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Turning dreamers into mindful go-getters 🦋

07/09/2026

I spent years thinking I wasn’t doing enough, because I knew I had potential for more

but looking back, I can see that a lot of what I called ‘high standards’ was just perfectionism in disguise

🦋 raising the bar every time I got close instead of actually letting myself reach it

🌱 if I did reach it, skipping celebrating and immediately thinking of the next milestone

📝 planning my ideas for months instead of putting them out and learning from real feedback (bc God forbid someone had constructive criticism for me)

🪞 focusing on how someone with potential should act instead of working with where I was

🎓 rereading captions for the 7th time to improve it instead of accepting that they were already good enough

so if anything, I was just making it unnecessarily difficult to turn potential into progress lol

and the irony?

I thought perfectionism was how I’d become the person I knew I could be (seriously, I used to say ‘I’m a perfectionist’ so proudly)

but it was actually the thing keeping me from becoming her

I didn’t need more pressure, I needed more room to try 🤍

03/09/2026

send this to yourself and let’s do this together 🦋 join me Irene | Mindful Growth Coach if you want to grow with more self-trust and less self-pressure

ib: Brian Yang | First-Gen Wealth Builder

29/08/2026

I used to outsource my wins to luck 🙄

then in my mindset coaching certification I learned about the idea of being the active creator of your life, instead of a passive bystander

which means: taking accountability for your actions and giving yourself credit for the choices you made that got you there

in other words, what looked like ‘luck’ from the outside was actually the result of hard work, bravery, consistency, and LOTS of discomfort

YOU did that girl ⭐️

you were the one who kept going when it was scary, who took the risk, who did the inner work, who showed up before you felt ready

so maybe it’s time you stopped shrinking your role in your own story too 🦋

🤍 if you’re done minimising how far you’ve come, welcome!

13/08/2026

disappeared from social media for almost 3 weeks. been busy healing my skin, playing mermaids, and spending time with my loved ones

that’s not the moon. that’s the new moon + solar eclipse in leo 🌑 themes: self-expression, visibility, identity, and creating from genuine desire

journal prompts for you ✨

what do I actually want? what do I want simply because it makes me feel alive?

a new era of leaving my comfort zone, sharing my story, and no longer playing safe 🪞🌊

stay tuned girls 🤍

31/07/2026

instead of letting another month pass by, build your foundations by only picking a few habits to focus on at a time

my suggestion is for you to pick 1 habit from each area: confidence, future, mind, body, soul

but if that is too much, pick just one area to focus on 🤍

28/07/2026

psychology hack: I usually make my coffee before work as a pre-game ritual ☕️ but sometimes I intentionally wait until I’ve finished a hard task to prepare it (*its like a reward*). this taps into the dopamine system and retrains your brain to get into the habit of doing hard things 💭

I’ll always be the first one to tell you to start journaling (I’ve been doing it for almost 20 years after all) 📖✍🏽 but what good are your entries and plans if you only allow them to exist inside your journal??

unless you’re doing it within an accountability group like our mindful go-getters club WAVES OF THOUGHTS | JOURNALING + EVENTS 🦋 imagine being surrounded by other ambitious girls who cheer you when you win, hold you when you spiral, celebrate your steps, and push you when you play safe. comment ‘CLUB’ to join us!!

visualising positive outcomes IS beneficial, don’t get me wrong. but that alone won’t bring you to your end goal. no amount of vision boards or scrolling on pinterest will ever equate to taking one step forward (even if it is a small or messy one) ✨

self-criticism puts your nervous system into threat mode. when you’re in this state, your mind and body will always prioritise safety over growth. so there will be no choice but to retreat. basically, bullying yourself literally prevents you from succeeding 🫂

action creates motivation (not the other way around). in psychology we call this behavioural activation. so each time you keep a promise to yourself by taking a small step forward, you strengthen your self-trust, making it easier to continue showing up 💪🏽

welcome ambitious girls 🤍

20/07/2026

post ib my girl Vera Vlasova 🦋

excited about where I’m going but always grateful about where I am (I am exactly where I’m meant to be now)

don’t treat taking action as an excuse to bully yourself. consistency doesn’t have to be so strict and painful. soft discipline is the way to go for ambitious girls

don’t forget about each. too much softness leads to stagnation and no progress on your goals. too much action leads to overwhelm and burnout.

with my coaching clients I use a soft exposure technique. because getting outside your comfort zone is how you grow but it must be through an intentional step otherwise it will cause a great shock to your system

if you’re new, hi I’m Irene! and here we talk about dropping excuses, regulating our nervous system to fuel ambitions, and choosing aligned action over waiting.

19/07/2026

this week I realised it’s been almost 3 years since I’ve moved to croatia (?!?!) and 9 years since I’ve moved abroad

🇵🇹 → 🇬🇧 → 🇳🇱 → 🇭🇷

and I have to admit: when I packed my suitcases this time I thought I was just changing countries once again

little did I know the next 3 years would completely destroy and rebuild me into a new version of myself 🦋

during that time I launched my first physical journal, built a coaching business, hosted workshops, grew an incredible community of ambitious women, became a certified coach, and I’m now studying to become a yoga teacher 🤍

but beyond the wins, almost every belief I have about success, ambition, independence, and even happiness has been challenged

💭 here are a few of the biggest (and toughest) lessons croatia has taught me over the last 3 years

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