Hearth Sessions

Hearth Sessions are 60‑minute, one‑to‑one conversations for people who want to think in full sentences again.

They’re for those who feel out of place, over‑attuned, or simply tired of being handled like a “user persona.”

Often, young adults, readers, people who sense more is going on under the surface and want language for it.

The Work

The work happens in conversation. You bring a knot: a situation, a pattern, a question that won’t leave you alone.

I listen, ask oblique questions, and test where things break and where they hold. We examine how your story is constructed: the forms beneath it, not just the lines on top.

This is not therapy, coaching, or crisis support.

It’s closer to a literary workshop for your life: grounded, precise, sometimes uncomfortable, occasionally funny. Magic allowed, but only if it has consequences.

The Exchange

This is a meeting of minds, not a performance.

You can expect directness, not platitudes.
Push‑back is possible when it serves the work.
Silence is allowed when more words would be dishonest.

If you want reassurance, this is probably not it. If you want someone to take your intelligence seriously and follow complex reasoning without flinching, it might be.

Boundaries

Age: 18+ only.
Content: Platonic, reflective conversation. No romance or sexual content.
Not: therapy, medical, legal, or financial advice; not crisis intervention. If you are in acute distress, please seek local professional help or emergency services.
Contact: No ongoing DMs between sessions beyond logistics.

Practicalities

Duration: 60 minutes, online (audio or video).
Price: 60€ per session. Sliding possibility for students or precarious situations; mention if needed.
Languages: English, Español of Nederlands.

How to request a Hearth Session

Send an email to vestavoice@proton.me with the subject line “Hearth Session” and answer these three questions in the body:

What brings you to a Hearth Session now?
What would make this conversation worthwhile for you?
Is there anything you do not want to talk about?

If it feels like a fit, you’ll receive proposed times and a payment link. If not, you’ll get a brief reply and no session. The container has to hold for both of us.

Who am I

I am an anthropologist and writer who works in the borderlands between literary fiction, folklore, and lived experience, with a grounded sense of how people and cultures actually behave rather than how they say they do.

I am philosophically inclined but allergic to abstraction that never lands in the body; I care about how ideas show up in real choices, relationships, and histories.

How I move in conversation

I listen closely, follow subtext, and am willing to name what others politely step around (blunt, blond and yes, Dutch) but without cruelty. I have a sardonic edge: humour that cuts through nonsense (again very Dutch), but it sits on top of a genuine wish that people suffer a little less from their own patterns. I am not interested in fixing people; I am interested in helping them see themselves more accurately so they can decide what to do next.

What I offer

I offer a room where someone’s complexity is taken for granted rather than treated as a problem. The tools I bring are narrative sense (how stories work), anthropological perspective (how context shapes people), a stubborn respect for the other person’s autonomy, and an allergy to man-made law.

Sessions with me are for people who would rather be met as a mind and a whole human than as a “client avatar,” and who can tolerate precision even when it stings a little.

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