Kimberley selfportrait
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- My name is Kimberley
- I am excited by heights, scales, vertigo... I like to feel smaller than elements around me. I get excited by large cities or endless horizons in the nature. I get excited by the adrenaline it brings to feel alone.
- I also get excited by the idea of intuition, especially when I have been in a long period of doubt: When I finally go for 'what feels right' and it happens to 'be right', I feel really much empowered, on top of my feelings.
- I am scared of silence, which may be contradictory with the point above, as I see silence as another type of 'height'. I am not scared of being silent myself, but scared of my surrounding being silent. (Like a silent forest, a silent room, a silent other person to whom I don't know what to say, etc.)
- I get excited when I cook (for others) because I can essentially rely on my intuitive process, but I also feel anxious when I cook WITH others as I feel the need to collaborate on a more 'coherent' ground; which mostly erase the joy I feel about cooking... sad! Cooking with someone feels similar to a breach in my intimacy, which is scary!
- When working in groups, I need to be sure that decisions that are collectively taken are taken thoughtfully and not accepted by lack of other options or lack of time and reflection. I value engagement, honesty and respect for each person's thinking pace.
- To ensure my needs are met, I might have to take a moment to withdraw from the discussion. This allows me to internally re-connect and reformulate my thoughts into understandable and constructive output.
- I would find it helpful if we could give each other a moment of self-reflection prior to any decision making. More generally, I would appreciate if we could punctuate meetings with more 'thinking-breaks' in order for everyone to have the amount of time necessary to process what is being discussed.
