#73 | Michiel Sujeet Reith | "From survival to shared belonging"

#73: From survival to shared belonging!A conversation where the script is flipped...2,5 hour (🫣) deep dive with me ✨Michiel Sujeet Reith✨this time not as the host, but as the one opening up my own story. Guided by my friend, community builder, role model and mentor Kemo Camara, this episode becomes something rare. 👉🏾Not performance.👉🏾Not positioning..👉🏾But presence!!What unfolds is not a linear journey, but a lived one. From abandonment and survival, to identity shaped through achievement, to the quiet realization that none of it fills what was never met.And then… something shifts. Not through force, but through awareness!Deep dive talking points:👉🏾 flipping the script: from holding space for others to allowing your own story to be seen;👉🏾 survival and identity: growing up in abandonment, shaping identity through “if-then” validation;👉🏾 the search for belonging: from teddy bears, to strangers at Utrecht Central, to conscious community;👉🏾 success without fulfillment: achieving everything that should work, yet feeling nothing inside;👉🏾 the breaking point: choosing truth over a life that no longer fits, despite the cost;👉🏾 fatherhood and guilt: facing emotional absence and finding ways to reconnect beyond perfection;👉🏾 awareness as turning point: discovering that healing starts not by fixing, but by finally seeing;Empowering nuggets (hopefully..):🙌🏾 what you build to survive can become what blocks you from living;🙌🏾 belonging is not found in places or roles, but in being seen without conditions;🙌🏾 awareness does not erase the past, but it changes how you meet it;An empowering reflection after the most powerful question of Kemo:🙌🏾 “What centers me… is the life I was given, the chance I was given and the life force I carry”Books mentioned:📚 Business Model You: a page turner that became a turning point...;📚 The Body Keeps the Score: as starting point for the Trauma Stress Studies of the Trauma Research Foundation;My question for you: What if the life you built to prove your worth…was never meant to hold who you truly are?Connect with me:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michielsujeetreith/ Company: https://journeysofempowerment.com