04/10/2026
Is your Instagram really showing who you truly are?
If I speak for myself, mine isn’t.
One of my friends keeps telling me, “Maria, you should share your real, authentic stories. You have so many stories — why aren’t you sharing them?”
And I’m always like… oh my God.
Because there is definitely one part of my life I’ve felt ashamed to talk about: my love life.
Somehow, it feels like the world expects you to find one person, stay together for a long time, build a successful life together, have children, and create a family.
But that hasn’t really been my story.
And sometimes I still notice that old programming in my head telling me that my life should look like that.
Now that there is no one in my love life, I finally feel like I can talk about it more openly.
Because the truth is, I’m someone who tends to fall in love quite quickly… but I can also fall out of love quite quickly.
Love has always been a big theme in my life.
And the book I’m going to launch is also deeply connected to my love life, but even more than that, it’s about the bigger search: What is my life really about?
So this is my first video about sharing more of the real me.
More to follow.