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A Room full of Grief

One day we all are going to wear black I’m sitting in a room full of grief. Grief as thick and dense as the air in a poorly ventilated room on a hot summer afternoon. There are women wrapped in dark clothes, young men handing black coffee and black tea to the mourning mother, sisters,…
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#MonologueMonday

A new episode of the Attic Monologues is online! Why “it’s okay” is not always the most adequate answer and why there is no obligation to accept an apology… Let me know your thoughts on this, I’m curious 🙂 (she says while sipping coffee) xxx
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#MonologueMonday

Are you already motivating or still sabotaging yourself?
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#MonologueMonday

The second episode of the Attic Monologues is online now. Yes, it’s not Monday anymore (but the videos went online yesterday), but here is another special: Until the 22nd April there is a 20% discount in my SpreadShop! Still 25% of my earnings will be donated to local mental health institutions. Sharing is caring and…
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Virtual Book Reading – YouTube Live Premiere

Virtual Book Reading – YouTube Live Premiere Cheers my dears, it’s been a while and I hope to find you safe & sound and healthy. Besides platitudes and commonplaces phrases, I really do hope that you’re well. As some of you might have seen, I took some time to prepare new content. Not as fast…
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My SpreadShop is Online Now

Cheers my Dears, I’m happy to announce that my SpreadShop is online now! It has been a dream, vision and plan to design a shop connected to my latest book Live Loud & Suffer in Silence since I thought about writing the book. With the help of Norman from NGraphix Design the quotes from the…
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#writerswednesday: A Pinch of Truth

Cheers my dears, it’s been a while… Nearly three months – let that sink in, 3 months – since I published my second book Live Loud & Suffer in Silence and that was also the last time I posted on here and showed new plants on the balcony. Especially in times like these I consider…
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#freelancefriday: 3 Quick Home Office Tipps

Auf Deutsch lesen Cheers my dears, weekend is near and maybe you’re looking forward to it, as you’re having a rough and tough week behind you. Enjoy it! During these turbulent times many people have been transferred from their regular work space into home office and for many that wasn’t as easy peasy and yeah!…
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#writerswednesday: Book Reading of Labelled Love // Buchlesung Labelled Love

Cheers my dears, if you haven’t made it to my Youtube live premiere, you can still watch the book reading of Labelled Love here. It’s a bilingual party, so all information is given in English and German, while the reading itself is in English. I hope you enjoy it 🙂 Feel free to leave your…
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#writerswednesday: Write it off your Chest ! – A Writing Exercise for Everyone

Auf Deutsch anschauen Cheers my dears, today it’s #writerswednesday again and due to the current crisis I came up with something different. I’ve prepared a writing exercise for you as a little video class to help you release pressure and breathe properly again. It’s for everyone! You don’t need to be a writer, poet or…
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#socialsaturday: International Women’s Day 2020 or Be the change you want to see

Auf Deutsch lesen Hey my dears, I know, I know, the order seems to be a bit off, but it will all get tidied up, don’t worry. On the 8th of March it was International Women’s Day and if you haven’t seen my content for it yet, please go to the balcony and have a…
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#writerswednesday: Happy New Year! 2020

My dears, I wish you all a Happy New Year! A new decade is lying ahead and I hope we use it to spread ideas and inspiration reflection and some contemplation breathe it in and smile some more set the sails and move from shore into the great wide sea to grow, become and be…
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#socialsaturday: Reflections & Resolutions

Auf Deutsch lesen Hey my dears, I don’t know about you, but reflecting on 2019 makes me go phew, what a year! There was a time when I’d make new year resolutions after reflecting on the year that was coming to an end. Which in turn just meant starting the new year with additional pressure…
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#freelancefriday: Organisation & Time Management

Auf Deutsch lesen Hey my dears, as promised in the latest video on my balcony, here the next #freelancefriday. Today’s serving: As an entrée some notes on organisation in general, but especially as a freelancer, the main dish being helpful tools and methods that I use to stay organised and to schedule my time, and…
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#writerswednesday: Inspiration, Muses and Impulses

Auf Deutsch lesen Hey my dears, one of the frequently asked questions I get asked is: “What inspires you?” or “Where do you find inspiration in a phase when you’re absolutely not creative?” Cliché would say: I find inspiration in everything, the world is full of wonders, you just have to open your eyes. And…
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