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What’s Actually Inside the Book
Eleven days until launch. A real look inside the book — three parts, fifteen chapters, and the story I don’t tell often. From pre-conception to perimenopause.
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What It Actually Took to Get the Words Right
I’ve shown you the cover. I’ve told you where the book came from. But there’s a part of this process nobody ever sees — the part I’m honestly most proud of. Not the writing. The re-writing. The checking. The slow, unglamorous work of making sure every single thing in this book is actually true. More…
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How to Stay Strong on Holiday (Without Ruining the Holiday)
Holidays do something funny to all our good intentions. The routine that finally felt solid? Gone. The gym? A continent away. And somewhere between the late breakfasts and the third ice cream of the day, a little voice starts up: you’re undoing everything. You should be doing something. I know that voice well. I’m writing…
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How to Eat Well on Holiday When Life Is Already Full
16 June 2026 | Nutrition | By Daniëlle van der Leest I’m writing this from France. We’re at the beginning of a seven-week family trip — three kids, the family holiday house, a lot of baguettes, and very little of my usual routine. I’m breastfeeding, we’re walking everywhere, and “training” right now looks more like…
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“I wrote a book. Here’s why.”
Daniëlle van der Leest on why she wrote Strength Through the Messy & Beyond — the personal story behind the book, from years of coaching women and living through three pregnancies herself.
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The Everyday Mom: 3 Kids, 2 Hands, and 1 Smoky Kitchen
Living in Singapore as a foreigner usually means no nearby family help — mine is a 13-hour flight away. Thankfully, we build our own village here. For us, that includes school, friends, and our amazing tita, who’s been with us since my eldest was one month old. When baby #3 arrived, I had my mom…