Dreamy Cappuccino - Inspiring stories, musings, memoirs

Send us a textWhat happens when a wild soul meets the word "discipline"? In this raw and real reflection, I dive into my complicated relationship with structure, pushing, and pressure. From marathon metaphors to pressure cookers, heartbreaks, and theatre rehearsals — this isn’t your typical productivity pep talk. If you’ve ever felt torn between wanting to float free and needing to follow through, this one's for you.💭 What if discipline wasn’t about pressure... but about devotion?🎭 What if improvisation is the most disciplined art of all?🔥 And what if the rebel and the drill sergeant inside you could finally stop butting heads?👇 Listen in and tell me: where do you stand on the freedom vs. discipline scale?––🔗 Coaching: https://www.anjakersten.com/createfreely-coaching✨ Want to explore creative storytelling and deep conversations? Join my Dreamy Cappuccino online gathering—where artists and thinkers break free from self-silencing. Check my website for upcoming dates!https://www.anjakersten.com/events

Send us a textWhat happens when your muse says, “Screw being good—go be you”?This story is an unapologetic joyride into bubblegum punk freedom. A pink Harley, obnoxious chewing, peacock takedowns, dancing in the rain, and cocktails with a side of rebellion.A celebration of everything shrill, juicy, loud, and radically alive.Because pink isn’t cute—it’s powerful.Because the world needs fewer bloated turkeys and more bubble-bursting rebels.And because sometimes, the most honest thing you can do… is peng.✨ Join the next Dreamy Cappuccino Gathering: https://www.anjakersten.com/events

Send us a textApple strudel. Bread with chives. Gelbwurst, with or without. These small details become portals—pulling us through time, across landscapes of memory, through hallways lined with invisible fogs of unexpressed dreams.In this tender and melancholic piece, Anja weaves together tastes, sounds, and spaces to explore how ancestral weight and generational silence seep into the everyday. The story touches on the unspoken grief of unlived lives—and how that grief can linger in houses, in habits, and in us.✨ Join the next Dreamy Cappuccino Gathering: https://www.anjakersten.com/events

Send us a textA junk drawer, a junk closet... or a junk garage? So many options for all the bits and pieces we tuck away and forget. In this wildly whimsical and deeply human story, we dive into the oddities of our inner clutter—the half-forgotten dreams, the rituals we abandoned, the old pence stuck to chewed-up gum, and the pink pipe we definitely didn’t put there.Through Anja’s playful narration and sudden detours into the surreal, The Junk Drawer becomes a metaphor for all the parts of ourselves we tend to shove aside. But what if—just maybe—that drawer holds a little magic too?✨ Join the next Dreamy Cappuccino Gathering: https://www.anjakersten.com/events

Send us a textFootprints in the sand—traces of existence, about to be washed away. The sea, an eternal keeper of the past, dissolves them without hesitation. What remains is an open canvas, free from expectation, justification, or the need to make sense. This story dives into the beauty of impermanence, the liberation of absurdity, and the joy of creating without constraint. Can we let go and create anew, without the weight of fixed ideas?☕ Curious minds are always welcome at my Dreamy Online Cappuccino Gathering → Join here

Send us a textA tongue, tired of its fate, dreams of becoming something else—something freer, something with fewer burdens. It resents the tastes forced upon it, longing for the gentle touch of the outside world. But can we ever truly escape who we are? A tale of longing, resistance, and the quiet whisper of self-acceptance.☕ Curious minds are always welcome at my Dreamy Online Cappuccino Gathering → Join here

Send us a textShe arrives in a whirlwind of drums, pink feather earrings, and roaring laughter. My muse—bold, untamed, and unapologetic—doesn’t ask for permission. She challenges the rules, makes noise when I don’t, and refuses to let me disappear. With wild energy and a fierce belief in me, she shakes the walls, stirs my soul, and leaves me holding drumsticks and echoes of her laughter. But will I trust her? Will I let her stay?Listen now and step into the untamed rhythm of The Wild Muse.☕ Curious minds are always welcome at my Dreamy Online Cappuccino Gathering → Join here 

Send us a textThe scapegoat is gone. The arena, once filled with blame and accusations, stands empty—but the finger pointers can’t stop pointing. What happens when there’s no one left to take the blame? This story explores the strange aftermath of scapegoating, the energy of blame returning to its senders, and the question of whether anyone will ever leave the arena. Some make it out—most don’t. Will they ever put their fingers down?☕ Curious minds are always welcome at my Dreamy Online Cappuccino Gathering → Join here https://www.anjakersten.com/events

Send us a textIn this episode, I share a deeply mysterious and haunting tale of a woman standing at the edge of her own darkness. Sleepless nights, overwhelming sorrow, and a desire to escape consume her. As the moon falls and the night holds its secrets, she makes a choice—though whether it’s an end or a new beginning remains uncertain.This is a story of confronting internal turmoil, the weight of past sorrows, and the restless ache for change. A moment of decision looms, but where it leads—no one can say.Listen in, and let the story unfold in its own way.✨ Curious to explore more of these deep themes? Join my Dreamy Cappuccino online gathering, where we explore life, creativity, and the unspoken. Check my website for upcoming dates.https://www.anjakersten.com/events

Send us a textIn this episode, I bring you a story from the Wild West—where cowboys don’t just fight duels; they fight something far more elusive: joie de vivre. When one cowboy decides to capture it, things don’t go as planned. Smoke clouds his mind, frustration takes hold, and in a split second of instinct… the unthinkable happens.A tale of destruction, lost vitality, and the struggle between control and surrender. What happens when we try to tame the untamable? Listen in and find out.✨ Want to explore creative storytelling and deep conversations? Join my Dreamy Cappuccino online gathering—where artists and thinkers break free from self-silencing. Check my website for upcoming dates!https://www.anjakersten.com/events