Article: Becoming the alchemist of your own life
Becoming the alchemist of your own life
From Chaos at Heart, From Lead to Gold
Some trials mark a turning point.
Not necessarily the most violent ones.
But those that empty us. That pierce us in places we never suspected.
For me, that was it.
Not a drama this time, but an overflow.
My jar was full, and a single drop—just one—was enough to make everything tip over.
You probably know this state.
The one where there’s a 50% chance you make a pact with yourself.
One of those that changes everything:
“Tomorrow, I take my life back. One problem at a time. One truth at a time.”
That day, the alchemy began for me.
From Maeva the Chemist to the Alchemist
I spent years searching. Diving deep.
Exploring that part of the iceberg we never see:
the one hidden beneath the surface,
without knowing how far it goes down.
But I had to go there.
Not just for me.
For my children.
I no longer wanted to just be their mother.
I wanted to be their mom:
steady, aligned, joyful, loving.
So I changed.
Not all at once.
But piece by piece.
And that’s how my first collection was born: AURE.
A nod to the gold of the alchemist.
To that transformation that comes from within.
Every piece in this collection starts with AUR:
Aurélia. Aurtense. Auriane...
Like a series of talismans woven into the fabric of renewal.
Creating with the Heart, Not Just the Mind
The more I moved forward,
the fewer limits I had.
The more I dared,
the stronger the frequency became.
I understood that when I create from my heart—
not from expectation or strategy—
everything falls into place.
Celeste was born from that.
Not from a desire for fashion,
but from a vital need to create meaning, connection, truth.
Being an Alchemist, to Me, Means This:
Choosing to transform what weighs us down
into something that lifts us up.
Not by denying pain,
but by listening to it,
making it raw material.
Intention. Fire. Tenderness.
That’s how I create. That’s how I breathe.
And you?
Maybe you’re at this tipping point.
Maybe you’re already transforming silently.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
we have nothing to prove.
Only to find ourselves again.
I do all this for women who move at their own pace.
With all my gratitude,
Maeva
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2 comments
Maeva , la Poétesse. Toute Création quelle qu’ elle soit, est imprégnée de poésie…. Merci Maeva de témoigner de ce chemin. Témoignage qui invitera certainement, beaucoup de femmes et je m’ inclue, à prendre Conscience de leur propre Vérité et à la Vivre ! Aux femmes de ce groupe : Cultivons la résilience et la Solidarité. 🥰🙏
Françoise Thomas
C’est toujours un plaisir de t’entendre et de te lire.
A travers tes mots, la sérénité transparaît et suinte. Effectivement, dans les collections de vêtements, je vois à travers les lignes, les motifs, une femme qui s’aligne jour après jour. Et cela m’inspire positivement.
Moi, qui n’a jamais été sensible à la mode, au regard de l’autre, je me decouvres à apprécier le regard de mes enfants dans tes robes. Ce sont leurs yeux ravis de voir leur mere en “princesse” qui donnent tous leurs sens aux efforts que je fais que depuis une année. Un travail sur la couleur, sur la diversité que mes enfants ont commenté pour encourager mes progrès pour sortir du monochromatique et du confortablissime: jean/basket. Merci de nous faire nous sentir jolies, même celles qui comme moi n’en avait jamais ressenti la nécessité jusqu’ici. Même ma mère n’en reviens pas. Il aura suffit d’un mot gentil de mes fille, d’un compliment de mon fils et voilà j’ai enfin aimé mettre de la couleur dans ma vie. MERCI.
L’humanité, la bienveillance, l’émerveillement, des joyaux, c’est ce que je ressens comme plus-value dans ce que tu nous propose avec CÉLESTE.
Bonne continuation
Célia
Celia René-Corail Barthélémy
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