After that moment, I started exploring the online world of creativity and creative businesses. I fell in love with the sense of hope and possibility and I wanted to join this world, to become part of it. Put my creativity out into the world. 

But like with writing my novel, there was something standing in my way. I had listened too much to all the people who said creativity was only for the chosen few, that only the best get published. I had become terrified of failure, and that fear of failure was becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy. It was keeping me frozen, unable to move forward.

Then I made one of my life’s best choices: I decided to face my creative fears.

In January 2016, I set out on what I called my Fear Year. With a heart beating from both fear and years of unreleased creative energy, I started blogging, started my Instagram account, and finished a draft of my first novel. I won't tell you the whole story, but that’s when creating became a natural part of my life, just like it had when I was a kid.

In the following years, I kept uncovering my own path. I got really nerdy about the creative process, pursued a variety of creative projects, explored slow living and learned more about how I wanted to live, beyond the expectations of society. I sent my finished novel to publishers and got rejection letters, but also some invaluable feedback and new ideas for future drafts.

I started helping creatives with their projects, and in 2020 I started my own creative coaching business. In April 2021 I took the leap and went full-time with my business to see where I could take it. Now I keep growing my business, working on my novel and navigating this messy, beautiful thing we call life.