Rochelle van Niekerk Blog:
Fear is a basic survival instinct - but when we're trying to grow, it can hold us back. It's time to fiddle with our perception of fear and turn it into a driving force... ...more
Rochelle
February 23, 2025•3 min read
Think of your inner dialogue as a garden. Over time, you've likely planted seeds of positive affirmations and pulled out the weeds of negative thoughts. Now, it's time to add another vital element to ... ...more
Rochelle
February 09, 2025•3 min read
That voice in your head—'What if you fail? What if you’re not enough?'—isn’t evil, just overprotective. But it doesn’t have to control you. Learn how to build a quiet, unshakable strength—a soul of st... ...more
Rochelle
February 09, 2025•3 min read
If a friend called to tell you about a failure - would you berate them? Would you break them down? Well, that's what we do to ourselves so often... what if we were to treat ourselves with compassion, ... ...more
Rochelle
January 26, 2025•2 min read
The stories in our minds have two layers - the ones we realise we're telling ourselves, and the layer that influences us without us realising it. If we take control over these stories, we can do so mu... ...more
Rochelle
January 12, 2025•2 min read
Often in life, we get stuck on perfection - but what if patchwork was a better perfect than flawless? ...more
Rochelle
December 29, 2024•2 min read
When we were kids, dreaming big was easy. We’d dream of flying high, going to the moon, and wearing jewels. Now, often the process of “growing up” has caused us to shrink our dreams to fit our current reality, even unconsciously.
But maybe, there’s a little voice inside you that’s unsatisfied with the hamster-wheel of the familiar. Maybe there’s a little flame inside you that just needs a little encouragement to burn bright.
This book challenges the notion that settling for “realistic” goals is the only way to live. We are not meant to shrink our dreams to fit the constraints of our current realities, but grow ourselves to embrace the bold vision that resides within us.
Jade Tracy is a pseudonym (pen name) for Rochelle van Niekerk, used to write this first book on dreaming big, silencing your inner critic, and building a future worth living for.
Jade was the first fictional character I ever wrote down - she was brave, strong, protective of those that neede help, and she didn't let what anyone else think of her slow her down. This character came to be on of my inspirations - a sort of alter-ego for me, like an inner hero - and it seemed right to use her name to write something which I hope will inspire and empower anyone who reads it.
I hope everyone can find their "Jade Tracy" - their vision of the powerful, fearless person they're growing to become.
-Rochelle
Rise and Renew: Redefining After Traumatic Injury
The Basics to Creating a Beautiful Memory Scrapbook Page
Be Unique - Look Unique: A Blueprint for Handmaking a Unique Patchwork Skirt
Wake Up and Dream - Reigniting Your Inner Fire
And more!
Mindset: Is Your Inner Story Helping or Harming You? (Title TBC)
Mindset: Rebuilding After Traumatic Injury (Title TBC)
More soon!
Rochelle van Niekerk
Living on a remote island gives plenty of motivation to find ways to work remotely, and the growing connectivity of the internet provides a highway to connections across the world.
Growing up in a homeschooled family of nine and growing up across two continents (Scotland, Namibia, and South Africa) has contributed to the diverse set of knowledge and skills I've accumulated - be it scrapbooking, sewing, amateur woodworking, or online content creation.
"The Game Has Changed" 2024 event by Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi was a wake-up call for me to realise that I do actually have dreams, that I should actually have dreams, and that there are actually ways for me to achieve them. This feeling of being alive again has lit me on fire - and it is my greatest desire that others should feel it too.
Dream Big.
Use Your Gifts.
Do Great Things.
If you're still here... thank you for sticking around! I appreciate the time you've taken - the most valuable commodity of all - to read through my content. I hope you enjoy my "babies", (as I consider my creations) and I'd love to hear from you what you think of any of it!
Best wishes for your day!
Rochelle
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