Helena you are at peace, sorry that Paris was a bummer. Besides all that stuff your blogs feel like I'm watching a asmr video so sweet and relaxing, don't know if anyone has ever told you that ❤
Hi Helena, I think you nailed the differences between parts of Europe and Aus and explained it really well. You are clearly observant and well travelled. I'm a Brit/Aus citizen but currently living in gorgeous Provence, France. I think it is important that you feel at home wherever you chose to live and sometimes that can take a LOT of experimentation. I love Brit culture but not the weather. Aus is laid-back generally but the corporate greed / treadmill stuff is ramping up a bit too much. My GF says Aussies of the 80's had a much better quality of life. Provence is gorgeous with more diverse and pretty nature to most of Aus, but six months of the years it is very quiet because so much shuts down when the tourists leave. So many pros and cons to each. For us we'll likely stay in Provence for a year or two but Aus is now my home and where I will retire 😃
Oh wow, thank you so much for your kind words! And I do love France and particularly the south of France. But I feel truly at home in Australia. Which part of Australia are you going to move to?? 😃💕
__ I came over here from your video last year about learning to have love attacks in lieu of anxiety attacks. I viewed that through, so to speak, Abraham Hicks and Joe Dispenza and Mooji and the law of attraction, and your way with the law of attraction seemed just right. As for central Europe, bumping into your videos stirs for me a strong memory of a woman in a red sports car in the snow in southern Poland. I suppose I was going from England to meet my American yoga teacher in, let's see, Sucha Beskidzka, and there was a long moment there, hmm, twenty years ago, as this woman dropped me off at a town somewhere, not in Sucha (I was completely lost but enjoying the lostness), anyway, this long moment where we looked at each other with an intense look and I almost stayed in the car, and I...didn't...and she was gone. But here's the point of my story: before that as we had come around a bend on a snowy road and she was driving very fast, down over the guard rail in a valley below us was a great castle, and she said: I used to live there in the fourteenth century. And she described her room in the castle. I needn't tell you the woman was beautiful. I was not at all woo woo then, as I am now. Many years later in Canada, I was seeking a cave to live in for the winter, off in the woods in Niagara along the escarpment, and a witch whose parents were from central Europe found me, and she brought me to her trailer, consulted her crystals, and I live here now. Seven years now, and her Australian dingo has just died at fifteen. She, the woman not the dog, has taught me all this law of attraction stuff. She is I suppose a sort of disciple of Eckhart Tolle, who like you turned anxiety to love. Well, I have looked at some of your videos to see if I could learn to please her more, my witch woman. So. I loved Poland but in the woods in Sucha the trees were stressed and the bodies from the war were here and there in the forest beneath little crosses and those sorrows seemed recent. Your word "contracted" to describe European village and town life seems powerful. Compared to that, how spacious Australia must seem. Wim Hoff seems to like Poland in the winter to take groups of people up snowy mountains in bathing suits and also sit in ice water. But he climbed Mount Everest in his underwear, so he would enjoy anything. The call of Europe has always been strong for me, indeed for many an American. As for western Europe, I married a woman from Catalunya once, but not in French nor Spanish, though the Catalan people are between France and Spain, and the ceremony was in Catalan, which I didn't speak, so who knows what I agreed to at the wedding, ha ha. The marriage didn't last, but I have my boys from that. Polish people are so tough. Our friend Przemek (we called him Sha-muk) hauled us up impossible cliffs all over the American west. He would always find Polish people somehow and he would shout to them even when they were a thousand feet up a cliff. Przemek was tough because he was Polish but of course Przemek didn't stay in Poland but lived eight months a year in beautiful nature in America. In Sucha (soo-ha we said), I did my first ten-minute headstand in a room with a bunch of Poles and some of the towels caught fire and the room was filling with smoke but no one wanted to break out of the headstand so we just let the fire keep burning for a while. Tough people. So glad you found spirituality and nature even if so far from your family.
Helena! Thank you! Your title immediately suggested to me that unrelieved population density may have been difficult for the reflection necessary for fulfilled life. It was the eucalyptus and a certain conifer not growing here in northern hemisphere that suggested you were in Victoria. Australia's population is 95% + coastal, and Victoria the densest of that. My own skin, fair, finally caused retreat from warm and xeric places, tropics where the spirit of Aloha (which i always described, even as a teen, as the basic "welcome to my heart" and welcome to all living beings, that we are born with) gives always awareness of lushness, of ALLas compagnons errants. As my brother said of Australia, " everything's poisonous!" and he left for all the SW Pacifoc's islands and reefs, and with his wife, a deeper solitude and warm companion strangers, i left the placid desert climates for refuge from a sun to which ancestors were no longer suited. Each of us is individual, and most land is not wild enough to arouse me. Sacredness arises here from the play of life, senses extended because necessary. The mother bear near, with her offspring, was sometimes happened upon by the wolf who chose me, and we would watch her calmly teaching and feeding( once the wolf no longer chased, after doing so to a matured young bear, and in turn, being chased by the bear). What is sacred is openly demonstrated by emotion, by fear, death, touch. When the wolf, who knows only the expressed emotions of others, finally died, unable to rise, in my arms, i spent hours stroking him, and now, years feeling my hands and life sacred from the touch of him. Though born captive, he had strained for the wild, escapin from captors to the only companion who would play always, and never constrain. What is a life fulfilled? One who, somehow like a mother, a sibling, a friend who recognizes you can do no wrong? A life, free, in wild acceptance? The recognition that even that taken for sustenance - sometimes eagerly and fiercely- is also as sacred as one feels their most beloved to be. This comment is late, and will not be read. But, like those skulls of Pleistocene Rhinos and Sabertooths i petted, dreamlike seeing through their eyes and minds, it was here, joyful, startled, trepid, curious, sometimes fearless. I hear, and see in your eyes and flowing hair, the Sacred. I do not pray, but would only this: that ALL sense the Sacred, surrounding us.
