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Self Improvement 20. April 2018

How to overcome perfectionism

First things first about perfectionism: The noun perfectionism (pəˈfɛkʃ(ə)nɪz(ə)m/ ) is by definition the 'refusal to accept any standard short of perfection'. But I’m not perfect. You are not perfect. Nobody is perfect. And exactly this is perfect. My daily struggle with perfectionism All my life I’ve been trying to do things perfectly. To

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Lifestyle 12. April 2018

20 things I wish I had known in my early 20s (and also the things I knew)

Whoops, there it goes. Time just flies, and suddenly you’re not in your early 20s anymore (in fact, I’m way past beyond that..) but luckily we all also…

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Lifestyle 10. April 2018

How to spring clean your life – Video

How to spring clean your life, how to spring clean yourself, and how to spring-clean basically everything? These are the questions that arise every springtime... :) I certainly do have rituals when it comes to spring cleaning, and every year around this time I cannot wait for those first rays of warm sunlight to shine.

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Body & Fitness 6. April 2018

How to care for yourself when your body needs to heal

To care for yourself is very important, especially when your body needs time to heal. This is something that I've learned in the last few months. It felt so great to step out into the sun last weekend. As I walked in the first warm spring light of the year, I felt so free and

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Self Improvement 17. February 2018

Self love and the road to Happiness – Video

Self love and the road to happiness How to practice self love, how to be more happy and how to live your life in a self-loving way. In my first video I felt inspired to explain what self love means to me, why it is important, and I give tips about how I achieve happiness

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Lifestyle 5. February 2018

6 daily habits that will influence your life in a positive way

Hello there dear reader! Today’s post is all about your daily habits. I have a favor to ask. Could you please look into the mirror today and really…

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General 1. February 2018

New Year, New Goals – What’s this blog about?

Hello beautiful person! Yes, YOU. So you've found your way here to read this article. How wonderful! :) Once again: Welcome to my website and blog about my lifestyle and my journey through life. Some of you might have been following me around since years in the online world, but some of you might just

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Self Improvement 23. January 2018

Ladies, let’s support each other!

Women should support each other. Women should stop picking on each other. That’s what repeatedly came to my mind during the last few weeks. Most recently I saw a blogpost by a fellow blogger and there was a girl commenting on her shoes ‚Your shoes are so ugly.‘ Or: 'Your makeup looks horrible.' Why commenting

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Lifestyle 22. January 2018

The Nights between the Years – A ritual to make your wishes come true

Setting intentions for the New Year by using the nights between the years A few days ago, after teaching my Yoga class that day, one of my students came up to me and we got to talk about the upcoming 12 nights between the years, starting on December 24th until January 6th, and about different

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Events & Traveling 21. January 2018

London Diaries

What about a little vacation during Christmas time in London - sounds prefect, right? Well, that’s what we had hoped for when me and my man Black Spirit X made this little trip in the beginning of December. It was a spontaneous idea to book this quick holiday trip on a long weekend, and we

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Self Improvement 20. January 2018

Like a Phoenix – Transform yourself to live the life you want to live

Today’s blogpost is dedicated to the topic ‚Transformation‘. I don’t wake up looking gracefully. I feel like I never do. Most often I wake up with puffy eyes, pale skin and my hair looking worse than a bird’s nest. But you know what? We all do. Isn’t that comforting? :) I admit that I do

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Thanks for stopping by :)

I'm Elaine Valerie and this is my blog about my unique lifestyle as a little piece of stardust here on earth.

I would love to see you live the life of your dreams, to become comfortable with your own being and to express yourself authentically and confidently, as I've dealt and struggled with all of these things myself.

My goal is to uplift and inspire as I share my lifestyle with you.

I am ...

♥ ... in love with life and determined to seize every single moment.
♥ ... a style chameleon with a love for beautiful things and glamour.
♥ ... in love with winged eyeliner and red lips.
♥ ... in love with the extraordinary.
♥ ... an internationally published model for Vintage, Retro, Fashion, Beauty, Alternative and Runway.
♥ ... a Yoga teacher and media designer.
♥ ... trying my best to live a healthy lifestyle with a vegan diet.
♥ ... interested in uncovering universal mysteries.
♥ ... obsessed with birds, especially parrots.
♥ ... not someone you can put in a box.
♥ ... in a constant mood for traveling the whole world.
♥ ... based in Stuttgart, Germany, where I live with my man and our (my) many plants ;)

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