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Four Money Rules for Feeling Calmer and More in Control
Money rules can sound cold, as if life is a spreadsheet and the answer to every worry is simply to be more disciplined.
But that is not how money feels for most people.
Money can feel…
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Tiny Fixes for a Tired Life: Mel Robbins’s Best Solo Episode
Tiny fixes sound too small for a tired life, but that is exactly why this idea landed for me.
There is a particular kind of tired that most of us know very well by now.
It is not…
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Your Life Needs an Architect, Not Just Good Intentions
I have a vision board. I have eight manifestation categories. I have a morning practice, a journal, and a clear sense of what I am working towards.
What I had not fully done – until I…
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The Three Characters in My Head – and Why One of Them Keeps Hijacking the Day
There is a version of me who handles things calmly.
She takes a breath before responding. She doesn’t catastrophise at 2am about something that will probably…
The Real Reason Most of Us Don't Get What We Say We Want
April 10, 2026
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The Real Reason Most of Us Don’t Get What We Say We Want
I want specific things. I can describe them clearly. The blog that sustains me financially. The house by the sea. The sense of financial calm rather than financial anxiety. The family…
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The Strange Thing That Keeps Happening Once You Start Building Something Real
It started with a book.
I was thinking about a specific topic – the kind of thinking that happens in the car, half-formed, not quite a plan yet – and I…
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The Day I Understood Why Willpower Was Never Going to Be Enough
I have always admired people who seem disciplined by default.
The ones who get up when the alarm goes off without negotiating with themselves. Who go to the gym not because they feel…
The Hour Before Everything Starts
March 29, 2026
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The Hour Before Everything Starts
It’s 5 AM. The house is completely silent. There’s 0,5l of water beside me – and the dog is still asleep , twitching through some dream about cats. Outside it’s dark. The village is dark. The…
Financial Calm: What to Do When Money Panic Hits
March 19, 2026
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Financial Calm: What to Do When Money Panic Hits
Financial calm sounds like it should start with a spreadsheet. For me, it starts much earlier: in the exact moment I open the banking app and my nervous system decides we are in danger.
You know the…
The Reason I Still Close My Eyes at the Bank Statement
March 19, 2026
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The Reason I Still Close My Eyes at the Bank Statement
I do this thing where I look at my phone, see the banking notification, and immediately panic, get anxious and sigh. Then I open it.
Now I’m in crisis. The reality is that I’d…
