How’s your heart doing today? ❤️ How’s your energy level right now? 🧐

March feels reeeally intense—do you feel it as well? 🔥 I feel a bit exhausted for no reason but I’m loving everything that’s happening energetically! It feels like so much is in motion. Lately, life has been unfolding beautifully and I’m just grateful to be here on this planet, experiencing it all.

Spring is arriving this weekend, and tomorrow, I turn 32! (Can’t believe I’m officially a proper adult, I've even got a few white hairs coming in… so sexy! 🤣) As we step into the last week of winter, we’re also preparing to enter the real new year—a time to shed the old and embrace the new. Just as nature begins to bloom, so do we. 🌸✨

In this second newsletter, my talented friend Athenaïs, whom I met in 2020, shares her vision of Berlin, while astrologer Jennifer Eireen deciphers the cosmic energy for the next two weeks! You’ll also find two beautiful illustrations by Elsa, a Berlin-based illustrator I recently discovered on Instagram, along with a photo I took of our stunning TV tower!

Athenaïs is a French producer, live performer, and DJ based in Berlin. Founder of Coucou Records: a label and collective fostering creative experimentation, open-genre music, and community. Her music intertwines electronic and acoustic elements. Traveling through bewitching vocals, retro synths, poetic lyrics in French or English, and textured field recordings. Drawing inspiration from Electronica, Synth-Pop, and Indie, Athenaïs merges structured melodies with raw improvisation. Her sound creates a space where nostalgia, storytelling, and experimentation meet, crafting a hypnotic experience.

What’s your favorite thing about living in Berlin

The freedom to be. Berlin doesn’t ask you to fit in, it gives you space to become who you are. It’s a city full of contrast. Chaos and stillness. Structure and improvisation. The weight of history and the spirit of rebellion. Berlin allows you to explore beyond labels and expectations. There’s room to dream, experiment, fail, and start again. Every neighbourhood has its own rhythm, its own character. Embracing creativity, diversity, and rawness. And despite being a big city, nature is always present. Places to breathe, to pause, to just be.

What’s one thing you’ve learned from Berlin that you couldn’t have learned anywhere else?

I moved here at 18. Berlin shaped me. It taught me to be independent, to trust, to let go. To take responsibility for the life I create. I left and returned, caught in that love/hate relationship. Through it, I learned that home is within. No matter where I go, I’ll always face myself. Berlin made me see that. It continues to teach me how to move through life with openness, love, and resilience.

How Berlin influenced your journey?

Berlin amplified my DIY spirit. It showed me that with imagination and dedication, you can create anything from scratch. The city is proof of that: reinventing, reclaiming, transforming. Abandoned spaces become playgrounds for music, art, and expression. That energy shaped how I live. Seeing creativity not just as something I do, but as a way of being. I’ve explored many artistic disciplines here: photography, set design, editing, music production, live, DJing, and now curating events. Berlin allowed me to embrace that fluidity and not feel confined to one path. It inspires me to show my authentic and vulnerable self, trusting that it’s enough.

What advice would you give to someone new to Berlin looking to create music?

Just dive in. Experiment. Connect with those around you, artists and friends. Learn from them. Don’t worry about asking the basic questions. Do it from the heart, not for approval. Perfectionism can hold you back. People connect with the journey, not just the result. And when you finish, you’re already starting something new! 

If Berlin had a soundtrack, what song would best describe your life here?

Alice Phoebe Lou - Berlin Blues. It came out the year I arrived, in 2015. The song captures that feeling of homesickness and excitement, of struggle and strength. Berlin challenged me, but also gave me freedom and perseverance. It’s about finding your place in a city that makes you confront yourself, while still offering space to grow.

What's your favorite place to play in Berlin and why?

My favorite place to play is the Genezarethkirche in Neukölln. Since starting our event series with Coucou Records, it’s become home. I’m grateful for how it brings people together, transforming the church into a space for art, spirit, and social projects. Living so close to it, I really feel part of the community, like in a village. But don’t get me wrong, I still love the vibe of a good Sisyphos beach rave on a sunny Sunday ;)

What are you working on right now that excites you, and how can people support you?

I’m about to release my second album LÂCHER PRISE on my new label, Coucou Records (04.04.2025). I’ll be having my first release party at the church where we’ve hosted the Club Coucou series! The event will be cozy, with a big pink carpet to relax on and delicious food in the garden. There will be a photography exhibition tied to the album, plus a new show featuring a dancer, saxophonist, and percussionist. We’ll also have another performance of L’Orgue du Futur, with psychedelic electronic organ, and a movement workshop with Saida. Join us Thursday, April 3rd, at Genezarethkirche—doors open at 6 PM. The best way to support is to share this special moment together. So come through, it’ll be fun ❤

JOIN & SUPPORT THE NEXT COUCOU EVENT HERE - I will be there!

