IN LOVE with Annika Ahrens
How we met: Annika and I met in Berlin based creative collective Co-Creagency. We had a movie making friend in common and I liked her right away. Annika produces movies, commercials, music videos with her own company. For six months, she became the “Heart of Empowerment“ of Co-Creagency — a title that was tailored for her. It is seldom that someone is gifted in deep listening as Annika is. And in asking the right questions then, that point you towards your own answers.
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Imagine that from this moment on, the verb "to love" does not exist anymore. How do you express yourself when you feel love? In words, actions?
in words: I feel this cozyness of a warm home or a long hug together with an excitingly fast heartbeat.
2 LOVE
You have lived one month without the word love. Then, it suddenly re-appears, but in the dictionaries it is without definition. You are the person to write it.
love (noun) / l∧v /. a warm feeling of connection, of togetherness. You can either feel this connection to a person or a situation or even as a whole way of being. It is often used as a description of feelings between two people but it is more, way more. It can also be a state of mind. If you feel love and loved (for example by yourself) you are happier and healthier person.
3 Out of LOVE: Loneliness...
4 Returning into LOVE
When you have been out of Love, how do you help yourself to re-enter?
I do a reality check with myself.
Why am I out of love? And most of the time I am not. I just need a check in.
and always keep in mind:
"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." Arthur Rubinstein
Thats my Mantra:)
>> Ask me a question about LOVE: What is your personal definition of LOVE?
Mirjam: I agree with you that being IN LOVE is a way of being and also it is a conscious choice. Being IN LOVE with someone means seeing the true potential of a person and believing in their ability to make it come true — while accepting them as they are right now, in this very moment. This applies to SELF LOVE, too.
5 Almost Lovers
Let me start by saying what an almost lover is for me. An almost lover is a person, with whom you feel SO yourself, SO creative, SO in love that you feel - this is my life partner. However, an almost lover does not want to be with you. Did you have an experience like this? And if so - did your almost love story lead to important inner and outer transformations in your life that you are now grateful for? Which are your favorite two ones?
I am in that very lucky position to be with my life partner since almost 15 years.
6 On Leaving:
What happens to (your) LOVE when a partner/ crush/ lover - someone you have been in love with - leaves you?
It feels like a part of myself is missing.
If you spend a long time with a person, this person becomes a part of yourself and vice versa.
After a split up only time can give you that part of you back by healing.
7 LOVE Quotes:
There are many love-quotes out there. Which is your favorite one on true romantic love - and why?
Johnny Cash when asked for his definition of paradise:
“This morning, with her, having coffee.”
>> Ask a question that you have always wanted to be asked: What is your credo to mankind?
My answer would be: Seid lieb! (only works in german but I guess it works universal)