Month: April 2025

Sometimes, you won’t see the tiniest change in your life, no matter how much inner work you’re doing.

Which is exactly when most people give up, thinking this “energy work” isn’t working.

But when that happens, two things are required:

1. Keep holding the high vision.
   
   
2. Keep looking for the tiniest signs.
   
   

Yesterday, as I was admiring the crystals I bought in Barcelona, explaining each one to my boyfriend-the phone rang.

A lady was calling to book a table for the night.

Her name?

Gema. 😂

💎  Crystals… Gema…

You just can’t make this stuff up.

I was like: Of course that’s her name.
My boyfriend and I couldn’t stop laughing.

The universe will call your name when you’re truly listening. Yesterday, it whispered through hers.

Every time the universe replies like that, I stop in awe.

I think about my life.
About how far I’ve come.
About how there was a time I felt so broken, I didn’t think I’d ever reintegrate.

So here’s what I want you to take away from this email:

When nothing happens, that’s usually when something big is about to.

The universe leaves what I like to call strategic breadcrumbs.

And when you spot them? Give yourself some grace.

Where were you one year ago… and where are you now?

How much has your life shifted for good?

And most importantly: 

What are you grateful for today?

Remember, you’re the gem.

Sorina Phoenix

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A veces, no vas a ver ni el más mínimo cambio en tu vida, por más trabajo interior que estés haciendo.
 

Y justo ahí es cuando la mayoría se rinde, pensando que “esto de la energía” no está funcionando.

Pero cuando eso pasa, se requieren dos cosas:

Sostener tu visión elevada.
Seguir buscando las señales más pequeñas.

Ayer, mientras admiraba los cristales que compré en Barcelona—explicándole uno por uno a mi novio—sonó el teléfono.

Una señora llama para reservar mesa esa noche.
Su nombre?
Gema. 😂
💎  Cristales… Gema…
Esto no se puede inventar.

Y yo pensando: Por supuesto que se llama así.
Mi novio y yo no podíamos parar de reír.

El universo te llama por tu nombre cuando de verdad estás escuchando.
Ayer, lo hizo a través del de ella.

Cada vez que el universo responde así, me quedo en pausa.
Pienso en mi vida.
En todo lo que he recorrido.
En cómo hubo un tiempo en que me sentía tan rota, que ni siquiera creía poder recomponerme.

Así que esto es lo que quiero que te lleves de este email:
Cuando parece que no pasa nada… es porque algo grande está por pasar.

El universo deja lo que yo llamo migass estratégicas.
Y cuando las veas, date un poco de gracia.

Dónde estabas hace un año… y dónde estás hoy?
Cuánto ha cambiado tu vida para bien?
Y lo más importante: 

Qué agradeces hoy?

Recuérdalo: la gema eres tú.
Sorina Phoenix

What’s the main thing that stops us from believing in ourselves?

The fear of rejection.

Rejection hurts like hell.

Because it tricks us into believing that the absence of a yes somehow cancels us out as human beings.

Years ago, when I started my first full-time job as a restaurant PR, my manager gave me a pep talk.

He said that in that job, I had to be ready to experience way more rejection than approval.

So he gave me this little formula to follow as my North Star:

“Working on the street means getting 1,000 no’s and 100 yes’s.”

If you understand that, your job gets easier.

What that meant in real life was:

9.09% of people saying yes and becoming clients
90.91% of people saying no, or at least ‘not today’

And while it might seem hard to believe that I talked to 1,000 people during an 8-hour shift… when I did the math, and considering I was crossing the street like a madwoman to catch people on the other side, it made total sense. 👣

🤯 Pretty wild, right? I was in full hustle mode.

🇲🇽 Fast forward to last year-when we opened the Mexican restaurant-I went back to talking to people.

I didn’t have to. But I couldn’t stand watching people walk by and not come in.

I knew very well: sometimes, people are just one nudge away.

I even took my stepson outside with me because I wanted him to know a few truths:

• Money lives in conversations

• You have to become comfortable with rejection

• Rejection is never personal

• You have to believe in your business more than you believe in the Bible…and yes, you have to convert people to it
  

My stepson brought in a bunch of people, and clients were so impressed with his determination that he made more tips than the actual waiters. (he was only 11, by the way.)

Why am I telling you this?

Because rejection shows up everywhere:

– In people’s disapproving looks
– In rude customer service
– In people not believing in you or your work
– In people not even caring

I know the fear of rejection is the first big wall people hit when they try to bring a dream to life.

When they venture into the unknown.
When they dare to change something in their lives.

Rejection is a two-sided coin.
It can sink you… or help you rise.
And every time you rise, you come back a little stronger.

Even now, I still freeze a bit when speaking in front of people. 👀

But then I remember: they’re all thinking the same thing.
Everyone wants to be liked. No one wants to be rejected.
🐟 We’re all just fish in the same sea.