Connect with Athenaïs:
- Instagram: Athenaïs & Coucou records
- Listen her music on Spotify or Soundcloud
- YouTube here
- Coucou Records on Bandcamp, Soundcloud
- Next Coucou events on Telegram

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The last two weeks of March bring us intensity as we integrate two quantic ECLIPSE PORTALS and two intense RETROGRADE seasons, while trying to step into EQUINOX equilibrium. Both Mercury & Venus turn backwards in search of deep reflections, as they travel side by side from Aries to Pisces. This stirs echoes of the past as we revisit themes from earlier this year. Mercury touches stories from early March, while Venus revisits feelings from the end of January. What topics were present for you? This may be another round of “challenging my own shadows”! As they transit over Sun, Saturn, North Node, and Neptune, we can confront themes of self, structure, destiny and belief – redefining identity, purpose, and illusion. Realizations may be heavily focused on the power of your 'role' and it's meaning – for you & society. Relationship dynamics take the stage as we confront limitations defining our reality and understand how relating to the world and people is actually enabling Plutonian osmosis aka evolutionary transformation. With the Moon transiting these aspects, we are invited to find nourishment in these themes and be patient with our emotions. As March ends, Neptune enters Aries, which initiates a whole new perspective and energy of how to bring your realizations into action... slowly, slowly … at the start of a 13-year cycle!

Explore, awaken & connect with Jen:
🔮 Website & Booking
💫 Instagram
🎬 YouTube
🌿 Telegram

Thank you HANDPICKED BERLIN for featuring me in the “Coffee Talks” section of their newsletter! Thank you SOUL COLLECTIVE for writing an amazing article about me in their newsletter ❤

In Berlin’s creative, spiritual, and wellness circles, I see so many talented people struggling to value their work—especially when it comes to financial recognition. So many are finding it hard to earn money doing what they love. Honestly, I’ve been there too. I write in the past tense because it’s the only way I can fully step into the abundant version of myself.

For most of my life, I used to believe that creating from the heart and making money couldn’t coexist. This, I realize, is deeply rooted in how our society has long undervalued these fields. Think back to school—how much time was really dedicated to art, sports, or creative expression? On top of that, we’re conditioned to believe that jobs centered around helping others shouldn’t be highly paid. For years, I was stuck in that mindset too. I’m still on the journey, expanding my ability to receive so I can give even more—because deep down, I know we are all worthy, and abundance is our birthright.

What I want to share with you is this: we are the only ones who have the power to truly value our work. No one else will set the right price for it—so take your power back and don’t let others decide what your work is worth.

When people told me that €35 for a 4-hour workshop was expensive, I reminded myself that: First, it’s simply their perception of value, shaped by how they see a certain field and their own self-worth. Second, it’s ultimately a matter of priorities—many of those same people wouldn’t hesitate to spend that amount on dinner, drinks, or fast fashion, yet they question investing in their own growth and well-being.

When we start valuing ourselves, our time, our work and saying no to those who don’t value it, and when we let go of old beliefs, outdated habits, and pricing, our external reality begins to shift!

Let’s raise the value of what our hearts truly want and need. Fake it until you make it, and trust that the alignment will follow 💖

Journaling questions:
- How do you define your own worth, and where in your life might you be undervaluing yourself?
- How do you currently measure your value
- How do you feel about receiving support, love, or success?
- What beliefs or fears might be holding you back from asking for a raise, setting higher prices?

Video Recommandation: The Truth About Self Worth and Money - Bashar
Book Recommandation: You are a Badass at Making Money - Jen Sincero
Podcast Recommandation: How to break free from financial anxiety & create wealth - The School of Greatness

SUPPORT A PROJECT: POLYPHASE

If you don’t know Polyphase yet, they’re a Berlin-based collective creating space for female and gender-expansive (FLINTA) artists to explore sound and music on their own terms. Through events, workshops, and community-building, they’re shaping a more inclusive and independent scene. Whether it’s live performances, hands-on learning, or just connecting over shared passion, Polyphase is all about making space for creativity and collaboration.
Check out their website & follow the collective on Instagram

Thank you for being part of the tribe! 🪶

💌 Love from Berlin,
Sabrina Jeblaoui