About me

Hi! I'm Theresa. I'm a 34-year old lawyer and writer from Germany.

I've been writing since I was a kid and have published three books in German. I also have two podcasts.

On Substack, I write about the year after my mom died. I was her caregiver for five years, after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and early-onset Alzheimer's. The caregiving was a deeply spiritual experience.

During that period, I struggled with addiction, got sober, broke free from a toxic relationship and started to work on my codependency issues. I started to meditate and regularly practice yoga and martial arts. I also got diagnosed with autism and ADHD and started to make sense of a lot of things that happened in my life.

Now I'm on the journey of tailoring a life that suits me and is aligned with my core values. Come with me on that journey through grief, loss, sobriety, neurodivergence, relationships, hope, spirituality and deep transformation.

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A spiritual travel guide through India and Nepal - navigating Autism/ADHD, grief after a major loss, sobriety and finding my authentic voice.

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