I’m getting ready to move to another country. I’m not leaving quite yet, but this will be my last summer living in Stockholm.
I received guidance to relocate years ago
I have known that I will move somewhere else for a long time now.
The first time I received guidance about it was about 10 years ago, but the circumstances have not been right until now.
But I have been preparing and looking forward to it for years now, while still living here in Stockholm. And even if I have been enjoying my time here, it has sometimes felt like I have been “in between” two lives all these years.
I have known that I’m leaving and that I am building something new, while still living in a place that will not be part of it.
And it has not been the easiest situation to be in.
I love to engage where I am – fully. And moment to moment, I have been doing that here. But I have also known that I am going somewhere else, and that I will not stay here for too long.
My life mission needs me to be somewhere else
Since I first received the guidance, it has also become increasingly clear that my life mission is not in alignment with the energy in Stockholm and Sweden.
I have known this for a long time now – ever since I first received the guidance, because that was part of the information I received. And because of that, I have worked with people from other countries throughout the years as I have developed my teaching.
But I have still been living here in Stockholm. And I have done my best here when it comes to my work, too, even though I’ve known for a long time that it’s not the right place for my mission to grow and become more of what it needs to be.
As soon as I’ve been focusing my energy too much on Sweden during these years, I’ve also been guided back to my true path by the higher knowing. And sometimes I have been guided by people who have acted in ways that have made me sad (but that’s sometimes the way guidance comes through – it guides us to look elsewhere).
And I have listened every time, to the best of my ability, and shifted my focus back toward my visions, and toward a more international arena.
I have become someone else
My energy as the person I am now is also no longer in alignment with Stockholm’s energy. And it has not been for a long time.
I have become someone else, someone completely different, after so many years of awakening, of cleaning out my old identity, starting over, and rebuilding myself and my life from scratch (which is what I have been doing for the past 18 years).
I am also multidimensional now, and I want to embrace that part of me more fully and be in environments that are open to it – or even environments where it’s “normal”.
And it’s hard to be reminded of who I used to be when I’m not her anymore.
Almost all that’s left of who I used to be is my geographical place 😉 So, moving on is inevitable at this point.
However, I have gone through most of my awakening while still living in Stockholm, and I have had my most significant moments in life here too. So, I still want to honor this place even if we are no longer an energy match.
I look forward to the new
I look forward to being in new energies and places that fit better with who I am now, and with what I am doing and building. I will also travel a lot more, and I hope to be able to meet some of you at a retreat or an event in the future.
The other day, I was looking up “Toastmasters” in the new country to enhance my speaking skills so that we can have some really great events together in the years ahead 🙂 – If you would like to come, of course.
And while I was doing that, it all started to feel so much more real.
The past 1,5 years
I wish I could say that my last few years here in my beautiful city have been lovely 🙂 And that I have had time to celebrate the end of my time here and honor all the beautiful moments I have had in this city.
But sadly, it’s been one of the most difficult years of my life.
I know so well by now that when we change internally and raise our vibration, everything that’s not in alignment falls away.
But I already walked away from my old life 10 years ago, so I didn’t think I would have to let go of (almost) everything again. But I was wrong. And it’s been 1,5 years of some real heartbreak, sadness, and uncertainty.
It doesn’t matter that I know on a higher level that some relationships that are not in alignment sometimes must leave, because it still hurts when they do. Losing almost everything (and at the same time!) and being stuck in a situation and unable to find a way out is also still painful, even if I see how the new is coming closer at the same time.
And a lot has been falling into place these past 1,5 years – even though the positive has sometimes been overshadowed by the difficulties.
I have been working hard to move forward, even though it has been difficult, and even though it’s been moving forward a lot slower than it could have without all the challenges.
But that’s what it’s been like.
But a few days ago, I looked at photos from the past year and realized I had had some really great moments in the midst of the chaos. So, there have been precious and really fun moments too. And I appreciated being reminded of every one of them.
It’s so easy to forget when life is hard.
We know in our hearts when it’s time to move on.
Growth is hard. So is awakening. And authenticity.
And staying in places we have outgrown is even harder.
And it’s not right for us or others.
Stockholm will always be my first city love :). And I still feel connected to this place in many ways.
But I also feel so excited about what’s to come. And such joy!
And I can’t wait to share more when it’s time.
About Hanna Stenefalk

I’m a spiritual teacher, writer, and visionary. My work helps you awaken to your true self. I have created my teachings based on the experiences, realizations, and insights from my own spiritual journey. Read my story.