From Surviving to Supporting: How Two Friends Turned Their Healing Into Transformative Jewellery
By Megan & Natasha Makara We’re Natasha and Megan, lifelong friends who never expected that our hardest chapters would one day become the foundation of something that helps other women heal. Between us, we’ve faced domestic violence, grief, trauma, severe illness, crippling anxiety and moments where coping meant turning to habits that hurt us more […]
Gates of Heaven (reimagined from Dante’s Gates of Hell)
Cuore di Dante (Dante’s Heart), drawn by Iluá Hauck da Silva, on the day/night of the 700th anniversary of his death. Through me you go to the healthy city Through me to everlasting wellbeing you go Through me you go and pass among saved souls Justice inspired my exalted Creator. I am a creature of the […]
Review: A Toast to Wellbeing at 28°-50° Marylebone 🍷
There’s something quietly restorative about spending an afternoon in good company, swirling a glass of wine, and learning something new. At 28°-50° Marylebone, a wine tasting workshop becomes more than just a lesson in grapes – it’s a gentle act of self-care. The setting is warm and elegant, with soft lighting and an inviting hum […]
Welcome to autumn Hopezine 2025
As the leaves turn golden and the air grows crisp, we welcome you to the heavenly autumn edition of Hopezine, a celebration of the little pieces of heaven scattered across our earthly planes. This season, we invite you to slow down, take a deep breathe, and notice the divine in the everyday. From the rustle […]
What Heaven Means to Me
by Just Ben When I think about Heaven, I don’t see it as some distant realm we escape to after death, but as something deeply interwoven with life itself. For me, Heaven is not only a destination but a reality that begins here and now—whenever we open ourselves fully to God’s presence, love, and truth. […]
The natural world is enough
By Jordon Horn When faced with the task to describe heaven – my brain instinctively goes straight back to the psalms, the hymns, and the many masses I experienced in all those cold draughty hours spent in the various churches I attended in my childhood. All those hours of not fully paying attention, each hour […]
Notes on the afterlife
By Star Zahra The afterlife is a topic that hangs over our heads, heavy with speculation and controversy. But really, it is an extension of our fears. We desperately want to believe that there is meaning to our lives. Transition is an essential element of human nature, everything always leads to another stage. From pregnancy, […]
“Will it go to God?” asks poet Star Zahra
By Star Zahra The closest I ever felt to heaven as a child was wandering through the shrubs for hours, chasing butterflies, grasshoppers and the shy touch-me-not flowers. Those flowers fascinated me most. They were probably my first window into questions about nature and its ways. How could such a small, delicate plant react to […]
Heavenly: a short story by author Brian Beard
HEAVENLY By Brian Beard `Different strokes for different folks` might well be a universal take on what `Heaven` means to people. A sweetshop, wherein to help yourself, might be heaven for a child, mountains of cash might be an adult`s take on what it means to be in heaven. In between there would be myriad […]
Your First Christmas in Heaven
by Amanda Nicholson If there’s a heaven Tailor made to each of us You’ll be in yours Winding all the angels up With just one more Christmas decoration A light up Santa, or an inflatable snowman Until your house up there Begins to look like Lapland In your own personal heaven You’ll never leave the […]