Words for the parts of life we don't always say out loud.
Life Unfiltered Books
These books begin where polished answers end. They explore the patterns we live inside — burnout, fear, identity, resilience, power, belonging, and the complicated ways we relate to ourselves and one another. Some are psychological, some personal, some uncomfortable, and some quietly hopeful. Different stories, different questions, but the same intention: to look at life without pretending, and perhaps understand ourselves a little more clearly.
I SMILE, MY FATE! is a collection of heartfelt poetry that explores the deepest emotions of love, life, and self-reflection. With each verse, the reader is invited into a world of personal stories and universal truths. These poems are a journey of introspection, capturing the beauty of human experience, from moments of joy to times of struggle. Whether it’s the passion of a love story or the quiet wisdom found in solitude, each poem brings a new perspective. Written with sincerity and warmth, this collection is a tribute to the power of words to heal, inspire, and connect us all.
How to Burn Out Like a Pro is not another self-help cliché. It’s a brutally honest, darkly funny, and painfully real survival guide for modern professionals who’ve worked themselves into emotional ashes. Written by Mel Evens, this book explores burnout through sarcasm, storytelling, and soul — for everyone who’s ever chased success until they forgot what peace feels like. A blend of memoir, philosophy, and rebellion, How to Burn Out Like a Pro invites readers to laugh, reflect, and rebuild — without pretending everything is fine.
What happens when a Dutch man falls in love with a Bulgarian woman?
No instructions.
No manual.
Just emotions, misunderstandings, passion, silence, storms, and… love.
“Loving a Bulgarian Woman Without Instructions” is a humorous, honest, and surprisingly tender guide for Dutch men (and anyone brave enough) who find themselves in a relationship with a Bulgarian woman.
This is not a psychology textbook.
This is not relationship theory.
This is lived experience.
Most toxic workplaces do not look toxic at first.
They look organized. Professional. Functional.
Until you notice the contradictions.
The shifting rules. The exhaustion that follows you home.
The strange moment when you stop recognizing yourself inside the version of you that learned how to survive there.
Eat or Be Eaten is not motivational self-help.
It is a survival guide for people who work inside systems that slowly replace clarity with adaptation.
COMING SOON
Life Unfiltered is a practical guide to awareness, balance, and staying human in a world that constantly pressures us to perform, achieve, and pretend that everything is fine.
The book explores the everyday patterns through which we gradually lose touch with ourselves — the pressure to meet expectations, automatic reactions, the need for approval, difficulty setting boundaries, and the exhausting effort of maintaining appearances.
Combining personal experience, observation, and psychological perspective, Mel Evens, in collaboration with psychologist and philosopher Dr. Deni Maydon, offers an accessible and practical approach to living with greater awareness, clarity, and authenticity.
This is not a book about perfection. Nor is it another formula for becoming a “better version” of yourself. It is an invitation to remove the filters, understand the patterns shaping your life, and find a more human way to live, work, and connect with others.
Because sometimes the most important change isn’t becoming someone else — it’s finding your way back to yourself.
Smile Culture — The Anatomy of Fear
Not every toxic culture shouts. Some of them smile.
Smile Culture explores the quieter mechanisms through which workplace bullying, fear, and unhealthy power dynamics become normalized — not necessarily through open aggression, but through humor, hierarchy, conformity, and silence.
It examines the world of “just joking,” “you’re too sensitive,” and “that’s simply how things are here” — environments that may appear functional from the outside while gradually teaching people to question their own perceptions, stay silent, and adapt to behavior that should never have become normal.
Rather than focusing on a single scandal or individual villain, Smile Culture looks at the system around the behavior: the people who participate, those who laugh along, those who remain silent, and the organizational patterns that allow fear to become efficient, socially acceptable, and difficult to challenge.
A psychological and cultural exploration of what happens when belonging requires you to smile at what is hurting you.
Stories don't change us.
Truth does. Keep yourself.