Helena, many years ago, my father told me that "you can't help where you're born but you can absolutely control where you live and how you live once you find your place". That advice has stood the test of time for me. I can say from the heart that life is just way too short to spend it being unhappy. All that's important is that you're safe, well, and happy...wherever that may be.
I know what you are talking about. I left Scotland and moved to Canada, and then the USA. People were so much more positive in the USA. I moved home and then moved back to the USA as i didnt like the lifestlye at home anymore. Unfortunately i had to move back home again for family reasons. Its never easy, no matter what you do. You just have to learn to be happy wherever you are. I must say Australia looks beautiful
Thank you so much for sharing this, Frances! It's so good to hear from others who experience similar shifts and changes 🥰 I visited Scotland for the first time in August last year and I loved it! But I couldn't live there... 😉 I love Australia way too much! 🥰💕
Your story is not surprising to me. You’re searching for balance and seem to be on the right track. Grew up in Chicago with weather similar to Poland. Long, stressful drive to ever find nature. However, US is more positive than most of Europe. Moved away to Houston after college for work and you always think about returning due to family. However, you forget about all the downsides. Houston was much warmer and far more outdoors orientated, but chronic congestion due to living in a car. No longer right answer. Now living in Kinsale, where we have lots of nature, friendly people, food not nearly as varied as in US, and an absolutely crushing housing shortage. So, where do I go next? Good question. I can relate to your struggle.
Thank you so much for your lovely message and for sharing your thoughts and insights! It's not easy to find your "happy place" in life... So I'm intending to do all I can to hold on to mine... 😉
Yes for me I've was always lived in England but I never feel like I belong here. The issue is I feel trapped and I''m not quite sure how to make the move
I have visited Europe, but I’ve not visited Poland I do understand certain things, and there’s certain cultural dynamics that are much different between western Europe and central Europe First of all the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, and to a lesser extent Italy, and Germany Have a history of colonizing other regions of the world and exporting their language culture to these parts of the world Even little Denmark had a history of colonizing parts of the Caribbean and other continents and island This makes these western European countries, more amenable to different cultures and different different people that might appear different from the base group of people that make up the dominant culture Poland, the other hand from what I’ve read and from what I’ve met, especially from the mid to late 20th century is very ethnically pure this is by design Following a very aggressive colonization process by Germany and the Soviet Union to a race Poland, there’s a country and to eliminated people a sense of political justice created a very pure ethnic land for polish people In the mid to late 1940s, they even expelled ethnic Germans specifically who were not Catholic out of Poland back into Germany. Perhaps you’ve noticed that the Jewish population post World War II never rebounded in Poland However, in western Europe, specifically France, the UK and ironically Germany, it’s rather robust with hundreds of thousands of people if not half 1 million For this reason, I perceive Polish people are not very accommodating to non-ethnic Polish people just because they don’t have the culture experience in absorbing different cultures and languages and giving them polish citizenship. The exception would be the Ukrainians. They seem to adapt very well to Polish language and culture, and the same is true for Polish people accommodating Ukrainians. I hear the languages have a little bit more similarity So when you compare which buy its own nature accommodated, a lot of European immigrants, I bet, mostly from the British Isles with a preference, but then later, on from other parts of Europe, you can understand why you’d probably feel more comfortable in Australia after being in a place that is ethnically, narrow in this viewpoint like Poland It’s not just Poland you pretty much look at all the central European countries, and you’ll see the same rigidity, and the same as becoming quite true for the Nordic countries Recent little Denmark has done in about and is now shutting the door to immigration of refugees Just about all the European countries are getting cold feet to the absolute deluge of economic refugees and I don’t blame them. They have a culture in the language and a tradition they’d like to maintain and pass on to their children under the stress of dwindling demographics they don’t seem to Have enough families for replacement population model
As much as these economically well to do northern and western European countries are, and they might’ve fancied themselves to being magnanimous in taking in refugees according to the UN charter in reality, many of them are very tribal in their mentality In someways, I don’t blame them. They’ve got population reproduction pressure now on top of people who are coming in who have no commitment to learn the language, the culture, the religion and the traditions of their host country, and want to impose sets of values that are antithetical to the people living there.
