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Join the @momuantwerp Nocturne this Saturday for a wonderful concert inspired by Palestinian culture!
Nizar Rohana, oud
Tony Overwater, bass
Ruven Ruppik, percussion
Jeroen Malaise, piano solo

Join the @momuantwerp Nocturne this Saturday for a wonderful concert inspired by Palestinian culture!
Nizar Rohana, oud
Tony Overwater, bass
Ruven Ruppik, percussion
Jeroen Malaise, piano solo

Maybe we should try new wings
To escape the entanglement
Of our wounded souls.

🪶

#poetry
#air

Op zoek naar een gepaste host die zowel in het Nederlands als in perfect Engels het gesprek kan leiden? Dan is @ninademan de host die je zoekt!

#podcastproductie #host

Welcome Nina! @ninademan @downdog.be 🫶

Nina brings years of experience to the mat, both as a yogi and as a teacher.

Get to know Nina better here, or join her class on Saturday morning!

#yogalife #yogateacher #yogi #yogini #yogaantwerp

Welcome Nina! @ninademan @downdog.be 🫶

Nina brings years of experience to the mat, both as a yogi and as a teacher.

Get to know Nina better here, or join her class on Saturday morning!

#yogalife #yogateacher #yogi #yogini #yogaantwerp

At ChangeNOW, I attended a panel with Nemonte Nenquimo and Chief Tapi Yawalapiti.

I expected to be in awe of her.
And I was.

But what stayed with me was someone else.

The woman sitting to her left.

Her interpreter.

—

Years ago—decades, actually—on my first trip to Mexico, I learned about La Malinche.

An Indigenous woman who stood between two worlds.
Interpreter. Mediator. Bridge.

Some call her a traitor.
Others, the mother of a nation.

I remember being fascinated by that paradox.
I was still a teenager, and it hadn’t yet occurred to me that a person could be both at once.

—

And sitting there at ChangeNOW, I felt that same kind of awe again.

Watching the interpreter navigate the space between languages so gracefully—
owning each word, almost like a mother owns a child,
knowing the real test is how you let it go into the world.

She translated everything with precision.
But also with feeling.

Not too much. Not too little.
Just enough to carry the weight of the message.

She was magnificent.

—

It made me realise something simple.

We often think impact belongs to those on stage.

But they rarely stand there alone.

Change also belongs to those who stand in between.
Who carry meaning.
Who make understanding possible.

The modern-day Malinches.

—

I tried to find her name, but couldn’t.

So if you know her—please tell her this:

She reminded me why this work matters.

Because we are nothing but words without meaning
if we stop relating to each other.

🌟

Thanks for putting together this amazing event
@changenow_world

De productie van de podcast voor @agristo.nv is begonnen. Het belooft een mooie reeks te worden over de geschiedenis, de waarden en toekomst van Agristo. Verwacht je aan leuke anekdotes, grappige verhalen en eerlijke babbels.

De podcast is in het Engels en daarom deden we beroep op @ninademan om het gesprek te leiden.

#podcastproduction #podcasting

𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢. ⚡️

Elmo 💘 Wilma.

#whippet
#whippetsofinstagram
#elmo
@elmo

What it feels like to commute to work, when you work for @thebrick_antwerp. 🧚‍♀️

#yoga
#yogateacher
#schelde
@stad_antwerpen

Had the most fantastic post-yoga conversation with @lynncorten at @thebrick_antwerp this morning.

We wandered from female entrepreneurship straight into the woods of authenticity, two topics I find myself thinking about a lot these days.

When I started freelancing straight out of @uantwerpen, no one talked about mindset or impact. I didn’t see myself as an “entrepreneur.” I just needed a VAT number to do good work and to be captain of my own ship: my time, my mind, my agenda.

Back then, self-employment wasn’t wrapped in the existential quilt it wears today.

Social media was fun. It offered a window into my little shop. Loving travel, books, and yoga wasn’t branding, it was a convenient way of reminding my clients that however ‘corporate’ they wanted me to be, they’d always find it hard to switch off my creative urge to make my efforts sound or feel ‘special’.

Then Covid happened.

Authenticity gradually became performative. The more we shared, the more it felt diluted.

So here’s where I stand now:

Do I embrace technology as a tool for connection? Or step back to protect my integrity? And if I do, do I risk missing a golden opportunity?

If my authentic self falls in a forest and no one is around to like it, does it even exist?

😱😱😱

Back to this morning.

By nine, Lynn and I agreed: debate is healthy. Authenticity is powerful, but fragile. And realness starts when two people meet somewhere between knowing who they are and being open to change.

So here’s to unexpected encounters and great conversation.

But most of all, here’s to keeping things real.

xoxo,
Galadriel ✨🌿

#empowerment
#entrepreneurship
#galadriel

Sense & simplicity & sand & sauciness. 🌟

#whippet
#beachwalk
#jakethepeg