Solid Ground

zaterdag 30 mei 2020

Do research on what you can do as a white person. You can ask questions here at

if you feel unclear on what racism and white supremacy is, how it shows up, how it is in you. Ask with an open mind to be educated. Do not ask people of color for emotional labor on these matters.

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#endracism #endwhitesupremacy #dismantlewhitesupremacy #rise #useyourvoice #projectcolorwhite

Ending, dismantling racism and white supremacy... It will be messy for some time to come, cause we all have no clue how we will get out of this travesty that's been going on for so long.

So get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. The work of anti-racism is painful and you are going to have let go of stuff you've become accustumed to, like the way our world has been run.

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Project ColorWhite

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#endracism #endwhitesupremacy #outofyourcomfortzone #dismantlewhitesupremacy #dismantling #dismantlingracism

maandag 25 mei 2020

Now also on Instagram

Solid Ground can now also be found and followed on Instagram:

solid_ground.projects
coaching/facilitator, energy work + social projects

zondag 24 mei 2020

vrijdag 22 mei 2020

New logo Solid Ground!

Excited to show the two versions of my new logo! The one with 'Merel van Haastert' will be my main standard logo. I'll be using the version with the 'The Lady Merel' for my more creative expressions.

maandag 27 april 2020

Rules of Engagement

I have posted these rules awhile ago on Project ColorWhite.
They are inspired by Layla F Saad when I read about her practice of healthy boundaries and self care during her 'Me & White Supremacy Challenge' (now a workbook, free to download), July 2018.
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So let’s get clear…
1) I practice Radical Selflove. I come from a place of Love, Abundance and being whole. Therefor I won’t defend or explain my own healthy boundaries of what I do or do not allow around me and in connection with me.
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2) When coming into this space, my business Solid Ground, work and projects I do, but also my other spaces on FB and Insta, or any physical space where you might encounter me, you need to be able to carry yourself, be fully responsible for yourself, for whatever stirs up in you when you might get uncomfortable, get triggered, get emotional. I hold space for myself and work I do anywhere, but I am not doing any emotional labor for anyone. If you invite me or ask me, I will stand by you, but the work is yours and yours alone.
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4) Educate yourself. You are an intelligent human being. I am not responsible for your level of being, awareness and knowledge. Again, no emotional labor will come from me.
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5) Respect is the formost requirement when dealing with me in this space… or actually anywhere else. We listen to eachother and acknowledge that everyone is in their own process at their own pace. If you are being disrespectful and/or hateful or express yourself in a manner which is less then respectful, you will be blocked, no explanation, no discussion.

About Merel

I make things visible, my presence brings forth what needs or is wanting to surface. Through this natural abillity of my soul I am capable to see masks or masking, layers, conditioning for what it is, behind it, above, below, beyond. I see or things are reveiled to me, and it feeds my apetite for understanding people, earth, processes. Recently someone who just met me said what I hear a lot: "You have that vibe that anyone can talk to you about anything. I feel comfortable telling you" There is not much that shocks me (anymore), I can hold space and listening to just about anything, and I have. I am constantly in awe about the depth of our human experience, and I mean in all its compexity, shadowsides and the downright ugly too. It doesn't mean there are personal reactions or judgements, I practice healthy boundaries and Radical Selflove. I have learned that me keeping my space gives anyone else space too, room to breath, to just be. And through that practice I can hear and leave responsibility with the other. That's how I learn everyday, see beauty, love, abundance, suffering, heartache, loneliness, miscommunication, violence, abuse, innocence, manifestation. I have no desire for all of us to be the same. You can be opposite of me in what you believe, or what I would tolerate in my life, I will still see human and listen.