Ask yourself the question for the people who choose to live in Europe Many of them like the vacation in Spain, Portugal Italy if it wasn’t so expensive or the south of France, and now along the Adriatic in Croatia, they’ve liked visiting Greece and Turkey and Bulgaria and Malta and Cyprus and places in North Africa like Morocco When North America specific United States was a little better behaved a few decades ago, they like going to Florida, and they still like coming to parts of the south western United States during the winter As affluent and well ordered, some of the northern European countries are there’s a lack of sunshine and mild weather Even in the UK in northern France, which does get a little bit of the jetstream coming from the Caribbean and it keeps their weather moderated there is maybe a few slivers of places that could support things like palm trees
As per my experience uk, ireland and europe have similar type of weather cold ,dark and always raining. Even i felt depression in england and ireland Whereas in other countries it is far better weather. I believe moving out is very hard decision when you have been in a place for 15yrs. Whatever decision you take, i hope it is best for you. All the best miss Helena
Melbourne is very lucky to have you and you are so lucky to have found inner peace and conectedness to the land. Live your best life and don't waste a minute of it. 😎🇨🇦🎸
There are several dozens of cultures in the continent of Europe..I would have to disagree with the vague statements of how all Europeans are negative. The old world is more grounded them the new world..I feel people have list themselves in countries such as Australia, US and Canada. The food in some countries ..especially from where I'm from are the healthiest in the world. I think you are projecting what you experience in Poland and surrounding water. From what I know of Polish people that live here.. I can honestly say I cannot get along with them because of their poor attitude..I find that it's important to not over generalize. I don't consider the English colonies as the solution.. (this is simply my prospective)
Thanks for sharing your perspective! And yes, you're right - there's a vast variety in Europe when it comes to people, food, weather and other factors. So all I can do is speak of the experiences I've had in Poland, France, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries. And based on what I've experienced plus taking into account my life preferences, I choose to live in Australia 😊💕
Hello Helena, I was wondering what happened to your channel, I haven't seen you for a while. Welcome back. I hope you don't mind me saying, you look so beautiful and happy out in nature. Your happiness and big smile makes me feel happy. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes on your new adventures.
That must've been really difficult not seeing your family for year's Helena i wouldn't know what do to in that situation myself that would've really hard for me & regarding the weather i can understand why you moved to Australia but living in the UK 🇬🇧 you get use to it i guess but i really understand why you moved in the first place my friend ❤️
Thank you so much for your kind words, Steven! 🥰 I used to live in Ireland, I spent just over 4 years there (2004 - 2008) and I really struggled to get used to the weather... It was the thing that in the end got me to leave... 😉💕
Hi Helena. I hope your move to Australia is working out well. Curious as you did move back originally to Europe to be closer to family … I hope that’s not an issue for you … Blessings 💞
I also never wanted to live in a 'beehive', with people on every side and above and below. Also, fresh food is so much better than processed if you are willing to spend the time with it. It seems kind of like people are 'self-kennelizing ' themselves. Ever been to a pet store? That's people in a hundred years...
First time I was in Autralia, Perth last month. Nice and peaceful city. Clean and less crowded. Then had a road trip to Denmark and Albany. Beautiful beaches, etc. Have you visit there?
I understand your concern about Europe. I was born and raised in Europe in 1975. I lived in rural parts instead of overpopulated cities. I think we need to be wealthy to live a organic and spiritual life in Europe because there is not enough to go around for everyone. It is also protected through Grade listed historical buildings in the UK. The Arts Council does a fantastic job in making culture accessible to everyone such as through museums. It's good that you found your haven in Australia. I think you are an extra sensitive person like me. You struggle to integrate your emotions with society. My sensitivities stem from being on the Autism Spectrum.
Home is where the ❤ is! I have never lived out of The United States of America. However I have watched your vlogs. So I understand what you are talking about..... And of course your faithful companion Rosie.....
Hey Helena.. another interesting video.. i am from Melbourne too! Where is your practice located? Didn't know that you are living in Melbourne.. hope to bump into you one day!
@@helenanistavlogs I stay in the eastern area too.. do you have whatsapp? Love your new profile and your beautiful black dress.. always love a woman who knows how to dress well... black and red are my favourite colours! Have you been to the Botanical Gardens?
You’re so gorgeous come to NYC 😍 lots of Polish people here. I left my hometown 25 years ago and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. I went back over the pandemic and realized I made the right decision.
I'm in a position where I meet a few European people, new residents and people that moved into Noosa Shire from the 70's up into the 90's, the new people generally are a bit frightened by the freedom, and a little arrogant, but after a couple of years they're free wheeling Hippy's, I think Europe must have an excellent standard of education, but stiffles individuality, Australìa soon opens their minds.
Glad you found where you're heart belongs. There is nothing better than being in nature. Your senses become much sharper. The nose and air pollution really drag your spirituality down. Wish you the best ❤😊
I love you very much and I hope you have a wonderful life as well so that I can make you happy for you and I hope that you can make me happy 😊 xxxx ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm so pleased that you have finally found your place in this wonderful world of ours. It's clear that you've made the right decision for "you", as well as being an inspiration to the rest of us! ❤
good to hear you've finally found a place where you can breathe and love the people there too americans have always been cheerful and optimistic and still are even now but the aussies may have outdone us in that department haha be well⚛😀
A wonderful commentary. Canada is a lot like Europe in many ways. I actually tried to go to New Zealand but they don't allow anybody over 55 to move there. I think the most beautiful part of Melbourne is you. So beautiful and so smart. I love all your videos. You are such a warm and engaging person. I could listen to you for hours. Love ya! 🥰
Australia! That’s so faraway. How disappointing! You’re GU. Geographically Undesirable. My telepathy doesn’t go that far and my spirits travel is limited to this continent. Enjoyed this walk with you. The woods are a nice frame. You look lovely walking in the woods. Very natural, personal, approachable, comfortable. Revealing, intimate in a very unexpected way.
