The Star and The Strength

A newsletter for women on a healing path finding their way back to themselves—to their strength, their peace, their joy, and their dreams. Each issue brings you the real practices, tools, and rituals that have supported my journey: From cacao and journeys far from home to the power of coming together in community.

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Or Why I Stopped Asking Tarot if I Would Marry That Guy When I was young, tarot was connected to witches, gypsies, and divination. Going around with a tarot deck automatically made you a witch, even if you were working a 9-to-5 job and listening to Daddy Yankee. There was a store in Bar...

May 25, 2026

On Wellness Trends and The Real Deals

Or Why some things worked for me and others didn't. It was 2016 the first time I stepped into a yoga studio and oh, how I loved it. The silence, the stillness. Back then, options were limited, and I was just jumping from Yoga Nidra to Vinyasa to Ashtanga on repeat. And then, somethi...

May 16, 2026

How I navigated big changes

Or the art of moving through six different countries. I have a passion for exploring, for immersing myself in the magical wonder of discovering new things. A Willy Fog, as they say. As an explorer, maps were never really my thing, which meant I chose an unusual path: leaving B...

May 09, 2026

When intuition knocked at my door

And things started to get woo-woo The first time I really felt there was something more than logic was in 2016, in Amsterdam. I was going through a burnout and I started looking for help. I had resigned from my job with no actual plan and started a mentorship with Erica. I had zero energy, b...

Apr 01, 2026

The gift of knowing

There is a voice in you that knows. It's not the voice of your logic. It's not the voice of your fears. It's not the voice of your mother, your manager, your friends. It sits underneath all of that. Like a lighthouse. You can see it if everything else goes quiet. Most of us spend years overridin...

Mar 15, 2026