Yes, that’s my alter ego… — I’ve always had a Gothic soul 👻 When I took my degree in English Philology I realized that as well as being passionate about the English language, my other big passion was called “Gothic Literature”. I’ve been teaching English as a Second Language for more than 20 years, 11 of which were in my own language school…

Becoming an old hag was never in my plans — From the moment menstruation starts until the moment our bodies stop producing eggs, a whole bunch of messages are thrown at those who are born with ovaries and a female reproductive system. Even before we reach the adult threshold, society starts shaping us into who we are. It tells us…

For things to change, we need to start perpetuating good actions towards others and carry them out all year — When I was little I loved buying presents for my mum for Mother’s Day. I always found it more difficult to buy presents for my father. Apart from his tools, I never really knew what he needed or liked. Then as I grew older, I also loved buying presents for…

The art of doing whatever it takes to bring awareness about who you really are — A scientist I worked with a while ago, told me a phrase that has never really left me. He said that because our cells are constantly renewing themselves, we are never the same person. Something as simple and obvious as that got me thinking for thirteen years. It is an…

A little story of humans helping humans — Closing our language school was one of the hardest things my husband and I ever had to do. The project was born in 2008 when we lived in my grandparents' flat. I had envisioned this place where we could be together running our own business, “bossless”, being as creative as…

Go with the flow, take whatever comes and try to manage. Survive somehow with it through it all. — If there’s a band that made my journey to university more bearable during all the years I was commuting it was HIM, with its lead singer and main songwriter Ville Valo. Created in 1991, there has always been something really authentic and pure about the whole Gothic band and Ville’s…

In more than one way — The world is a fast-changing place, where we are all forced to feel we need to decide on our next successful economic strategy, without hesitation. Who has a magic ball here? I don’t. I can only listen to myself and the synchronicities out there. Yes, I have increasingly become a…

Why you shouldn’t leave your Christmas shopping until the last minute — Luckily, Christmas shopping has changed substantially since it can be done online. But this wasn’t always the case. Before shopping online became normalised, buying your Christmas presents was something you had to do physically, which always implied an act of madness on its own. But going shopping the day before…

You don’t know what demons your readers and followers are fighting — The first thing most people do when they get up in the morning is check their phones. Pretty wrong, if you ask me. I do it too. It doesn’t matter whether you are a content creator or not. We’re all hooked. The sense of being rewarded for claps, likes, shares…