Hester Steenstra

08/05/2026

Portugal is treating me so well ☀️🚐 I feel so rich because of this life, the raw, wild nature, van life on the most beautiful spots, the people, living minimalistic. So many “I love my life” moments, and just being ✨

The life I’m living right now didn’t happen overnight.
Not in a week.
Not in a month.
And definitely not by accident.

It took hard work, stepping outside my comfort zone, taking risks. Staying consistent when things felt uncertain. Investing in myself, my growth and my vision to show people that you can live and work completely different and feel free and healthy.

There are moments nobody sees.
The doubts.
The learning curves.
The late nights building something while still figuring life out.

People often say they would love to live a life with more freedom, nature, travel, health and choice… but most people are not willing to go through the process it takes to create it.

Would you keep going when others don’t understand your vision?
Would you believe in yourself before seeing results?
Would you choose long-term freedom over short-term comfort?

Because that’s where everything changes.

And honestly… looking back now, the process became one of the most beautiful parts of it all 🌿 it’s all about the journey, not the destination.

Every uncomfortable step leads you closer to a life that actually feels aligned with who you are 💚

For everyone who is scared to take those steps, please do it! It will bring you so much more 🥰

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📸🎥 Some pictures and videos of the beauty of Portugal, the raw wild nature and healthy campervan life 🙏

30/04/2026

Just 3 simple rules in life ✨
but somehow… they’re the ones we forget the easiest.

Somewhere between ocean mornings, salty surf sessions, adventurous drives and slow vanlife days… I keep coming back to this.

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it.
If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.
If you don’t step forward, you’ll stay exactly where you are.

Simple reminders like waves that keep returning until you finally listen.

I’m curious… if you could truly embody one of them starting today, which one would it be? 🌿

22/04/2026

Being grateful is sometimes hard to put into words…
but you can see it on my face and feel it in every fiber of my being 🤍✨

Workation April ‘26, Spain 🇪🇸
A place where soul work, connection and business naturally came together

📸Beautifully captured by .naomi

15/04/2026

07/04/2026

If I had listened to all the opinions and doubts of others… I probably wouldn’t be here 🍀🚐🙏☀️Living free, happiness and health all over, working online in high ticket network marketing and creating a life on my own terms.

Not because it didn’t feel right…
But because of the noise of others.

People who didn’t understand what I was doing.
People who had never heard of this kind of work.
Colleagues questioning if I was really leaving my career.
Friends (with good intentions) trying to protect me.

And honestly that’s where the doubt starts.
Not in you. But in all the voices around you.

Because when everyone has an opinion,
it’s easy to forget what you actually want ✨

But here’s what I realized:
You will never feel 100% sure.
The only way to know is to experience it for yourself.

Because if you don’t, you stay stuck in “what if”.
Stuck in your head. Stuck in stories that aren’t even yours. Living based on other people’s experiences instead of creating your own. And that’s not what you want, right?

So you get to make a decision. To stop listening to the noise. To come back to what you feel. To try. To move. To experience. Because at the end of the day your life is your story.

And you’re the only one who gets to write it.

So come back to you. What do you actually want?
Skip the noise. Try it. Experience it.

That’s how you create your own story 🤍

28/03/2026

What a wild month! Love love love it 🤗

I mixed slow mornings, surf sessions, beach days, sunsets with the kind of moments with friends that make you pause and think… wow, this is it 🤍

A 3-day deep dive with the Genesis course, which felt transformational. It shifted something in me and reminded me that there is so much more to life than we sometimes allow ourselves to live.

Taking new steps and action towards dreams and goals in life. I visited, for the first time, a piece of land that is for sale! I’ll take you along on this journey 😊

In between exploring and enjoying life, I’ve been building my business, diving deeper into knowledge and helping more ambitious women to create a free life too. I also hosted a great live webinar and feeling all the excitement that comes with that!

Next to all of that, dinner dates with Lianne, , my business partner and friend, while she is living life here in Portugal for a couple of weeks.

Seeing Yasmine, again in Aljezur, spent lovely time together, dived into a documentary about hydrogen rich water, watched surfers in the ocean and ended the day with one of those golden sunsets🌅 and the next morning, we went for a beautiful morning walk in nature with a cacao.

