Sea Shell Journal

Every time you risk an expression slightly out of your comfort zone, you grow 🦋

FEMALE EMPOWERMENT 🔮

Lisbon has been all about it!
Support, community, empathy, reassurance and so much LOVE

MEU CORAÇÃO TÁ CHEIO 💜
HEART IS FULL 💜

Ready to work with women who want to step in their power and into the uncomfortable 💫

Sri Lanka on film 🎞

have you ever cried when getting your film rolls developed?

a piece of my heart remains on the island still 🌴

📷 Canon EOS 600

Why do we come to this world if it is not to explore ourselves individually? 💫

whether we are alone or accompanied, with or without family, traveling, working, partying, having s*x or meditating 🪷

The exploration excites and intrigues me ✨ It drives me to better myself and improve myself. Without perfectionism and without underestimating my hypocrisy, but with so much will and hope as the same time

I sometimes wonder if excellence is attainable 🥀 I believe it is relative to each individual in a race where we compete only against our past self. The only goal is to die satisfied, fulfilled, wise and happy. I am personally getting closer to that woman every day, more feminine, stronger, more hardened, more sensual and powerful than ever 🌹

Your intuition never whispers, your body refuses to hear the wolf howling 🥀🌹

BnW days & nights at Abay

I quit my job 3 weeks ago and jumped into a flight to Sri Lanka

It freaked me out to pop the comfort bubble I was at for the last 3 years and a half working remotely. I was in need of a change 🌀

fear invaded my body, it also took me some courage to tell the plan to my parents and some therapy sessions to fully empower myself

I finally listened to my instinct, stopped procrastinating and postponing my plans of traveling cause I trust the destiny when it comes to the small & magical encounters of life, however I truly believe I’m the only one responsible of deciding in which direction destiny would shape me 💫

Is fear stopping you right now from doing something?

when at home

w i t h i n

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🦋 may this year be the year you bloom and flourish

🧠 may this be the year you listen to your intuition more than to your fears

🫀 may you follow your heart more than society’s rules and patterns

✨ may you conquer your dreams by breaking your strategy into little daily action steps

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Carlota 🐚

simple plans

can turn into the best experiences

when done with excitement,

love

and joy 🏕

Home 💚

life lately in Portugal 🇵🇹

meet my baby

my most precious possession 💙

Here are some curious facts about Kangen water machines:

💧 It is the only medical grade ionizer in the world

💧 It has been endorsed by over 6,000 doctors around the globe

💧 1 in 6 Japanese households have Kangen machines!

💧 The word ‘Kangen’ means ‘return to origin’ in Japanese - restoring our bodies to its original alkaline state

If you want to WIN YOURS raise your hand cause is running a GIVEAWAY this month!!!

3 SELF-CARE THOUGHTS

🌹 self care is the purest form of self love
Nobody will spend more than with you than YOU, so prioritising self-care is not selfish but tremendously generous

🌹a self-care activity should never begin with ‘I have to’ cause the statement is likely to take a negative connotation where you are predisposing yourself to a tedious task

🌹 self care implies no competition, rush or envy. It is ultimately designed by you, for you, meaning no matter how much time it takes you, it can just make you feel loved, whole and worthy

Let’s normalize calling someone beautiful not because of their physical appearance, but because we truly appreciate their soul and like how they treat everyone and everything around them 🌻🌏

and delicates as roses, our bodies too scream for care 🥀

Tunning with our bodies is so underestimated and ignored that it is even hard for me to awaken my instinct most times.

The performance demanded by the lifestyles of today's society is totally disconnected from what our bodies are howling for.

Moments of silence mean for me a true reconnection with my body. You can call it listening, meditation, or it can come with the refection after a good read.

are you in tune with your body?

1 year ago I was still living at my parents

I felt ashamed to admit it but most importantly for myself, that I’ve always craved my independence.

If I look back 1 year from now I can only be grateful about my journey cause going through fears, scarce money mindset, obstacles and insecurities made me be here, in Portugal now living my dream ✨

I envisioned this exact life that I’m living now, although it seemed freaking impossible for many and 🐮VID, just had hit. Guess what? This pandemic just made this nomad lifestyle waaaay easier for me, and many other girls in my team.

I took the leap, invested my little savings in my online business so it could support this lifestyle forever if want to. Since then I never looked back, I won’t 🦋

‘The only way to failure is to quit’ fam

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TRIBE ✨

Have you ever felt like the black sheep because of the way you think? Because of the way you wanna live against society’s rules...

Have you silenced yourself just to not confront someone who’s living a lifestyle that you would hate?