Hi Helena, I always thought you,were Italian. 😀 Your accent sounds more Italian than Polish….but who cares. You’re a great person and your nationality doesn’t matter. It’s how you are as a person that important. I hear you on the European mentality. It’s becoming over populated. Most people seem to be more busy with themselves and don’t care about others..very egotistic. I live in Belgium. It’s nice in the sense that you can drive for an hour or so and you’re in France, The Netherlands or Germany. Food is generally good here but living is quite expensive. Please keep up your great work and I wish you all the best the best in whatever you do. ❤
@@nicolettastrada5976 A bit… I’ve been working in many European countries like Spain, Italy, France, Greece, UK, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia a lot over the last 30 years and work colleagues on a daily basis in even more countries around the world. I love languages a their dialects. The dialects are even more fun to learn than the pure language. 😀 I have several Polish colleagues and their accent, when speaking English is very typically a Slavic accent. (If that is the right term). Helena’s accents sounds more Italian to me although, without the “marde madonna” visual gestures. 😁
Your explanation of Europe and its people is exactly the stereotype that we perceive of Europeans over here in the US. If you ever wanna come to the US for a visit… you’d love Florida. No Polish winters here only beaches and palm trees… and gators 🐊. 😂
Right now I would stay far away from Florida, as some of the people are cuckoo for cocoa puffs. 🤪 Apparently New York City wouldn't be for you because everyone lives on top of each other. Los Angeles would probably excite you, but it's incredibly expensive to live there. I personally love Chicago, but the winters cab be quite cold and brutal.
Seriously so happy you have found this wonderful environment, Helena! Did you enjoy "The Man from Snowy River" films? I think my dream home base in this beautiful 🌍 would be near Malaga, Spain (tho living in Cape Town is magic🏞️)
Australia has always felt like it would be similar to California - kind of hippy-ish chill on the surface but shallow, flakey, and self-serving underneath (hopefully I'm wrong). I've always enjoyed the northern EU countries I've spent time in and the people specifically (Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Czech Republic). Given the right wing direction Poland is heading in I would probably be more skeptical of spending much time there given I've had my fill of right wing fascism and sadism here in the US.
Just like everywhere in the world, you'll find all sorts of things and all kinds of people in Australia. And I've found the most kind, caring, loving and amazing individuals that I'm very lucky to call my friends. All depends on what you're looking for.
I love, love living in Australia so much!!! 😍 Can you tell?... 😉💕
For a sex-oriented person, it's a dreamland where almost everyone calls you their mate.
And no worries about the ones who keep saying "G'die, mite"🏴☠️
I can tell you "thank you". And I don't tell you why 🤣🤣🤣
@@glebbredikhin N'worries, mite
Helena you are at peace, sorry that Paris was a bummer. Besides all that stuff your blogs feel like I'm watching a asmr video so sweet and relaxing, don't know if anyone has ever told you that ❤
Hi Helena, I think you nailed the differences between parts of Europe and Aus and explained it really well. You are clearly observant and well travelled. I'm a Brit/Aus citizen but currently living in gorgeous Provence, France. I think it is important that you feel at home wherever you chose to live and sometimes that can take a LOT of experimentation. I love Brit culture but not the weather. Aus is laid-back generally but the corporate greed / treadmill stuff is ramping up a bit too much. My GF says Aussies of the 80's had a much better quality of life. Provence is gorgeous with more diverse and pretty nature to most of Aus, but six months of the years it is very quiet because so much shuts down when the tourists leave. So many pros and cons to each. For us we'll likely stay in Provence for a year or two but Aus is now my home and where I will retire 😃
Oh wow, thank you so much for your kind words! And I do love France and particularly the south of France. But I feel truly at home in Australia. Which part of Australia are you going to move to?? 😃💕
Probably Byron area again 🙂@@helenanistavlogs
@@leecourt8509 Awww, Byron is fun! 😃
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I came over here from your video last year about learning to have love attacks in lieu of anxiety attacks. I viewed that through, so to speak, Abraham Hicks and Joe Dispenza and Mooji and the law of attraction, and your way with the law of attraction seemed just right.
As for central Europe, bumping into your videos stirs for me a strong memory of a woman in a red sports car in the snow in southern Poland. I suppose I was going from England to meet my American yoga teacher in, let's see, Sucha Beskidzka, and there was a long moment there, hmm, twenty years ago, as this woman dropped me off at a town somewhere, not in Sucha (I was completely lost but enjoying the lostness), anyway, this long moment where we looked at each other with an intense look and I almost stayed in the car, and I...didn't...and she was gone. But here's the point of my story: before that as we had come around a bend on a snowy road and she was driving very fast, down over the guard rail in a valley below us was a great castle, and she said: I used to live there in the fourteenth century. And she described her room in the castle. I needn't tell you the woman was beautiful.
I was not at all woo woo then, as I am now. Many years later in Canada, I was seeking a cave to live in for the winter, off in the woods in Niagara along the escarpment, and a witch whose parents were from central Europe found me, and she brought me to her trailer, consulted her crystals, and I live here now. Seven years now, and her Australian dingo has just died at fifteen. She, the woman not the dog, has taught me all this law of attraction stuff. She is I suppose a sort of disciple of Eckhart Tolle, who like you turned anxiety to love. Well, I have looked at some of your videos to see if I could learn to please her more, my witch woman. So.
I loved Poland but in the woods in Sucha the trees were stressed and the bodies from the war were here and there in the forest beneath little crosses and those sorrows seemed recent. Your word "contracted" to describe European village and town life seems powerful. Compared to that, how spacious Australia must seem. Wim Hoff seems to like Poland in the winter to take groups of people up snowy mountains in bathing suits and also sit in ice water. But he climbed Mount Everest in his underwear, so he would enjoy anything.
