people couldn’t control when the flood water goes down, but they could still cook and continue their business, so they did that rather than what most of us would do which is worry or get angry about things we can’t do anything about.

 

When faced with a challenging situation what do you focus on?

 

Do you put your attention on what you can do or do you get caught up in your emotions or fears?

 

If it’s the latter, maybe you need to ask yourself if they are real or imagined. If you’re still stuck then maybe set up a call with Astuti!

-Julie

 

p.s. Click here for a free discovery call and learn more about Astuti’s self-paced online programs or one-to-one sessions with her.

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