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  • Redefining Succes: Choosing enough over more

    If you know me, you know I have this built-in drive, maybe even addiction, to keep chasing “more.” More challenges, more growth, more learning. My brain is happiest when it’s working out the next big thing. For me, “enough” has always sounded like settling. But over time, I’ve noticed something. I’ve been thinking about the…

  • Why I Swapped Weekend Trips in Europe for Frogs, Family, and Freedom in Suriname

    Let’s get one thing straight: moving countries isn’t new for me. I was born in Amsterdam in the late ’80s (yes, Im ancient, I know), and since then I’ve been a bit of a professional mover. Curacao at 8. Suriname at 9. Rotterdam at 19. A pit stop in Brussels. A quick six months in…

  • The Journey No One Talks About: Loss, Age, and Finding My Way to Motherhood

    I’ve written before about my first miscarriage (My own story + International Women’s Day 2019). But in 2023, it happened again. And that second time, during those few short weeks of being pregnant, I lived in fear. When Pregnancy Feels Like Walking on Glass From the moment I saw the positive test, I was terrified.…

  • I walked away from my blog… Here’s why I’m back (and what’s next)

    Yes, I disappeared. Ghosted. Left this blog floating around the internet like an abandoned online shopping cart from Missguided or Pretty Little Thing. And honestly? At the time, I just didn’t have the energy to push it anymore. I love writing. It’s always been my outlet. I believe I got my first diary when I…

  • Silence is betrayal #BLM

    You knew this was coming right? 😉 So I really had some trouble writing about this subject and that’s probably because it goes so deep and it’s so painful that I usually kind of just push everything away (in my head) and live life like the experiences I’ve had weren’t really there and that I…