A visit to Marie Curie's laboratory in Paris became an unexpected reflection on visibility, legacy, and the invisible contributions women have always made to science, culture, education, and community life. [read more…]

One Question Project is here to illuminate the amazing women and their experiences. It is created to inspire and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we may already know. This time, I ask one question to Akua Appah:

If your poetry could whisper one truth into the heart of anyone who listens, what would you hope that truth to be?

What can an artistic residency in a medieval French village and a visit to the Champagne region teach us about creativity?

I explores the French concept of prise de mousse - the second fermentation in champagne making where bubbles begin to form unseen beneath the surface - and discovers an unexpected metaphor for healing, intuition, and creative growth. A story about slowing down, listening to the body, embracing uncertainty, and trusting what is quietly becoming.

When a poem leaves the page and enters another artist’s imagination, something unexpected begins to unfold. This reflection explores my collaboration with Joy, a queer artist from Turkey, whose installation work drew inspiration from fragments of my poem featured in the upcoming Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol II: Queer Joy and Gender Euphoria.

A reflection on witnessing a dear friend step into the role of DeeDee the Clown - a storytelling performance about transformation, belonging, vulnerability, and artistic becoming. Also featuring the pictures!

Earlier today, I wandered through the Rijksmuseum exhibition Metamorphoses expecting mythology and ancient stories. Instead, I found myself reflecting on transformation, trauma, survival, and the emotional symbolism hidden within the myth of Medusa. This essay explores mythology not as distant storytelling, but as a mirror for contemporary experiences of grief, healing, identity, and becoming visible after survival.

I wrote a book called How to Do Magic. Recently, I returned to it - not to correct it, but to have a conversation with it. The revised edition expands the original text with more spaciousness, nuance, lived experience, and self-inquiry prompts designed to slow the reading experience down and invite reflection.

The revised edition is now available in hardcover and digital format.

One Question Project is here to illuminate the amazing women and their experiences. It is created to inspire and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we may already know. This time, I ask one question to Amal Shakeb:


While writing your book, Simply Content, what personal truth or realisation surprised you most about the way people consume or create stories today?

Mentorship is a powerful way to support growth, build confidence, and navigate change. As a mentor with LT Big Brother, I contribute to creating meaningful connections that empower young Lithuanians to shape their paths with clarity and courage. [read more…]

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuves, išsibarsčiusias po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Ievą Davidavičiūtę – Doepel. Ji - buvusi veterinarijos gydytoja, šiandien dirbanti koučingo, terapijos ir mokymų srityje, padedanti ypač sveikatos sektoriaus moterims geriau suprasti save, stiprinti vidinę kryptį ir kurti sveikesnes ribas gyvenime bei darbe.

[ENG] In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have left their motherland for a variety of reasons, I am speaking with Ieva Davidavičiūtė – Doepel, a former veterinarian who now works in coaching, therapy, and training, supporting women -especially in the healthcare sector - to better understand themselves, strengthen their inner direction, and build healthier boundaries in life and work.

The Positive Stories exhibition opened with a warm morning gathering at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, bringing together friends, members of the Lithuanian community, and new visitors curious about the stories behind the portraits. [read more…]

Since 2021, Positive Stories has documented Lithuanian women living beyond the borders of Lithuania through intimate conversations and portrait photography.

This exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, focuses on women connected to the Netherlands and opens on March 8 — International Women’s Day — in the spirit of March 11, the re-establishment of Lithuanian independence.

Alongside the portraits, a specially created brochure accompanies the exhibition, preserving each woman’s voice and context. Together, image and text create a space not only to see, but to understand.

How to Do Magic - a revised edition shaped by experience, softened by time, and grounded in a deeper understanding of love, fear, responsibility, and choice.

Magic, as I see it now, is attention. It is participation. It is the quiet courage to stay present.

The new edition is now available.

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Mornings set more than our schedule — they set our nervous system. In this Little Steps HOME reflection, I explore how the first 20–30 minutes after waking shape our biology, mood, and energy for the rest of the day. Drawing on circadian science and gentle lived practice, this piece is an invitation to begin slowly - with light, breath, and intention - instead of urgency.

What does it mean to carry Lithuania within you while building a life abroad?

Since 2021, Positive Stories has documented conversations and portraits of Lithuanian women in the diaspora — highlighting resilience, leadership, creativity, and the evolving meaning of home. This exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, focuses on women connected to the Netherlands and opens on March 8 - International Women’s Day - in the spirit of both global solidarity and Lithuania’s March 11 Independence Day. An invitation to listen, to witness, and to celebrate the strength of Lithuanian women beyond borders.

What happens when we slow down and truly unpack the word values?

At our latest LT Big Brother NL gathering, we explored how values shift across personal, professional, and collective layers - and how language, culture, and context shape what we think we mean. With the help of the STRIVE cards, the conversation moved beyond definitions into shared meaning-making. A cozy evening. A layered dialogue. A reminder that values are lived, translated, and negotiated together.

A short journey to Málaga led me into a quiet dialogue between landscape, memory, and everyday life. At the Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, Romantic landscapes and costumbrismo unfold a Spain where emotion and ritual, vast horizons and intimate gestures, coexist. I reflect and invite to slow down, to look closely, and to rediscover beauty in both the sublime and the familiar.

„Užsitęsusios tylos sezonas“ – tai esė ir tekstų rinkinys apie tylą, kuri nėra tuštuma. Apie sustojimą, kvėpavimą ir vidinę erdvę, kurioje gimsta tikrumas.

Tai knyga tiems laikams, kai nebesinori skubėti, aiškinti ar įrodyti – tik būti ir išgirsti save. Dabar prieinama mano webshop’e.

One Question Project is here to illuminate the amazing women and their experiences. It is created to inspire and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we may already know. This time, I ask one question to Betty Guadagno:


What’s one thing you hope people remember after hearing your story?

Winter was never meant to be rushed through. For most of human history, it was a season of rest, gathering, and conservation - a rhythm shaped by darkness, cold, and biological need. I decided to reflect on wintering as a human tradition and explore what modern life has forgotten about slowing down, conserving energy, and allowing the year to exhale.