Sharing campervan life with Rosan, who once was just an Instagram connection and now it feels like we’ve known each other for years 🚐🫶🏻

Last but not least, good conversations and surfsessions with and , who are also living the campervan life here in Portugal ☀️

It’s wild to think that no long time ago, my life looked completely different

I’m so excited for what’s ahead… Because I get to bring more of my vision to life, step by step ☀️ All made possible by a path that gives me the freedom to live, create and explore on my own terms 💚

19/03/2026

Imagine… you fall in love with your life again 💛✨Not just for a moment, but in the way you live and work every day

We, .dana and I, hosted a live webinar this week
and honestly… it was so powerful 🔥

As we were both in your shoes around 3 years ago, figuring out another way of earning & living. Feeling overwhelmed by all the online noise and not having the clarity of what was real and possible.

So why we hosted this webinar? To give you CLARITY and TRANSPARENCY on how women are transitioning from the standard path into online entrepreneurship, doing impactful work, making the world their office and doing it in a sustainable way.

What we shared inside this webinar:
✨ how we went from feeling misaligned in a 9-5 to creating a health and freedom-based way of working online
✨ how high-ticket network marketing actually works (in a simple & aligned way)
✨ how to partner with a mission-driven company and earn high commissions by sharing something you truly believe in
✨ how you don’t have to figure it all out alone

This isn’t about quick fixes, wins or hype

It’s about building something REAL with impact, connection, a business model that works & a lifestyle that actually feels like you

Because deep down you know you weren’t made to just exist in a routine that doesn’t light you up

If you’re curious..
or if something in you feels like this could be for me

Comment “REPLAY” and I’ll send the replay of the webinar to you 💌

09/03/2026

Life is only as good as your mindset. Not because life is always easy. But because the way you choose to see things changes everything 🍀✨

It shapes the opportunities you notice.
The courage you find in yourself.
And the life you allow yourself to create.

Sometimes I think about how different my life would look if I kept the same mindset. I’ve had moments where things felt uncertain.. where life challenged me.

But I realized..
if I kept thinking small, safe and limited, my life would probably look that way too.

So I started choosing differently.

That mindset shift slowly led me here..
living from my campervan, following the sun, meeting beautiful souls, building an online income that gives me freedom and a life that actually feels like mine.

And the most beautiful part?
I get to help other women create their version of freedom too

One thing that helped me a lot:
When a negative thought comes up,
I ask myself: what else could be true?

Because the story you repeat in your mind eventually becomes the life you live ✨

So a reminder from me to you:
Be mindful of what you feed your mind with.

Your mindset shapes your reality!

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Save this for a day you need the reminder 💚

24/01/2026

Life lately? Coming through the mud… to become a lotus again 🌿

The past weeks I was in survival mode.
Living in beautiful Portugal, but my nervous system was overloaded. 3 breakdowns of my campervan.
Not feeling safe. My mind always “on”.

And honestly?
I lost trust in my home on wheels.
And with that… it touched my core value: freedom.

When your safe place doesn’t feel safe,
it hits deeper than just “inconvenience”.

So I had to slow down.
Reset. Take care of myself on a deeper level.
The “hold yourself together when life shakes you” kind.

So there was a lot of grounding.
Yoga, meditation, beach walks, sauna & hot tubs, massages, surf sessions. Me-time. A week on a campsite to relax, take hot showers, and feel supported. Saying “no” to a lot of things, even some things in my business. 🧘‍♀️

And a loooooot of cacao 😂😇

What this period reminded me of (again):

You have to take care of yourself.
Real power is knowing you can hold yourself when things fall apart.
And you always get to choose how you meet life ✨

You can collapse.
Or you can soften, listen, and rebuild yourself from the inside out.

And yes…
this is what real freedom also is.

Not when everything works perfectly,
but when you know you can handle yourself when it doesn’t.

Still here.
Still choosing this beautiful life.
Just with deeper roots 🌱✨

If you’re in a muddy season too… you’re not behind. You’re growing 🤍😘

27/12/2025

When the Christmas days are just beautiful moments and every day feels worth celebrating with love and happiness ✨

From having a big cold, to being in nature, friends around, connecting with other campervan souls at a small meetup, nourishing food in my campervan, sunshine on the beach, sunsets, warm cups of cacao and sharing love and laughter 🤍

No pressure.
Just care, nature, nourishment and happiness.

To me, it feels like this..
we can celebrate every single day.

Hope you had beautiful moments ✨

Lots of love 🫶🏻

08/12/2025

Salty waves in my happy place 🌊 🏄🏼‍♀️ 🌅 🇵🇹

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Enjoying life, catching waves on a random Monday, choosing happiness in the simple things.

Living life in a way that lets you be fully present, with your time, your energy, and the people you love.

Creating a life that feels good, every single day.

and yes… the right business model can open that door.