Zenstorm

29/12/2025

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥.

Sometimes it’s a decision.
Sometimes it’s a storm.
Sometimes it’s literally falling on asphalt,
because life whispers:
“Not this way anymore.”

I left for a year to study in Australia during college;
a one-way leap into the unknown.
Not because I was brave,
but because I had to find myself
outside everything familiar.

I lost my father to a heart attack
when I was still learning how to live.
And years later,
my head hit the street while skating
a skull fracture, facial paralysis,
no smell, no taste.
I had to start over,
learning to use my brain again.
First little steps,
then bigger ones.
Another fracture.
Another rebirth.

Again and again,
life asked me to rebuild.
Not just my body.
My soul.
My mission.
My voice.

And each time,
I said yes.

This week, I sat with the women who knew me
before all of that.
Before the accident.
Before the burnouts.
Before the breakthroughs.
Before I chose to stop hiding.
Before I fully embraced the messiness of life.

We’ve all lived our own chapters:
Generational trauma.
Conditioning.
Personal wounds.
Single motherhood.
Divorce.
Starting over.
Doing everything they can
to give their children the best possible future
even if it means sacrificing themselves.

But what remains
is this quiet, wild knowing:
We’re still here.
We’re wiser.
We’re walking each other home.

We don’t see each other often.
But when we do, we check in.
We show up.
Wherever we are
on this rollercoaster called life.
Bonded for life.
Even when it’s messy.
Especially then.

Do you also have those incredible men or women
who check in with your soul
even just now and then?
I’m so grateful for these women.

29/12/2025

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥.
Sometimes it’s a decision.
Sometimes it’s a storm.
Sometimes it’s literally falling on asphalt
Because life said,
“not this way anymore.”

I left for Australia during college.
a one-way leap into the unknown.
Not because I was brave,
But because I had to find myself
outside everything familiar.

I lost my father to a heart attack
when I was still learning to live.
and years later,
my body hit the street while skating
another fracture,
another rebirth.

Again and again,
life asked me to rebuild.
not just my body.
my soul.
my mission.
my voice.

and each time, I said yes.

This week I met with the women who knew me
before all of that.
before the burnouts.
before the breakthroughs.
before I chose to stop hiding.

We’ve all been through our own chapters
single motherhood,
divorce,
starting over.

But what remains
is this quiet, wild knowing:
we’re still here.
we’re wiser.
we’re walking each other home.

And we keep showing up.
even when it’s messy.
especially then.

28/12/2025

28/12/2025

Reuniting with these incredible women I studied with back in college. 2025 brought us challenges, growth, and deep lessons and we’re walking into 2026 stronger, wiser, and together. ❤️🫶🏻🥰 .timmermans

26/12/2025

❄️ She’s still alive. But she’s no longer here. Christmas Eve & Day was beautiful. Full of games. Laughter. Presence. But at night…
Grief whispered in.
Soft, slow, honest.

My mother slept for two nights beside me.
But the woman she once was?
She’s mostly gone.

Years of antidepressants.
Years of unprocessed fear.
A life half-lived, after my father passed away 22 years ago.
And now, she’s here - but also not.
A shadow. A whisper. A memory of movement.
One of the walking dead.

I held her hand.
Told her she did well.
That I was grateful.
For what she gave.
And for what she couldn’t give.
Because even that shaped me.

And that’s the thing:
🌱 Every family carries its own silent storms.
But love - real love - forgives, witnesses, remembers.
That’s the legacy I choose.

I believe this life is a playground for soul lessons.
And these holy days… they show us what’s real.

🕊️ Whatever you’re carrying right now,
May it turn into understanding.
Into strength.
Into softness.

With love,
Danielle

23/12/2025

🎲 the future of business… might just start with play.
I didn’t expect it to hit me this deep.
surrounded by 150 other entrepreneurs…
I cracked open.
and something in me softened.

we weren’t chasing success.
we were remembering who we are.
under the surface of goals and funnels and KPIs -
there’s a human.
a soul.
a heartbeat that just wants to create, connect, and come alive.

🔥 I’ve seen this in myself these past years.
the more I do the inner work, the more I want to build differently.
not harder.
but realer.
wilder.
truer.

💫 this photo holds a moment.
no pitching.
no pretending.
just presence.