The call of Europe has always been strong for me, indeed for many an American. As for western Europe, I married a woman from Catalunya once, but not in French nor Spanish, though the Catalan people are between France and Spain, and the ceremony was in Catalan, which I didn't speak, so who knows what I agreed to at the wedding, ha ha. The marriage didn't last, but I have my boys from that.
Polish people are so tough. Our friend Przemek (we called him Sha-muk) hauled us up impossible cliffs all over the American west. He would always find Polish people somehow and he would shout to them even when they were a thousand feet up a cliff. Przemek was tough because he was Polish but of course Przemek didn't stay in Poland but lived eight months a year in beautiful nature in America.
In Sucha (soo-ha we said), I did my first ten-minute headstand in a room with a bunch of Poles and some of the towels caught fire and the room was filling with smoke but no one wanted to break out of the headstand so we just let the fire keep burning for a while. Tough people.
So glad you found spirituality and nature even if so far from your family.
I love the richness of the experiences that you describe! Thank you so much for sharing all that 🥰💕
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Helena!
Thank you!
Your title immediately suggested to me that unrelieved population density may have been difficult for the reflection necessary for fulfilled life.
It was the eucalyptus and a certain conifer not growing here in northern hemisphere that suggested you were in Victoria.
Australia's population is 95% + coastal, and Victoria the densest of that.
My own skin, fair, finally caused retreat from warm and xeric places, tropics where the spirit of Aloha (which i always described, even as a teen, as the basic "welcome to my heart" and welcome to all living beings, that we are born with) gives always awareness of lushness, of ALLas compagnons errants.
As my brother said of Australia, " everything's poisonous!" and he left for all the SW Pacifoc's islands and reefs, and with his wife, a deeper solitude and warm companion strangers, i left the placid desert climates for refuge from a sun to which ancestors were no longer suited.
Each of us is individual, and most land is not wild enough to arouse me.
Sacredness arises here from the play of life, senses extended because necessary. The mother bear near, with her offspring, was sometimes happened upon by the wolf who chose me, and we would watch her calmly teaching and feeding( once the wolf no longer chased, after doing so to a matured young bear, and in turn, being chased by the bear).
What is sacred is openly demonstrated by emotion, by fear, death, touch.
When the wolf, who knows only the expressed emotions of others, finally died, unable to rise, in my arms, i spent hours stroking him, and now, years feeling my hands and life sacred from the touch of him.
Though born captive, he had strained for the wild, escapin from captors to the only companion who would play always, and never constrain.
What is a life fulfilled?
One who, somehow like a mother, a sibling, a friend who recognizes you can do no wrong? A life, free, in wild acceptance?
The recognition that even that taken for sustenance - sometimes eagerly and fiercely- is also as sacred as one feels their most beloved to be.
This comment is late, and will not be read. But, like those skulls of Pleistocene Rhinos and Sabertooths i petted, dreamlike seeing through their eyes and minds, it was here, joyful, startled, trepid, curious, sometimes fearless.
I hear, and see in your eyes and flowing hair, the Sacred.
I do not pray, but would only this: that ALL sense the Sacred, surrounding us.
Thank you so much for sharing this! And your words were read fully and with an open heart 🥰💕
Helena, many years ago, my father told me that "you can't help where you're born but you can absolutely control where you live and how you live once you find your place". That advice has stood the test of time for me. I can say from the heart that life is just way too short to spend it being unhappy. All that's important is that you're safe, well, and happy...wherever that may be.
Your father is a wise man! 🥰💕
I know what you are talking about. I left Scotland and moved to Canada, and then the USA. People were so much more positive in the USA. I moved home and then moved back to the USA as i didnt like the lifestlye at home anymore. Unfortunately i had to move back home again for family reasons. Its never easy, no matter what you do. You just have to learn to be happy wherever you are. I must say Australia looks beautiful
Thank you so much for sharing this, Frances! It's so good to hear from others who experience similar shifts and changes 🥰
I visited Scotland for the first time in August last year and I loved it! But I couldn't live there... 😉
I love Australia way too much! 🥰💕
Your story is not surprising to me. You’re searching for balance and seem to be on the right track. Grew up in Chicago with weather similar to Poland. Long, stressful drive to ever find nature. However, US is more positive than most of Europe. Moved away to Houston after college for work and you always think about returning due to family. However, you forget about all the downsides. Houston was much warmer and far more outdoors orientated, but chronic congestion due to living in a car. No longer right answer.
Now living in Kinsale, where we have lots of nature, friendly people, food not nearly as varied as in US, and an absolutely crushing housing shortage. So, where do I go next? Good question. I can relate to your struggle.
Thank you so much for your lovely message and for sharing your thoughts and insights!
It's not easy to find your "happy place" in life... So I'm intending to do all I can to hold on to mine... 😉
I really enjoyed your candid and honest review of your travels and I enjoyed listening to it and I appreciate it thank you for making this video
Thank you so much, Cheryl! It was my absolute pleasure 😃💕
Wow and my dream is to go back to Europe. Curious to hear your experience.
Yes, we're all different and different things work for us! Just because this is best for me, might not be the same way for you! 🥰💕
God bless you Helena😇
Thank you so much! 😊💕
Its sad to hear that you have such a bad experience from Europe :( Live is harder here than in Australia , but still I love this place...
I know, I wish it was different.... 💕
Admit it, you missed the counter clockwise swirl to the bathtub drain or toilet flushing.