Of those 1,000 no’s you get, the 100 yes’s are the only ones that truly matter.

To not seeing rejection as a monster,
Sorina Phoenix

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Cuál es la principal razón por la que dejamos de creer en nosotros mismos?
El miedo al rechazo.

El rechazo duele como el infierno.
Porque nos hace creer que la ausencia de un “sí” nos anula como seres humanos.

Hace años, cuando empecé mi primer trabajo a tiempo completo como relaciones públicas de restaurante, mi jefe me dio una charla motivacional.
Me dijo que en ese trabajo tenía que estar lista para recibir muchos más rechazos que aprobaciones.
Y me dio una fórmula para seguir como mi estrella del norte:

“Trabajar en la calle significa recibir 1.000 no y 100 sí.”

Si entiendes eso, el trabajo se vuelve mucho más fácil.

Y qué significaba eso en la vida real?

9,09 % de personas diciendo que sí y convirtiéndose en clientes
90,91 % de personas diciendo que no, o al menos “hoy no”

Y aunque cueste creer que hablé con 1.000 personas durante un turno de 8 horas… cuando hice las cuentas -y considerando que cruzaba la calle como una loca para interceptar gente del otro lado -tenía todo el sentido del mundo. 👣

🤯 Bastante salvaje, no? Estaba en modo hustler total.

🇲🇽 Avancemos al año pasado, cuando abrimos el restaurante mexicano, volví a salir a hablar con la gente.

No tenía porqué hacerlo. Pero no podía quedarme mirando cómo la gente pasaba de largo sin entrar.

Sabía muy bien que, a veces, las personas solo necesitan un pequeño empujón.

Incluso llevé a mi hijastro afuera conmigo porque quería que aprendiera unas cuantas verdades:

• El dinero vive en las conversaciones

• Hay que volverse cómodo con el rechazo

• El rechazo nunca es personal

• Tienes que creer en tu negocio más que en la Biblia…y sí, tienes que convertir gente a él
  

Mi hijastro trajo un montón de gente, y los clientes quedaron tan impresionados con su determinación que ganó más propinas que los camareros de verdad. (tenía solo 11 años, por cierto).

Por qué te cuento todo esto?

Porque el rechazo aparece en todas partes:

– En las miradas desaprobatorias de la gente
– En la mala atención al cliente
– En personas que no creen en ti ni en tu trabajo

– En personas que ni siquiera les importa

Sé que el miedo al rechazo es el primer gran muro con el que muchos chocan cuando intentan dar vida a un sueño.
Cuando se lanzan a lo desconocido.
Cuando se atreven a cambiar algo en sus vidas.

El rechazo es una moneda de dos caras.
Puede hundirte… o ayudarte a levantarte.
Y cada vez que te levantas, vuelves un poco más fuerte.

Incluso hoy, todavía me congelo un poco al hablar en público. 👀
Pero luego me acuerdo: todos están pensando lo mismo.
Todos quieren agradar. Nadie quiere ser rechazado.
🐟 Todos somos peces del mismo mar.

De esos 1.000 no que recibes, los 100 sí son los únicos que realmente importan.

Para dejar de ver el rechazo como un monstruo,
Sorina Phoenix

How do you filter intuition?

How do you know when something is wrong, especially when respectable figures, full of authority, decide the wrong is right?

When I was about 12, during biology class, we were forced to watch a real-life euthanasia performed by our teacher on a rabbit.

My best friend’s grandfather was a bunny breeder, and he had offered one for the class experiment.

But when the actual procedure began, my best friend Catrinel and I knew we couldn’t let it happen.

🌪️ Something bigger than us took over, and without thinking twice, we created chaos, stole the rabbit, and ran, taking it back to my friend’s grandfather.

We didn’t care what the teacher or our classmates thought.

We didn’t care about repercussions.

We just knew.

Our intuition was screaming inside both of us. There was no second-guessing.

That moment never left me.

Because intuition doesn’t always speak in whispers. Sometimes, it roars.

Sometimes, it asks you to be inconvenient. Loud. Unruly.

But how do you feel afterward?

Relieved, even if it means shaking things up. Even if it means running with a rabbit under your arm.

🐇 So free the bunny.

Start a revolution.

The world needs your authenticity.

To becoming your own hero,

Sorina Phoenix

P.S. Loved this story? There’s more. Check out my interview for Authority Magazine on vulnerability and authenticity.

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Cómo filtras la intuición?
Cómo sabes cuándo algo está mal, especialmente cuando figuras respetables, llenas de autoridad, deciden que lo malo está bien?

Cuando tenía unos 12 años, durante la clase de biología, nos obligaron a ver una eutanasia real, realizada por nuestra profesora, a un conejo.

El abuelo de mi mejor amiga era criador de conejos y había ofrecido uno para el experimento de la clase.

