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04/08/2026

🌿 Letting go is how we grow.

Shedding old patterns, fears, and expectations isn’t always easy, but it makes room for new energy, new ideas, and freedom to soar. ✨

In my latest Substack essay, I explore this delicate dance of release and expansion—and share how I guide clients to clear what no longer serves them through gentle energy work, so they can truly take flight. 🕊️

Read the full essay
https://open.substack.com/pub/marinaromashko/p/the-monkey-must-become-a-bird?r=5r3pa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

04/06/2026

Nature is calling you.

I think we all need a bit of curated time, when someone gently tells us: leave your phone behind.

Spend an hour or two in silence, surrounded by nature.
�Just be present to the beauty around you.

I’m organizing a day hike for adults who want to slow down, relax, and recharge.
�Think of it as a mini slow-down retreat.

We’ll hike, meditate, share lunch at the top of the mountain, and have meaningful conversations, with fellow nature lovers and with nature itself.

Join me on April 26, 2026. We’re heading to Cold Spring, New York.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-hiking-bull-hill-cold-spring-ny-tickets-1985409611594?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

03/24/2026

The Slow Art Day - April 11th.,2026

I recently learned about this initiative and wanted to share it with you.

You can facilitate one or participate in one.

https://www.slowartday.com/

If you’re wondering how to have more slow experiences in your life, planning a day of slow art may be the answer.

I will share with you three art pieces that I keep coming back to in my mind:

- The Lady and the Unicorn, at the Musée de Cluny
- Skiers, from the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
- Bodhisattva of Compassion Avalokiteshvara, at the Rubin Museum of Art (the museum itself is now closed)

What are the art pieces that you keep returning to throughout your life?

03/11/2026

Flowers are confident.

They are who they are.

They do not compare themselves to the flower next to them.

They don’t bend depending on who is passing by.

And yet they still grow together.
They cooperate with the garden around them.
Together they create something beautiful.

During a coaching session recently, I reminded one of my clients about this quiet kind of confidence.

We often believe confidence must be loud, something we demonstrate, defend, or perform. But the confidence that truly supports our work and our life is much quieter.

It is the confidence to be who we are.

To grow at our own pace.

To focus on what is ours to grow.

Sometimes productivity is not about becoming more.

Sometimes it is about remembering who you already are.

Like flowers, we are not here to compete.

We are here to bloom. 🌸

03/06/2026

Going to delete Instagram for a weekend and take a break from it.

Disconnect from digital to connect with inner Marina :).

I used to do half a day sometimes also great break.

It is easy to install back - 10 seconds :).

See you on Monday!

03/05/2026

Slow Down this evening.

Put your phone away and get comfortable, close your eyes and allow your mind to relax, nervous system to unwind and let the breath to recharge you, and create space for positive energy to flow.

Meditation can self healing and energizing.

Join me today for complementary session online at 7:00 pm EST.

https://maxmed-2026-03-05.eventbrite.com

03/02/2026

Start your week soft

With soft planning,
With soft intentions.

Do not push, just flow.

Spring is here; flow with the energy of nature.

Plant your seeds intentionally, and you will blossom into your full potential without force.

02/25/2026

Monthly Planning Event – 2/28, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

We set goals at the beginning of the year or month… and then we forget about them, or life happens.

Two things I know really work: accountability and community.

This year, I’ll be hosting a monthly Focus Hour workshop where we will:

- Check in on priorities

- Celebrate wins and learn from challenges

- Reflect on last month’s goals and intentions

- Set aligned goals for the month ahead

- Get inspired by each other

Join us this month or on 03/28 or 04/25.

https://focushour-2026-02-28.eventbrite.com

02/18/2026

A couple of months ago, a friend saw my vision board and asked if I could help her create hers.

I said:

“No, I cannot do it. It took me 3 months, and prior inner work, to create my vision board. It’s a long process, with deep understanding of myself. I cannot do it in a 2-hour workshop.”

I am all about action. Not just dreaming. (Productivity Coach speaking ;)).

That same week, my clients asked me for a vision board workshop as well.

My inner voice, which was saying no, paused and started listening.

By then, four people had independently asked me to create a vision board workshop.

I thought… I guess I can do it.

But it will be experimental.

Co-creating with participants.

Three months long, so everyone has time to reflect, to get to know themselves, and to reconnect with their big dreams and ideas.

Tonight, we are starting this 3-month experiment.

✨ Three online sessions:

February 18
March 18
April 15

7–8 pm EST

All sessions will be recorded, and guidance throughout the month will be provided.

If you’ve been living in action mode but haven’t paused to ask yourself what you’re building toward… maybe this is your moment.

Join us:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-vision-board-experience-a-guided-workshop-series-tickets-1981184862255?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/10/2026

Sometimes, I plan a day to work from the library. As book lovers, it is special to be surrounded by them.
I went to American Museum of Natural History library and wonder on my breaks through different halls.

02/06/2026

Be bad at something good 🙂

I think I’m addicted to books.

I love books. I love borrowing stacks from the library.
I get overwhelmed by them… and then return all of them at once.

Once in a while, a few books stay with me for life. I reread them every 2–3 years.

They become my friends.

I usually read 3–4 books at a time, and I know I probably shouldn’t.

But I’m not perfect, and I let myself be imperfect when it comes to reading.

Share your favorite reading list 2 or 3 books!

There’s never enough great books.

This is my cat niece, Luna 🙂 learning how to read.

📚🐾

02/03/2026

What if energy, not time, is the real currency now?

I’m hosting a Substack Live: Conversation Over Tea with Zuyapa Jackson, a spiritual guide, energy healer, and Ritual Master initiated in the Modern Mystery School lineage of King Solomon.

Through her work at Orenda Temple, she supports people in working beyond the mind to restore balance, clarity, and alignment.

February 10th, 2026 7:00 - 8:00 PM EST Online Live

In this conversation, we’ll explore:
- Time management as a practice of awareness
- Energy healing and how energy shapes our thoughts, emotions, and decisions
- Why different people enter growth through different doors: coaching, therapy, meditation, or energy work
- How to meet yourself where you are, without forcing a method that doesn’t fit

This isn’t a webinar or a training.
�It’s a reflective, live conversation, the kind we don’t make enough space for.

🫖 ProductivTEA Space Live
�A Conversation Over Tea with Zuyapa Jackson�

Time or Energy Management: What Matters Most Now?

If this question feels alive for you, I’d love for you to join us.

https://open.substack.com/live-stream/106549

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