Oh absolutely! 😄😁
Yes for me I've was always lived in England but I never feel like I belong here.
The issue is I feel trapped and I''m not quite sure how to make the move
I'm so sorry to hear that! I think that the first step would be to figure out where else you'd like to go... 💕
I have visited Europe, but I’ve not visited Poland
I do understand certain things, and there’s certain cultural dynamics that are much different between western Europe and central Europe
First of all the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, and to a lesser extent Italy, and Germany Have a history of colonizing other regions of the world and exporting their language culture to these parts of the world
Even little Denmark had a history of colonizing parts of the Caribbean and other continents and island
This makes these western European countries, more amenable to different cultures and different different people that might appear different from the base group of people that make up the dominant culture
Poland, the other hand from what I’ve read and from what I’ve met, especially from the mid to late 20th century is very ethnically pure
this is by design
Following a very aggressive colonization process by Germany and the Soviet Union to a race Poland, there’s a country and to eliminated people a sense of political justice created a very pure ethnic land for polish people
In the mid to late 1940s, they even expelled ethnic Germans specifically who were not Catholic out of Poland back into Germany. Perhaps you’ve noticed that the Jewish population post World War II never rebounded in Poland
However, in western Europe, specifically France, the UK and ironically Germany, it’s rather robust with hundreds of thousands of people if not half 1 million
For this reason, I perceive Polish people are not very accommodating to non-ethnic Polish people just because they don’t have the culture experience in absorbing different cultures and languages and giving them polish citizenship. The exception would be the Ukrainians. They seem to adapt very well to Polish language and culture, and the same is true for Polish people accommodating Ukrainians. I hear the languages have a little bit more similarity
So when you compare which buy its own nature accommodated, a lot of European immigrants, I bet, mostly from the British Isles with a preference, but then later, on from other parts of Europe, you can understand why you’d probably feel more comfortable in Australia after being in a place that is ethnically, narrow in this viewpoint like Poland
It’s not just Poland you pretty much look at all the central European countries, and you’ll see the same rigidity, and the same as becoming quite true for the Nordic countries
Recent little Denmark has done in about and is now shutting the door to immigration of refugees
Just about all the European countries are getting cold feet to the absolute deluge of economic refugees and I don’t blame them. They have a culture in the language and a tradition they’d like to maintain and pass on to their children under the stress of dwindling demographics they don’t seem to Have enough families for replacement population model
As much as these economically well to do northern and western European countries are, and they might’ve fancied themselves to being magnanimous in taking in refugees according to the UN charter in reality, many of them are very tribal in their mentality
In someways, I don’t blame them. They’ve got population reproduction pressure now on top of people who are coming in who have no commitment to learn the language, the culture, the religion and the traditions of their host country, and want to impose sets of values that are antithetical to the people living there.
Ask yourself the question for the people who choose to live in Europe
Many of them like the vacation in Spain, Portugal Italy if it wasn’t so expensive or the south of France, and now along the Adriatic in Croatia, they’ve liked visiting Greece and Turkey and Bulgaria and Malta and Cyprus and places in North Africa like Morocco
When North America specific United States was a little better behaved a few decades ago, they like going to Florida, and they still like coming to parts of the south western United States during the winter
As affluent and well ordered, some of the northern European countries are there’s a lack of sunshine and mild weather
Even in the UK in northern France, which does get a little bit of the jetstream coming from the Caribbean and it keeps their weather moderated there is maybe a few slivers of places that could support things like palm trees
You shared some really valid points! Thank you so much for taking the time to write about this 🥰
As per my experience uk, ireland and europe have similar type of weather cold ,dark and always raining.
Even i felt depression in england and ireland
Whereas in other countries it is far better weather.
I believe moving out is very hard decision when you have been in a place for 15yrs.
Whatever decision you take, i hope it is best for you. All the best miss Helena
Thanks a lot! 😃💕
I am happy for you and wish you the best. You are so open and honest. ❤
Awww, thanks a lot! 😃
Melbourne is very lucky to have you and you are so lucky to have found inner peace and conectedness to the land. Live your best life and don't waste a minute of it. 😎🇨🇦🎸
Thank you so much! 😃💕
There are several dozens of cultures in the continent of Europe..I would have to disagree with the vague statements of how all Europeans are negative. The old world is more grounded them the new world..I feel people have list themselves in countries such as Australia, US and Canada. The food in some countries ..especially from where I'm from are the healthiest in the world. I think you are projecting what you experience in Poland and surrounding water. From what I know of Polish people that live here.. I can honestly say I cannot get along with them because of their poor attitude..I find that it's important to not over generalize. I don't consider the English colonies as the solution.. (this is simply my prospective)
Thanks for sharing your perspective! And yes, you're right - there's a vast variety in Europe when it comes to people, food, weather and other factors.
So all I can do is speak of the experiences I've had in Poland, France, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries.
And based on what I've experienced plus taking into account my life preferences, I choose to live in Australia 😊💕
@@helenanistavlogs ohh now you heart my feelings.. Greeks are included.. 😭😭😭
@@geomall The food is EXCELLENT in Greece though... 😉
@@helenanistavlogs any the people are extremely friendly.. ..like me🥰
@helenanistavlogs if you ever go back I welcome you to stay in our guest house. I will make sure you enjoy Hellas the way no tourist can .
Hello Helena, I was wondering what happened to your channel, I haven't seen you for a while. Welcome back. I hope you don't mind me saying, you look so beautiful and happy out in nature. Your happiness and big smile makes me feel happy. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes on your new adventures.