Pero cuando empezó el procedimiento, mi mejor amiga Catrinel y yo supimos que no podíamos permitir que sucediera.

🌪️ Algo más grande que nosotras se apoderó del momento, y sin pensarlo dos veces, creamos caos, robamos al conejo y salimos corriendo con él, llevándolo de vuelta con su abuelo.

No nos importó lo que pensara la profesora ni nuestros compañeros.

No nos importaron las consecuencias.

Solo lo sabíamos.

Nuestra intuición nos gritaba por dentro. No hubo duda alguna.

Ese momento nunca me abandonó.

Porque la intuición no siempre habla en susurros. A veces, ruge.

A veces, te pide que seas incómoda. Ruidosa. Rebelde.

Y cómo te sientes después?

Aliviada, incluso si eso significa sacudirlo todo. Incluso si eso significa salir corriendo con un conejo en brazos.

🐇 Así que libera al conejo.

Inicia una revolución.

El mundo necesita tu autenticidad.

Para convertirte en tu propia heroína,
Sorina Phoenix

What’s your financial dream?

Mine was to make €3,000 per month.

From the moment I wrote down that intention, it took me ten 😳 years to get there.

When I first set that goal, I had been living in Tenerife for two years.

🌴 Tenerife was a financial paradise at the time.

Besides the fact that everything was ridiculously cheap, barely anyone could even find it on the map.

It was a hidden 💎.

If anything, locals were praying for more tourists (myself included).

So, making €1,000 a month was already above average.

€3,000? That was luxe.

But no matter how much I tried to increase my income, €3,000 felt impossible.

I got to a point where I had two jobs and zero days off, and I bet you can guess what happened next…

Because most likely, you’ve experienced it too:

Your expenses grow as fast as your income.

I had an evil relationship with money.

The more I made, the more I spent.

Long story short?

It took me a decade to reach my financial goal.

Why?

Because deep down, I didn’t feel worthy of making that kind of money.

I didn’t feel “special.” I didn’t feel “lucky.”

I just didn’t feel like someone who makes €3,000 a month.

Then I heard a phrase that hit me like a brick:

❓ “If money were no issue, what would you do in life?” ❓

That question changed everything.

I started from scratch… and became a writer.

And once I actually started to believe in myself as a writer?

I didn’t make €3,000.

From my very first real writing project, I made €6,000.

After that, the flow didn’t stop.

Opportunities. Clients. Blessings.

But most importantly, ideas that generated loads of money.

What I’m trying to say is:

No matter where you are today, no matter how “set in stone” your financial path looks…

You can still make more money.

There’s a little spark inside you.
It’s urging you to follow something that feels… offbeat. Creative. Weirdly exciting.

Maybe it’s a “hobby” you keep pretending is a waste of time.

Maybe it’s a new career path that scares the hell out of you.

Maybe it’s a random idea that circles you like Saturn’s rings.

Maybe it’s an unconventional way of showing up that makes you ask:
“Am I really capable of this?”

It may sound like sugar-coated BS, I know. But still…

If money were no issue, what would you do?

Put pen to paper.

Write down your dream’s worst-case and best-case scenarios.

Then place it on your mental shelf.

Let it rest. Forget about it.

Soon, it’ll start to breathe. It will start to have a pulse, and a 🫀 of its own.

And when it does? You’ll know it’s time.

Good luck.

To trusting your creative glimpses,

My mom had a theory:

People are kinder in Tenerife than in Romania.

I knew it was a trap. I’d fallen for it many times myself.

You probably know it too: the grass is always greener on the other side.

But since we’re both in Romania right now, I told her we should test it.

So I dared her to start counting random acts of kindness over the next few days.

She said yes.

Kindness started showing up in our lives in micro doses:

– Drivers letting us cross the street, even without a zebra crossing
– Smiling waiters
– People on the tram offering us their seats
– Different Uber drivers being so kind and funny, we couldn’t help but compliment their spotless cars and good vibes
– Strangers holding the door for us at shops

↔️ It was a two-way street.

The more we received kindness, the more we gave it. And the more we gave, the more it came back around.

🌴 Yes, it’s true: in Tenerife, you’re always greeted with a smile, and people call you mi amor, whether they’re serving your coffee or scanning your shampoo at Mercadona.

But not everyone is like that…at least not right away.

One day, when I was doing street P.R. work, a Scandinavian man looking at the menu was super rude to me.

I barely said a word and he just turned his back and walked away.

Twenty minutes later, he came back.

Embarrassed. 😳

“I’m sorry, I’m having a bad day. Can you please book a table for my family and me at 20:00?”

Sometimes, the people who seem the coldest just need a little warmth to open up.

And how do you get there?

You disarm them with your kindness.

They’ll be speechless.

They might even need a moment to process it.

But sooner or later… they’ll give it back.

And when they do, you’ll feel like a million dollars.

To restoring your faith in humanity,