Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome Reader! Sometimes we stay too long in the wrong place —a job that quietly drains us,a routine that no longer fits,a version of life that’s long outgrown. Why? Because it’s stable. Familiar. Safe enough. Even when our bodies whisper (or shout) for change,we keep surviving instead of creating. This week’s letter is not to...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome Reader! You pour your heart into something — a dream, a next step, a leap forward — and then… silence.No feedback. No movement. It’s crushing. It makes you question… everything. This week’s letter is for those moments when the world feels deaf to your efforts, and it seems like there’s no point in trying again. When...
19 days ago • 2 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome Reader! Have you ever found yourself in a role, a job, or a routine that once felt meaningful… but now doesn’t? You might not be burned out. Nothing dramatic has happened.And yet — something’s off. Something’s missing.And the scariest part? You’re not even sure what you want instead. This week’s letter is for those quiet...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome back Reader! Trying something new can feel like stepping off a cliff, especially when the silence that follows is louder than any rejection.No feedback. No applause. Sometimes… no results at all. This week’s Letter is about confidence, not as something loud or bulletproof, but as a quiet form of self-trust that carries...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome Reader! Some seasons in life hum with purpose. Others… fall strangely quiet.When the spark goes out from what once felt meaningful, we don’t always notice it right away. This week’s letter is about those quiet moments when old meanings fade, and how to tell if it’s time to rewrite the story. The Question Behind the Pivot...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome back Reader! Sometimes your mind is loud with questions, your heart heavy with doubt.You go in circles, overthinking the same problem, unsure what to do next.You don’t need another solution right away.You need space.To speak freely. To feel heard. To say it all — even the messy bits. And then, often, something shifts. A...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome back Reader! Last week, I offered you an exercise: Islands of Happiness — a gentle practice to help you look back and spot the moments in life that brought you joy, energy, and meaning. Since then, a few people reached out with a different kind of reflection: Now I know where I’m happy — but I still don’t know how to...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome back Reader! Before we chase the next big thing, it helps to pause and ask: when was I truly, deeply happy? Here’s one way to find out. One story We often believe that finding happiness requires making drastic changes—switching careers, moving countries, reinventing ourselves entirely. But what if the real clues are...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Elena Agafonova Coach | Author | Happiness Explorer 🌱 Letters of Change A weekly space for happiness, self-trust & the art of living well Let’s begin gently Hello and welcome Reader, I’m so glad you’re here today. A few days ago, I surprised even myself. For months, I had been searching for an apartment — ready to rent, already lived in, something "safe." But with every listing I saw, prices kept climbing out of reach. I felt stuck, frustrated, even a little desperate. How could something so...
2 months ago • 2 min read