Hello, Bill! 😊 Thank you so much for your lovely message! My channel is very much still here. But I've been posting a bit less frequently... 😉💕
Come to nz...😊
I've been quite a few times - I love it there! 😍
Natural and beautiful ❤
Simply amazing! 😍
But Melbourne is actually a part of Europe! They say it is more Greek than Greece.
That's kinda true!... 😄
South Africa?
Australia. But I'm sure that I'll visit South Africa one day 😊💕
Why have you decided in the first place to leave Australia and go to Europe, when you feel in Australia so well?
Because my entire family is in Europe and I was missing them.
That must've been really difficult not seeing your family for year's Helena i wouldn't know what do to in that situation myself that would've really hard for me & regarding the weather i can understand why you moved to Australia but living in the UK 🇬🇧 you get use to it i guess but i really understand why you moved in the first place my friend ❤️
Thank you so much for your kind words, Steven! 🥰
I used to live in Ireland, I spent just over 4 years there (2004 - 2008) and I really struggled to get used to the weather... It was the thing that in the end got me to leave... 😉💕
Hi Helena. I hope your move to Australia is working out well. Curious as you did move back originally to Europe to be closer to family … I hope that’s not an issue for you …
Blessings 💞
Thank you! I still miss my family but I'm much happier in Australia 😊💕
@@helenanistavlogs Good for you! My reason for asking is that our life journeys are quite similar 💞
@@Pizo53 Oh wow, interesting! 😃
Europe is at war with Russia & austerity comes from this, Poland is so close to front line !
So true! 😣
I also never wanted to live in a 'beehive', with people on every side and above and below. Also, fresh food is so much better than processed if you are willing to spend the time with it. It seems kind of like people are 'self-kennelizing ' themselves. Ever been to a pet store? That's people in a hundred years...
I'd much rather live with space, nature and healthy, fresh food 😍
First time I was in Autralia, Perth last month. Nice and peaceful city. Clean and less crowded. Then had a road trip to Denmark and Albany. Beautiful beaches, etc. Have you visit there?
I've been to Perth - I liked it but I prefer Melbourne... 🥰
I understand your concern about Europe. I was born and raised in Europe in 1975. I lived in rural parts instead of overpopulated cities. I think we need to be wealthy to live a organic and spiritual life in Europe because there is not enough to go around for everyone. It is also protected through Grade listed historical buildings in the UK. The Arts Council does a fantastic job in making culture accessible to everyone such as through museums. It's good that you found your haven in Australia. I think you are an extra sensitive person like me. You struggle to integrate your emotions with society. My sensitivities stem from being on the Autism Spectrum.
Yes, that makes a lot of sense! Thank you for sharing this 😃💕
@@helenanistavlogs You're welcome 🙂
When you left Poland for Australia, was there a moment that you started "thinking" in english instead of polish? Just curious😉. Love your vlogs💛.
Oh yes, I've been thinking in English for many years now 🥰
Home is where the ❤ is! I have never lived out of The United States of America. However I have watched your vlogs. So I understand what you are talking about..... And of course your faithful companion Rosie.....
Yes, exactly! My home is where my heart and my Rosie is... 😉💕💕💕
Hey Helena.. another interesting video.. i am from Melbourne too! Where is your practice located? Didn't know that you are living in Melbourne.. hope to bump into you one day!
Hello and what a lovely coincidence! 🥰 I'm based in the East but my practice is entirely online.
Please make sure to say 'hi' when we meet! 😉
@@helenanistavlogs I stay in the eastern area too.. do you have whatsapp? Love your new profile and your beautiful black dress.. always love a woman who knows how to dress well... black and red are my favourite colours!
Have you been to the Botanical Gardens?
You’re so gorgeous come to NYC 😍 lots of Polish people here. I left my hometown 25 years ago and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. I went back over the pandemic and realized I made the right decision.
Oh wow, that's great to hear! 😃 But I'm very happy to stay in Australia 🥰💕
What a beautiful place that is where you were walking. May I ask how far you walked during the filming of this video.
It's a really gorgeous area! 😍
And I walked for about 30 mins.
@@helenanistavlogs Great, and you were walking quite briskly so you must have travelled a bit over 2K.
@@rayfreeman2305 Yes, that sounds right 🥰
My już wyciągnęliśmy zimowe kurtki! 😒❤️
A moje nadal nie dotarly z Europy 😉
I'm in a position where I meet a few European people, new residents and people that moved into Noosa Shire from the 70's up into the 90's, the new people generally are a bit frightened by the freedom, and a little arrogant, but after a couple of years they're free wheeling Hippy's, I think Europe must have an excellent standard of education, but stiffles individuality, Australìa soon opens their minds.
Thank you for sharing this! And Europe definitely stifles individuality. Well put! 😉💕
Big city more traffic more pollution more people more aggression
Yes, that's how it usually goes... 😉
JJ South Africa 🌍 ❤❤❤xxxx
Thanks, JJ!
You have such a great heart and a very considerate respectful woman that is also very beautiful Gorgeous woman!!!❤️
Wow, thank you so much!! 🥰🥰
@helenanistavlogs your welcome, just giving you my honest opinion, never change from the woman you are,till next time take care!!!!❤️
Glad you found where you're heart belongs. There is nothing better than being in nature. Your senses become much sharper. The nose and air pollution really drag your spirituality down. Wish you the best ❤😊
That's so true! Thank you so much 🥰💕
I love you very much and I hope you have a wonderful life as well so that I can make you happy for you and I hope that you can make me happy 😊 xxxx ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You are so kind 😊💕
❤😊🇺🇸
🥰🥰🥰
So you have found your niche - don’t lose it.
