Maria Vandenburg
Becoming an Ancestor Seeker
Becoming a "Baby Geneologist" I have been in a bit of a dark hole of my own undoing for the a minute now, so I was beyond touched for the...
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Maria Vandenburg
Apr 103 min read
Grieving 🙏 Processing 🙏 Releasing 🙏 Receiving at SisterSpirit 2024
Let me introduce you... to Rev. Abigail Schairer and the SisterSpirit Dream Team SisterSpirit 2024 Retreat at Seabeck SisterSpirit 2024...
Maria Vandenburg
Mar 133 min read
Getting Grounded at RootsTech 2024
Ever just listened to your heart? Even when the world is telling you not to? Like travel to SLT by using your Alaska airline miles and...
Maria Vandenburg
Jan 262 min read
Contact High: Living the Life ... 🎬✨
Hi ✨ Maria Elizabeth Khadija Vandenburg here... and I'm going to bring you back to the closing party of... Contact High at MoPoP...
Maria Vandenburg
Dec 28, 20231 min read
🌍Becoming Authentically Me... AND an Invitation✨
Did any of you know that in August 2020, as part of my Executive MBA Program I did one of the most courageous things (that took a lot of...
Maria Vandenburg
Dec 16, 20232 min read
🧞♂️How I am Making Peace with Unemployment
Welcome! 🌊👋 My name is Maria Elizabeth Khadija Vandenburg... 🎬 AND.. I was unexpectedly laid off End of June 2023🤦🏻♀️ It's been...
Maria Vandenburg
Nov 13, 20232 min read
🇹🇷 ... and then I got COVID
Welcome! For those new to me 🌊👋 My name is Maria Elizabeth Khadija Vandenburg... I was born on August 6th 1981 🎬 (and CUT) In May of...
Maria Vandenburg
Oct 27, 20233 min read
SummerTime... and the Livings Easy... in the UK
With the close of my contract position at the end of June, I had a summer full of travel. After a brief stint in San Francisco, I was off...
Maria Vandenburg
Sep 16, 20232 min read
Celebrating my Mother's 75th with Family Research
My mother turned 75 on September 14th, and I told her that I would take her anywhere in the US.... We ended up in Salt Lake City
Maria Vandenburg
Sep 4, 20233 min read
Doing a REALLY good Job of Stressing myself out... UNTIL
You know, I forgot how much I find writing and updating this to be particularly therapeutic...
Maria Vandenburg
Jun 28, 20233 min read
My Introduction to the Wonderful World of Microsoft
As of June 30th, 2023, my first contract position as a Program Manager at Microsoft will officially come to close. I can honestly say...
Maria Vandenburg
Jun 15, 20231 min read
💦 The Great Salt Lakes of Pamukkale💦
The morning began with my very first Hot Air Balloon over the place where I would spend my afternoon in healing waters: Salt Lakes of...
Maria Vandenburg
Jun 10, 20232 min read
Visiting the Sacred City of Hierapolis
If you would like to catch up on my recent adventures in Turkiye, we have the following: The Return to Istanbul The Land of Fine Horses:...
Maria Vandenburg
Jun 5, 20231 min read
Pamukkule and My First Hot AIr Balloon Experience💞
After two failed attempts in Cappddocia 👣 The first where the winds didnt work in our favor, and after a sunrise coffee... it was...
Maria Vandenburg
May 21, 20233 min read
Entering the Land of Rumi: Konya
"Both Dark and Shadow are the Dance of Love" - Rumi This has been one of my favorite quotes FOR YEARS NOW. Rumi has been someone who has...
Maria Vandenburg
May 20, 20232 min read
The Land of Fine Horses: Cappadocia
For those of you just catching up to speed (Hi! I'm Maria), I'm just filling everyone in on my two week adventure in Turkiye. It started...
Maria Vandenburg
May 19, 20233 min read
The Return to Istanbul
I have always loved to travel. In my early 20s, I made the decision that my priority (in terms of time, energy, and effort) would be...
Maria Vandenburg
May 1, 20232 min read
Celebrating the Life of Rachel Phillips
We will all eventually pass away, we know that. It's envitable. But knowing that and having one of your best friends and surrogate big...
Maria Vandenburg
Apr 25, 20233 min read
My Dark Night of the Soul (3.0)
Have you ever heard of a dark night of the soul? You know the whole it's the darkest right before the dawn type of concept? This...
Maria Vandenburg
Oct 15, 20225 min read
Walking in Mary Magdalene's Footsteps
I have just returned to Seattle from a two-week trip in devotion to the study and teachings of Mary Magdalene with Dr. Sue Morter and a...
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