About Me

Hi, I’m Selines 👋

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Writer, explorer, city-dweller — and the human behind Souleyness.

I’m a 26-year-old Latina from New York City, still wandering the streets that raised me, learning and unlearning as I go.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve used words, movement, curiosity, and creativity to make sense of life. I’ve worn many hats (and more than a few pairs of glasses), but one truth has stayed constant:

I learn, create, and explore to understand myself and the world more deeply.

Where the Shift Began

Souleyness didn’t arrive in a perfect, cinematic “aha” moment. It began quietly — in the in-between spaces I didn’t know mattered at the time:

  • long walks when my mind felt too full

  • journal pages covered in questions

  • rabbit-hole research into psychology and wellness

  • creative experiments that made me feel like myself again

My bipolar II diagnosis didn’t define me, but it did give me language — a way to understand my depth, my patterns, and my need for intentional living. I’ve always been a deep feeler, someone who needs to know not just what is happening, but why — and how to live more gently because of it.

Eventually, I stopped trying to earn the right to be myself.

I let the things that lit me up — writing, healing, fashion, adventure, nature, research — become fuel instead of distractions.

And that’s when the pieces finally came together.

How Souleyness was Born 🌕

Souleyness grew out of a simple, growing belief:

There has to be a more aligned way to exist.

A way of living that wasn’t about self-optimization or perfection — but about returning to your truest self, even when life feels messy, chaotic, or too loud to hear your own thoughts.

The philosophy emerged from the three practices that kept guiding me back to myself:

  • Wellness — not as a routine, but as remembering the body

  • Adventurousness — not as travel, but as presence and curiosity

  • Creativeness — not as skill, but as connection and expression

These pillars helped me turn confusion into intention, fear into exploration, and burnout into a new kind of steadiness.

Souleyness became the home for all of it — a practice, a path, and a safe place to return to yourself.

This is my heart on your screen. And honestly? We’re just getting started.

The Souleyness Approach 🪴

You can’t outsource the answers that live within you — but you can create space to listen.

Souleyness isn’t here to prescribe, fix, or tell you who to be. It’s here to offer:

  • Evidence-informed insights

  • Creative practices

  • Soulful reflections

  • Small experiments that shift your inner landscape

All in service of helping you reconnect with your own rhythm — not anyone else’s version of “wellness.”

Take what resonates.
Leave the rest.
Stay curious.
Most importantly, come exactly as you are.

What You’ll Find Here:

Souleyness isn’t a 10-step plan or a perfect aesthetic.
It’s a practice — a way of living with more intention, curiosity, and soul.

On the blog, you’ll find:

✨ Tools and habits for inner clarity and intentional wellness
🚶‍♀️ Ideas for finding adventure in everyday life
🎨 Simple, accessible creative practices
💬 Honest stories from my own messy, evolving journey

If you’re someone who thinks and feels deeply, or if you crave a life that feels like your own, you’re in safe company here.

Ready to Explore?

Let your curiosity lead the way:

🌿 Want to reconnect with yourself?
👉 Start with Wellness

🚶‍♀️ Craving adventure but feeling stuck in routine (or the city)?
👉 Check out Adventurousness

🎨 Feeling creatively blocked or longing for expression ?
👉 Dive into Creativeness

Or simply explore the latest posts and see what calls you.

📬 Stay Connected

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However you found your way here, I’m grateful you did.


Welcome to your version of Souleyness — a space to return to yourself, one aligned step at a time.

With heart & soul,
Selines

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