Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Séverine Keimig. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Séverine , appreciate you joining us today. Was there a moment in your career that meaningfully altered your trajectory? If so, we’d love to hear the backstory.

Being a model and living in New York, a very fast-paced city, I had so many things going on, which was quite addicting. The best way I can describe it is the adrenaline rush of chasing a highly-charged frequency. It was about climbing the career ladder and getting the next job, but then later on, I realized that it was not giving me true fulfillment, that what I was doing right now wasn’t what I wanted in the long run. That was when I realized that being on the chase doesn’t leave any time to appreciate the things we have already achieved before. Truth be told, It was something that I wasn’t aware of until that thought crossed my mind. By then, I was already questioning the trajectory of where my life was going, “When does this stop and how come each accomplishment felt like it wasn’t enough?”

Around that time, I was also going through an intense breakup, moving to a new apartment, and building myself back up again. It was overwhelming, to say the least, but that’s when I saw how important it was to slow down. In today’s society, that’s almost impossible because of how overly stimulated we are by social media and the input we constantly get. It’s so hard since we are constantly wired.  But if your goal is to seek true happiness and fulfillment, seeking it from external sources is not the way to develop that. I still get fulfillment with modeling, but not in the sense that I need it now. That’s why I made the transition to coaching.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

As a coach, I’m definitely proud to be able to help people connect more with their mind and body, it’s a connection that needs to be nourished, and it is always seen as one entity. Unfortunately, in the world we live in now, we mostly separate these two. Getting a better understanding of your mind-body connection to help you manage your day-to-day and learn to intuitively listen to your body while allowing you to sit with your feelings is a crucial step for daily balance and inner healing. As an authenticity coach, I help my clients find or regain their authentic selves through the teachings I learned from Deepak Chopra and other spiritual teachers/mentors. Despite what you might have heard, the highest emotional frequency isn’t love. It’s authenticity. Did you know that the frequency of authenticity is 400 times higher than that of love? To be more authentic, you need to increase your vibration, which is exactly what I help my clients accomplish. That’s why I chose to also focus on diversity.

Since I discovered what my personality type was, I’m an INFJ, I have used my strong intuition to help me work with my clients by connecting with their energy levels. I never tell them what they should do; I’m not their boss. In coaching, the client is always seen as the ‘expert’ of their own life. I’m here to gently guide and support them in finding the answers for themselves by picking up where they left off and dissecting the layers with them in a safe place. 

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to learn how to measure my days based on my consciousness and awareness and not think about things based on my level of productivity. So, moving to New York, I always had the mentality of being a hyper achiever by having that ” Keep going to get ahead mentality,” but the truth is I was mainly feeling restless. I’ve been doing great and achieved many things, but at the end of the day, that didn’t leave me feeling fulfilled as I lay in bed. As I transitioned into coaching, I started to measure my days and how conscious I was of doing the most essential things, e.g., eating if I got distracted and focusing on finding gratitude even for the small stuff. Gaining a higher level of daily awareness rather than productivity was one of the most significant lessons to unlearn.

This mindset of thinking about the next step doesn’t help bring happiness at the end of the day; it’s the level of consciousness and tiny amounts that make you happy. Going for the next big thing does not bring fulfillment at the end of the day. It’s what lies in the small moments and level of consciousness.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

The most resilience I built when I was going through a tough breakup last year that brought a lot of toxicity and confusion into my life, which needed a complete restart/reset of my current life chapter and an intense amount of patience, self-compassion and inner work for me to heal fully. The key concept here was allowing myself to take a step back and give myself enough time to reflect and work through all of my emotional stages but also with ‘breaking the silence’ and opening up to my family and loved ones about my struggles getting out of a toxic relationship. Never underestimate the power of a strong support system – for me, the weekly sessions with my therapist and life coach and the help of my family & friends had an immense impact on my healing journey and ultimately helped me heal ‘faster’ and more ‘deeply.’

When you feel safe to move your emotions through your body, the good and bad (e.g., allowing yourself to grieve about something, etc fully..) get unstuck and eventually leave the body again. It’s important to understand that emotions need to intentionally ‘move’ = ‘be felt’ throughout your body. Otherwise, they will ‘build up’/get stuck and can manifest into chronic diseases. Think about emotions as e-motion = energy & motion, which might help you remember the importance of allowing them to ‘move’ and ‘be fully felt’ in the body.

Nobody can escape from pain, fear, and suffering, but at the same time, pain teaches us wisdom, fear builds courage, and suffering turns into strength – if we have the virtue of resilience.

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