I did and I felt so lonely in my daydream

Well I found my TRIBE when I joined

I found people ready to live in abundance, not willing to exchange their time and precious energy to achieve someone’s else dream, but theirs instead

I felt understood, I felt supported and I am making incredible friends along the way!

I want to honor my soul sister for being such a badass mama, a bomb of energy and a beautiful heart. I wish you could all get to know her 💛
Happy birthday sister!
I love you

5 things you don’t know about me ✨

1. I have 3 little siblings which I adore (not so little anymore tho 😅)

2. I lived in 4 different countries so far 🌏 including Spain, Belgium, New Zealand and Portugal

3. I’ve been diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovaries Syndrome) 🌸over one year ago

4. I have a second name of which people used to laugh about 🙊

5. I journal every travel and paint watercolors along with the writing 🎨

Would you have guessed any of those?

When was the last time you did something for the first time? 🍃

LIFE WILL TEST YOU BEFORE IT BLESSES YOU

The most depressing time I went through was back in 2018 when I had planned to graduate from college at the beginning of the summer. My thesis was finished but I failed the last subject at the very last minute. That summer would no longer feel like summer, laying in the sand wouldn’t be guilt-free. My plans to work abroad and live with my partner completely changed.

Summer went by and I had to stay home, having barely any responsibilities as my thesis was already written, seeing how everyone else in life had a purpose, a duty. My parents would go to work and my siblings to the university every morning whilst I remained in bed. There was no reason to wake up early or to wake up at all. My friends already working or studying masters. And there I was staring at life passing by, feeling completely useless And depressed with lots of skills and potential that I let go wasted. With no degree and a huge willingness to work anywhere.

Those hard months made me realize today that all that stored energy made me fight to graduate before anyone else that first semester after summer. It also encouraged me to apply for jobs when I got my degree with such a huge determination that I got 3 job offers in a matter of one month - and trust me it was hard to get hired at times where the unemployment was in everyone’s mouth in Spain.

No matter how lost, desperate or sad you are, life will always test your before it blesses you✨

How many times have you felt pressured to fit?

Get good grades they said

Go to university

Get yourself a decent job

Start thinking about doing a masters

Go apply for that big corporation

and the list goes on...

You may have found yourself in those situations before. Whether it is family, friends, or society, you might not always resonate with them. And it’s OKAY.

Will those things make you live your dreamed life? Will they make you truly happy?

Only cause you are not thinking the way they do doesn’t make your vision any less valid. Trust that vision, your thoughts, your values, your intuition, and don’t ever settle for less.

F O C U S

If your doubt is whether there is a feasible possibility to break with the ‘system’ here I am to remains you that INDEED, there is always an alternative.

Do you live to work or do you work to live? ✨

This was the last thing my father told me before I left home after spending my holidays in Spain.

The truth is I’ve always looked for independence and freedom but still today I wonder whether I’m truly free.

Are you? 🕊

SUSTAINABLE SUNDAY

‘Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but TRASH’

Unfortunately that’s the reality at most beaches around the globe currently 🌏 Are you aware of the impact of your small daily actions such as wearing a disposable mask? 😷

ANTS’ WAR 🐜

Only when you look closely at the ants you can see how they work quickly and in an organized manner. How, despite being tiny, they are effective.

It seems that the workers do their thing so that the whole community survives. They form a hierarchical structure and work every day without questioning why they do it. They could push daily big crumbs to just take a small part for themselves, a minimum rest and back to work. They think nothing is happening but their life is going on without being able to go out and explore.

WebClass link in my bio to discover how to be a conscious 🐜

Remember that once you dreamed of being where you are now ✨

Stick to your dreams people and believe in them cause no one will do it for ya 🌅

Exactly one year ago I was exploring Malaysia with my sister. Today memories bring me back to their humble lifestyle, apparently hard to imitate in Western societies.

I’m moving really soon to Lisbon 🇵🇹 and here are some goals I’m gonna challenge myself with:

♻️ Avoid food waste (use TooGoodToGo app, shop at local grocery markets, buy food at local associations around the city)

🌏 Only buy second-hand books and clothes

🏠 Zero-waste home (anything from homeware to cleaning products - not sure about the composting options yet tho)

Any tips or shop recommendations around Lisbon are welcomed!

Love,
Carlota

RISKS

Why are risks so hard to take? Is failure stopping us or is it embarrassment?
I was failing myself by risking my values on jobs that did not fulfill me. FREEDOM (to travel, to be independent, to practice my hobbies) was set aside many times because I was lacking time and money. I now understand that the true risk comes from being impassive at the many opportunities that arise daily to upgrade on YOUR LIFE.

Nothing changes if nothing changes, right?