AN OVERVIEW OF MY WORK

Michèle’s Portfolio


WRITING

A small selection of my editorial work. My writing style is vivid, colourful and personal, while always clear and to the point.

Happinez International Edition - 2018 Click here for the full article in English  and here for the full article in Dutch

Happinez International Edition - 2018
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Happinez Magazine -
A creative Oasis

For Happinez Magazine, I wrote this portrait of Susanna Nova and the creative oasis she created among the magical rice fields of Ubud, Bali. The story was published in the Dutch, International and French editions of Happinez.

Méditerranée Magazine (Dutch) Click here for the full article in Dutch

Méditerranée Magazine (Dutch)
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Méditerranée Magazine - Sardinia, Paradise for eternal living

Together with photographer and friend Nadine Maas, I create soulful travel stories with a personal perspective. We look beyond the obvious side of a destination to find the people, places and stories that give it character, hoping to inspire readers to see both the world and themselves with fresh eyes.

Grazia Magazine (Dutch) Click here for the full article in Dutch

Grazia Magazine (Dutch)
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Grazia - Global Living

A personal story about my years as a digital nomad and what it meant to live without a permanent home for five years: the enormous sense of freedom it gave me, as well as the challenges I encountered along the way.

It all started with one question: how can everyday life feel a little more like being on holiday?

Online platform &Bloom: content & columns Click here for a column on The Simple Life EN Click here for The Simple Life in Dutch

Online platform &Bloom: content & columns
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Online Platform - &Bloom

I worked with photographer Denise Boomkens on her inspiring project &BLOOM, helping to shape the editorial side of the platform in its early days. &BLOOM is a digital platform celebrating women over 40 who live life on their own terms, because ageing isn’t what it used to be. And that’s a very good thing.


BOOKS

I Love Me, 25 ways to live your life fully (2010, Scriptum Publishers, Dutch Only)   Feel your Sparkle, 15 ways to live lighter (2013, Scriptum Publishers, Dutch Only)

I Love Me, 25 ways to live your life fully (2010, Scriptum Publishers, Dutch Only)

Feel your Sparkle, 15 ways to live lighter (2013, Scriptum Publishers, Dutch Only)

Pure Travel Guides - Slow Travel in the City: Books and App (2014, Unieboek Publishers Netherlands, Dutch only)With my inspiring friend and freelance colleague Jessica van Zanten I created and wrote the Pure Travel Guides. We created the whole concept of Pure Travel Books and App from A-Z in cooperation with Unieboek Publishers in The Netherlands. It’s the first series of travel guides on slow travel. There’s a focus on ‘honest’ hotspots and Pure shows you the ‘green’ side of a city. Pure guides you to organic farmers markets, honest local restaurants and lots of lovely small, special and ‘green’ accomodations. There’s a growing demand for slow, conscious, green and pure living & travel, and that’s what the Pure Travel Guides are all about.

Pure Travel Guides - Slow Travel in the City: Books and App (2014, Unieboek Publishers Netherlands, Dutch only)

Together with my friend and freelance colleague Jessica van Zanten, I created and wrote the Pure Travel Guides in collaboration with Unieboek Publishers in the Netherlands.

We developed the concept for the books and app from A to Z. The series was created around the idea of slow and conscious travel, guiding readers towards local restaurants, organic farmers’ markets, independent places to stay and the greener, less obvious side of a city.


ONLINE COURSE: FREE YOUR INNER WRITER

Free Your Dreams

I created the online writing course Free Your Inner Writer to inspire and guide people who want to write a book. The course grew out of my former platform Free Your Dreams and explores both the craft of writing and the freedom that comes from finding and using your own voice.


ILLUSTRATIONS

A selection of my illustrations, including personal work and commissioned pieces for magazines, brands and private clients. I also created a small collection of birth announcement cards and am currently developing my own illustrated children’s stories.

Some of my work combines the two things I love most: words and images.

Love Warrior

Originally created for a small picture book

Joy

Happy tree

Originally created for a small picture book

Free

Free as a bird

Originally created for a small picture book

Just zen

Just zen

Originally created for a small picture book

Made for an article in BeautyMAG magazine

Made for an article in BeautyMAG magazine

Made for an article in BeautyMAG magazine

Made for an article in BeautyMAG magazine

Made for an article in BeautyMAG magazine

Made for an article in BeautyMAG magazine