The Truth Behind Start Over

I'm Dani Tesolin. I'm a Brazilian journalist living in São Paulo.

I created Start Over after burning out completely. I learned about intentional living, about choosing what matters, about not living on autopilot anymore. I built planners, workbooks, tools to help women move from survival mode to something better.

I thought I understood what it meant to start over.

Then in January 2026, my husband Cris died suddenly. Heart attack. He was 50 years old. We had 14 years together. We built a life in São Paulo. We had our son, João Ricardo, who's about to turn 11.

All our plans turned to sand in my hands.

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I could have deleted this project. Pretended it never existed. Started something new that didn't carry the weight of "before."

But these tools I created? They're saving me now.

The planner where I try to organize chaos. The workbook where I process unbearable grief. The Lenormand cards that give me a reason to wake up and pull myself together one more day.

So I'm keeping Start Over. But I'm making it real.

Not polished. Not perfect. Not another guru promising transformation in 21 days.

This is what starting over actually looks like when you have no choice. When you're a single mother in Brazil trying to survive. When you need income to support your child. When you're using your own products just to make it through.

If you're here because you also need to start over—from loss, divorce, burnout, grief, anything—you're not buying theory from me.

You're getting tools I'm actually using to survive.