I like to think of it as my "happy place in life" 🥰
Unterstand your comments and feelings…. You may have visited Switzerland… before turning back to Australia 😃
Yes, I have visited Switzerland. And many other countries in Europe 😊
I missed you 🫣🌋😥
😊💕
I'm so pleased that you have finally found your place in this wonderful world of ours. It's clear that you've made the right decision for "you", as well as being an inspiration to the rest of us! ❤
Thank you so much! Yes, it really does feel this way 🥰🥰
@@helenanistavlogsBless you Helena, I'm so happy for you! ❤️
Kome to Switzerland I invite u💁🏽♂️❤️🩹
I came there in 2022 and loved it! 😍
@@helenanistavlogs can I Kontakt u somehow?
I would like to know u better…
@@helenanistavlogs can we be friends?
...Oh my dear..; it's all so superficial...
If life seems superficial to you, then you're really not paying attention... 😜
good to hear you've finally found a place where you can breathe and love the people there too americans have always been cheerful and optimistic and still are even now but the aussies may have outdone us in that department haha be well⚛😀
So true! And I'm yet to visit the US but I'm really looking forward to coming over! 🥰
A wonderful commentary. Canada is a lot like Europe in many ways. I actually tried to go to New Zealand but they don't allow anybody over 55 to move there. I think the most beautiful part of Melbourne is you. So beautiful and so smart. I love all your videos. You are such a warm and engaging person. I could listen to you for hours. Love ya! 🥰
Oh wow, that's so sweet of you, Gary! 😊💕
I am Australian and live in Poland. Food, nature and people are great. What tf are you talking about?
We're obviously very different and different things work for us. And there's no need to be rude or vulgar. Don't you agree?
Australia! That’s so faraway. How disappointing! You’re GU. Geographically Undesirable. My telepathy doesn’t go that far and my spirits travel is limited to this continent. Enjoyed this walk with you. The woods are a nice frame. You look lovely walking in the woods. Very natural, personal, approachable, comfortable. Revealing, intimate in a very unexpected way.
Oh wow! Thank you so much! 😄💕
Hi Helena, I always thought you,were Italian. 😀
Your accent sounds more Italian than Polish….but who cares. You’re a great person and your nationality doesn’t matter. It’s how you are as a person that important.
I hear you on the European mentality. It’s becoming over populated. Most people seem to be more busy with themselves and don’t care about others..very egotistic.
I live in Belgium. It’s nice in the sense that you can drive for an hour or so and you’re in France, The Netherlands or Germany. Food is generally good here but living is quite expensive. Please keep up your great work and I wish you all the best the best in whatever you do. ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this! 😃
Te ne intendi di accenti eh🤣
@@nicolettastrada5976 A bit… I’ve been working in many European countries like Spain, Italy, France, Greece, UK, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia a lot over the last 30 years and work colleagues on a daily basis in even more countries around the world. I love languages a their dialects. The dialects are even more fun to learn than the pure language. 😀
I have several Polish colleagues and their accent, when speaking English is very typically a Slavic accent. (If that is the right term). Helena’s accents sounds more Italian to me although, without the “marde madonna” visual gestures. 😁
Oh... you are polish
Indeed... 😉
@@helenanistavlogs I am Russian
You aren’t ready to go back yet😂😂😂😂😂😂I followed everything until you talked about food
To go back where?... 🤔
Your explanation of Europe and its people is exactly the stereotype that we perceive of Europeans over here in the US. If you ever wanna come to the US for a visit… you’d love Florida. No Polish winters here only beaches and palm trees… and gators 🐊. 😂
Oh, I'd love to come over! Hopefully in 2024! 😃💕
Right now I would stay far away from Florida, as some of the people are cuckoo for cocoa puffs. 🤪 Apparently New York City wouldn't be for you because everyone lives on top of each other. Los Angeles would probably excite you, but it's incredibly expensive to live there. I personally love Chicago, but the winters cab be quite cold and brutal.
Australia is better for you. italy has too many Romeo’s!
Thank you, Australia is definitely better for me! 😍
Seriously so happy you have found this wonderful environment, Helena! Did you enjoy "The Man from Snowy River" films?
I think my dream home base in this beautiful 🌍 would be near Malaga, Spain (tho living in Cape Town is magic🏞️)
I haven't watched them yet 😉
And Spain is amazing! I haven't been to Cape Town yet. Definitely on my bucket list! 😃💕
@@helenanistavlogs Now that's a real man you could even marry🤠 - as I have done with 88-year-old Julie Andrews😄
Australia has always felt like it would be similar to California - kind of hippy-ish chill on the surface but shallow, flakey, and self-serving underneath (hopefully I'm wrong). I've always enjoyed the northern EU countries I've spent time in and the people specifically (Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Czech Republic). Given the right wing direction Poland is heading in I would probably be more skeptical of spending much time there given I've had my fill of right wing fascism and sadism here in the US.
Just like everywhere in the world, you'll find all sorts of things and all kinds of people in Australia. And I've found the most kind, caring, loving and amazing individuals that I'm very lucky to call my friends.
All depends on what you're looking for.
You're delusional so you'll find terrifying people everywhere you go