It’s that time of the year again 🍂… when the cycle seems to start over, but it really just continues. Green makes room for yellow, orange, red and brown and nature shows us how to let go. A beautiful unfolding of change. I’ve never really been an autumn fan, my favorite season has always been summer. But after living at…
New Year, New… Just kidding. 😆 For the first time in a long time, the New Year didn’t actually feel that new. It didn’t feel like much of a reset, but more of a continuum. Things are just following their course and nothing new seems to unfold. At least that’s how it feels in my tiny bubble. Most of what…
Do we still know how to do nothing? After travelling and then having a few busy weeks, I found myself craving a day for myself, in peace and quiet, with no one around. I felt like I needed to do nothing for a day and just sit still. Be present. Yet at the end of my day off, I realized…
It’s Children’s Day today and I believe that the best way to celebrate children is to parent them as well as possible. Not just today. Every day. Now, I’m not a parent and I honestly don’t know if I’ll ever be. There was a time in my life when I was 100% sure that I would never have kids. Then,…
After almost a year and a half of being at home in Romania, as excited as I was to travel again, it felt quite weird to leave my “bubble of isolation”. This is a good reminder that sometimes, we find it more comfortable to stay in the same place than to keep moving, even though we know we’re not where we…
It should be no secret to anyone by now that I love being by the water. Rivers, lakes, seas and oceans help me get a certain state of ease and peace. It’s difficult to explain how my heart just settles into my body while I hear and watch the water. Last summer, a friend invited me to go to the…
I was speaking to a friend a while back and she was telling me that she’s seeing many teenagers and young adults who feel a lot of pressure. 21-year olds and even 18-year olds want to “make it”, to have it all figured out, to already know the answer to: ‘What am I doing with my life?’ by that age.…
One of the places I wanted to visit for quite some time was the Danube Delta in Romania, my home country. When I was in high school, I was a little bit of a geography nerd for a while. I loved learning about different places and I remember several things I learned about the Danube Delta. So, please allow me…
Happy Earth Day! 🌍🌎🌏 The Earth is such an amazing ecosystem and it is our home in this lifetime. It sustains our house, grows our food, holds our water, creates our breathable air. The Earth contains everything we need to survive and thrive. It is truly our support system. Last year, I started this habit of thanking the Earth and…
Reading books is one of my favorite activities. Every time I start a book, I get excited. It’s like I’m just starting a new journey that will bring something wonderful into my life. When I was in high school, I would stay up all night, because I couldn’t put down the book I was reading. It happened way too many…