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The Art of Intentional Living

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The Art of Intentional Living
Your Brain on Beauty: What Monet Taught Me About Art and the Mind

Your Brain on Beauty: What Monet Taught Me About Art and the Mind

April 28, 2025May 26, 2025 Books, Travel

Stepping Inside a Painting Last month, I stepped into a painting and I don’t mean that metaphorically. I found myself standing in a softly lit space in Antwerp, where Claude Monet’s brushstrokes bloomed across the walls, floor, and ceiling. Water lilies rippled around my feet. Flowers shimmered and…

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14 ways to have a soft and intentional Summer

14 ways to have a soft and intentional Summer

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Health & Well-being, Home & Living, Travel
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The long-awaited Summer break has finally arrived! At least on my side of the world. Friday was officially the last day of the school year for both teachers and students. Though at the end of every school year I tend to feel the bitter sweetness of time passing,…

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Six reasons to love Paris, especially when you are an introvert!

Six reasons to love Paris, especially when you are an introvert!

February 5, 2024February 11, 2024 Paris, Travel
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Love at first sight! I’ve lived in two different countries, travelled to lots of other places and reveled in their beauty and charm. However, I’ve never visited a city that encapsulates so many of my heart’s desires quite like Paris does. Though I only live a 2 hour…

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Inspiring you to create a soft and nourishing life!

Things that have brought color to my days: - Dogs Things that have brought color to my days:

- Dogs
- Paris
- Home
- Flowers
- Good food
- Warm baths
- Solitude

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Snippets of Paris that caught my eye.❤️ #pari Snippets of Paris that caught my eye.❤️

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Being honest with yourself about who you are, what Being honest with yourself about who you are, what you want and what you need in order to thrive... is crucial when creating an intentional life for yourself.

Agency and self-awareness are key ingredients.

Because only then will you be fully alive in the world you've consciously created for yourself, rather than quietly disappearing into a world you're trying to conform to.

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It's hydrangea season in and around the house and It's hydrangea season in and around the house and as you can see, they are loving all this rain we've been having.

Hydrangea season will always remind of beautiful Cape Cod.

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A soft life in full bloom. Not loud or ostentatio A soft life in full bloom.

Not loud or ostentatious.
Instead, it is slow, deeply nourishing to the mind and enchanting to the soul.

It's a life where beauty is found in the mundane, in the seemingly small everyday moments. 
It's a life that demands awareness and a willingness to focus your lens on the light, on beauty.

It's the scent of warm coffee and freshly baked  croissants on a morning in Paris, the quiet companionship of beloved dogs curled up at your feet, the velvety softness of rose petals from the garden, the spark of inspiration after opening a book...

It's choosing beauty, over and over again no matter how loud or how dark the world gets.

This is defiance.

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Life is too short! Joy & beauty are not frivolous, Life is too short! Joy & beauty are not frivolous, they are life-giving.

Paris!❤️

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Happy, healthy and thriving. ❤️

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Wishing you a gentle and beautiful week.🌸 #gen Wishing you a gentle and beautiful week.🌸

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What does it mean to truly choose what your heart What does it mean to truly choose what your heart desires? To wear the shoes you love, paint your nails red, live life on your own terms and break free from generational limitations and expectations.

My new blogpost is a love letter to all of us who dare to want more. Softly, fiercely ane unapologetically.

Read it now via link in stories and bio.❤️

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