It all started between messy paper notes from Jesus nine months ago… He had this deep desire for influencing the world in a positive way, following his heart and creating something of true value for the people. Something that brings humankind closer together and nourishes his vision of a more understanding, loving and caring world.

Meanwhile Vanessa was touring through Germany giving workshops about future creation in schools, talking with hundreds of students about their vision of a world worth living in. She was always curiously watching the development of Jesus project from the side.

Then in November the preparations for the Crowdfunding Campaign started. In this time, Vanessa found out more about the project, gave Jesus feedback, and helped him to draft the first version. The Campaign started just before Christmas. Vanessa wanted to support it the best she could, so she eagerly told many of her friends about InnerBalance. She was convinced that wherever Jesus put his heart in, it will be amazing!

Unfortunately...

the Campaign did not meet the goals. It was unsuccessful and none of the money was ever collected.
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But if you looked at the Campaign the first day of publishing and the last day - you realized it evolved soo much. In just 1 month. We integrated continuously the valuable feedback they got from the people, maybe from you. It helped us to refine the whole project, write down our vision, and build a stronger foundation. So really the campaign was successful. We would have never gained so many learnings without this campaign.

Our strategy crashed. We needed to pivot.

"What about offering two months for free? Oh great! So people can experience the value first and see if they feel comfortable! It helps us to find the right people. At least, they are the foundation of an inspiring community! Great, okay… so how do we do that? We did not make any money from the campaign? Well, let’s use our savings! Great idea, so let’s go!”​
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​In February, we started the free official two months Beginning Phase, relying almost completely on our private resources and a few kind donations from friends. We went through a lot of ups and downs but there were always some people who believed in us and our vision.

Thanks to all of them!

In February, InnerBalance started to open their eyes for the first time. And when it looked around, it looked into the eyes of open-hearted, sensitive and caring people with a little candle in their hand and a strong willingness to grow. We all were sharing a vision of a more loving world. And with the trust, that each one of us holds wisdom residing within, no matter their background.

After the Kick-Off, we hosted two live events every week and improved the Hub constantly. We found more and more people interested. We were around 25 people in the Hub.

Vanessa was convinced that we would start with some disappointing events. That is normal for the start, right?

But honestly, it just didn’t happen. From the feedback we got and our experience: Every single gathering was valuable. People’s understanding of the unique space we are creating and the big impact we can have in this world is growing. From the start of the community onwards Vanessa jumped more and more on board. Putting more and more of herself inside this project. Until it was not possible anymore to separate this project clearly between Jesus and Vanessa. Suddenly, she became Co-Founder.

Moreover, we worked out the foundation to work together on a professional level as a couple.

Check! ✔️

It is hard to put into words what we learned at the events. Because what counts is the journey, the effort we put in, the shifts within, the integration, and not the conclusions itself.

We explored how to convert discomfort into opportunities of growth by focusing on the positive outcome. Just a shift of our focus can give us the energy to go through discomfort or even enjoy it.

We realized that ambivalence and mixed feelings can be often seen as a sign of freedom in choice, that we can be grateful for, instead of overwhelmed. And we surprisingly found out: we all agreed that we enjoy giving and receiving when it is genuine, but we find receiving really hard when it's not. Furthermore, we realized the concept of “paying it forward” helps us to trust in life and stay balanced.

All information is useless
unless you integrate it.

This is what we are doing in InnerBalance. Through exchange, working through it and creating the information ourselves instead of just reading about it, so much more happens within.

In the Discovery Labs we drew our emotional state and created our personal Wheel of Life. We understood how misunderstandings can arise from speaking different love languages and practiced them to speak more fluently. We even tried out the language “touch” through the screen 😯. Fortunately, our members are very open to try out even our uncommon ideas leading to experienced calmed nervous systems and hugs across the ocean:

We also experienced some very insightful, exciting, funny and expanding Inspiring Stories and Community Circles where our members brought what was moving them, whether it was to motivate, get support, another perspective, or to simply have a place to express and feel seen.

So, what happens inside InnerBalance? Where these people meet and enrich each other? Well, understanding grows! Inspiration ignites! Shifts take place! Hope makes its way through… A feeling of belonging sets in, of not being alone with your vision in this sometimes scary, surprising, confusing, accelerating, astonishing, painful and weird journey of life!