I know now -
play is not a distraction.
it’s the strategy of the future.

🌀 this is why I created zenstorm.
to help future humans build from the inside out.
not by numbing or escaping -
but by remembering who we truly are.

if you’ve ever felt like there must be more than this hustle…
you’re not alone.

and no, you’re not too much.
you’re probably just waking up.

futurehumans

21/12/2025

✨ 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. In recent years, I’ve walked a path of purification - layer by layer. Letting go of masks, conditioning, projections. And just when I thought I had arrived, the final remnants surfaced.

In Madeira, old insecurities rose again. Ancient emotional currents. Collective grief.
One night, I dreamed of a dinosaur - a primal force we tried to kill with dynamite. But it didn’t die. It woke up. It got angry.
And I understood: You cannot destroy trauma. You must meet it. Acknowledge it. Disarm it with presence.

In the sweat lodge, around the fire, I offered the last fragments of this year. What remained was clarity.
What remained was truth.
What remained was me.

The 7-link framework of ZenStorm isn’t just a business model.
It’s my own initiation. My lived transformation.

I’ve spent 21 months walking this process - not from theory, but from embodiment.

That’s why I now know:
I see clearly.
And because I see clearly, I can guide others with clarity.

Not with a shortcut.
But with embodied truth.

🌀 I support entrepreneurs who feel that the old ways no longer fit.
🌀 Who want to build from truth, not performance.
🌀 Who wish to heal their business - and know it starts within.

Because leadership doesn’t begin with KPIs.
It begins with radical honesty.
With the courage to walk through your own inner fire.

What comes next?

→ Aligned teams
→ Regenerative companies
→ Purpose-driven impact

That’s what I do.
That’s ZenStorm.
FutureOfWork

18/12/2025

🏋️‍♀️ Back to baseline.
That’s what my body whispered the moment I got home.

After 2.5 transformative weeks - workshops, deep talks, celebration, connection - I felt it.
A pull.
Not back to “normal”…
But back to balance.

While I held my healthy habits at first - no alcohol, no caffeine -
I let a few things slide at the end.
And that’s okay.
Growth is messy.
But truth always calls you home.

🌊 A scuba diving instructor I met in Madeira said something that stuck with me:
“I love diving because it always brings me back to baseline.”
That hit different.
Because it’s not just about the body.
It’s about your foundation.
Your breath.
Your rhythm.
Your self-honesty.

So here’s to choosing that baseline again - consciously.
No alcohol. No caffeine. Lots of water. Nourishing food. Movement.
And a space - physical or energetic - where health becomes natural again.

🌀 Healthy habits aren’t rules. They’re reminders.
Of who you are when you feel whole.

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🌱 What’s one habit you’re returning to this week?
Let’s inspire each other. Drop it below 👇

18/12/2025

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟏 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 ↓

This wasn’t a conference.
This was a field of truth - of healing, identity, leadership, vision and radical co-creation.

We weren’t there to pitch or posture.
We were there to remember who we are. See comments below 💛 And then… the 150+ founders I spoke with deeply, one by one.

I’ve never experienced an event where I felt such real connection with nearly everyone present. Conversations turned into breakthroughs. Eye contact turned into truth. Laughter turned into healing. Every single one taught me something.

This wasn’t networking.
This was soul meeting soul.

✨ I can truly say: I am not the same person I was before NomadFest.

Thank you, .maree.official, and thank you to every soul who showed up real.
No matter where I am in the world now - I know I’m just one message away from this family. That means the world to me.

We rise together.
🌊 And this is just the beginning.

What’s one moment from Nomad Island Fest that cracked you open or reminded you who you are?
👇 Let’s honor it below.

18/12/2025

Most people fear the storm. But what if that’s where you meet yourself?

At Nomad Island Fest, I met a man who reminded me why I love the Stoics. And Gladiators. 😉

His name? .
No slides. No ego. Just truth.

✨ He taught me:
🛡️ No one’s coming to save you.
🔥 Comfort is the enemy.
🧘 Peace is the goal.
💸 Sales is energy, not war.
🧭 Proximity is power.

And this one stuck with me:
“Happiness is putting your head on the pillow and sleeping in peace.”

At ZenStorm, we build leaders who heal first, lead second.

DM “ZENSTORM” if you’re ready to lead from within.