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Ah, Eugenia, you are breath of fresh air. I have been very stressed; over challenges I have no control over. I've had so-called professionals lie to me, and my adult son. I've given these people money when they never completed the project. I wake up in the morning frightened and then spend the day working on my attitude and focusing on my blessings...of which there are many. So, at "76," I am still learning lessons. Wishing everyone joy.
altough we have very different lives, I so deeply resonte with the story you told us today. 2024 was a very hard year, lots of changes and unstability. Things didn't go as planned and now I am here digesting it all and finally reaching a even deeper sense of letting go, taking myself out of the way and allowing a higher force to guide me. When the path in front disappears, you become the path...moment to moment, finding joy in the ordinary, breath by breath surrendinrg into the unknown.
Eugenia, extrañaba mucho tus videos siempre me traen paz y me dan esperanzas. Es un placer volver a verte, gracias por tu generosidad en compartir tus procesos. Un gran abrazo para este comienzo de año y espero que todo lo difícil del año pasado se pueda descomponer en tierra fértil para los nuevos brotes, ideas, proyectos y cuidados 🌿🌱🌺 🌼
Happy new year.good to hear from you, after a good rest. That's a beautiful rental apartment, looks newly built.Hope you all enjoy the space.Cant wait to see you in the new house under construction, you deserve it.😃
Happy New Year. ✨ So lovely to see you all and even more so while enjoying this new space and home together. May it be a peaceful sanctuary for you all. 🤲🏽✨🐾🌸🫀
Je decouvre ta chaine. Tu as un appartement magnifique, lumineux, minimaliste, décoré avec goût. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi la traduction automatique ne fonctionne pas sur tes videos. C’est dommage. Mon anglais n’est pas assez bon bon pour tout comprendre.
So happy to see you and your family back Eugenia! Your videos give me so much inspiration. I can really relate to you, also moved country recently and a settle was needed to find calmness again. Hope 2025 will be fine for everyone of us 🤍✨
I so relate to enjoying modern conveniences - I make RUclips videos about my life semi off grid in a tiny house in the remote west and am visiting my mom right now and just to have running water feels like an incredible luxury or not having to build a fire for heat. I still love my way of life and it’s nice to have a break. May this new space bring you the healing and ease you need! ❤
I’m so glad that you are able to take the time you need. I can’t imagine how exhausting living to keep your land alive is. Thank you for sharing ALL the aspects of your journey. Can’t wait to see your next adventures.
Dear Eugenia, happy New Year to you, Pepe and the fur babies. A new perspective and place to live ( for however long) is balm for the soul! I hope that you find peace, joy and relaxation. Yes, 2024 was a shocker of a year - 2025 appears to have a much kinder energy - thank goodness! Sending you all big hugs and love from Australia! ❤❤❤❤
Happy New Year! What a lovely flat. I can only imagine how hard the tint home/homestead life is. I know that I definitely couldnt do it for a long time. You deserve a break ❤
I just adore your style Eugenia and so look forward to the artistic direction of your videos. Also, I always learn from your very wise proverbs. Thank you. :)
That place looks beautiful Eugenia. It’s a great idea for you and Pepe to take some time away from your homestead, especially since it’s winter. You guys can enjoy the modern amenities like you said as well. Lolita cuddling up with Pepe was so adorable. Use this time to reset your minds and bodies. Love to Aspen and Lolita ❤❤
Would love to hear what your plans are with the other property. I am in a transitional time myself, trying to take a leap of faith of moving into a new space with alot of potential. So hard to make big decisions!
Ok, I am in love with Lolita! Each time I see her, I am so grateful she survived her health crisis and is still here. I loved her tactics of trying to get Eugenia's attention. She's a girl with attitude alright. Sending light and love to yours and Pepes new adventure. May it unfold many a blessing...
Thank you, Eugenia! Such a comforting and inspiring video - I have been feeling like you and this gives me courage to make some changes. You have made your new home so beautiful and calm! Also I love the blanket on your couch, beautiful colours!
Happy new year Eugenia n Pepe n to lolita 😘... This rental place is beautiful n so serene... Enjoy a lovely staycation to recharge rejuvenate, recenter your lives... Much needed for all hardcore work you do back home.... Keep posting videos... Love this serenity❤❤
I love the aesthetic of your cabin life but I think it causes you great stress as you have a need to curate and control your environment. Wishing you peace and serenity wherever you are.
Feliz Año Eugenia. Te deseo buena suerte con tus nuevos planes para el 2025. Disfruta de este parentesis en tu project anterior y espero que te sirva para recargar pilas y regresar con energias renovadas.😀
I enjoyed this video so much and I'm so happy for you! So glad youre taking time for yourself and to just be!! Because I've been worried sometimes when I watched your videos because you guys push yourself so hard for so long.. i hope you can enjoy this time and find a good balance for when you get back to your home that youre building..❤
😂I would never own a fluffy dog that sheds because my Labradors shed enough to kill vacuums within 2 years usually. I have a robot vacuum on each level of the house to help me ave time. Love the new apartment!! I’m always surprised how much didn’t come with it, here they’re fully furnished in most areas. Glad you’re taking care of yourself! I just made granola for the week’s breakfasts, salmon for lunches and am working on sourdough breads now. 😊
Beautiful flat! It looks close to where I live. Beautiful region. Take good care, heal and get grounded. Sorry for all the entitled comments. People can be ridiculous behind their keyboards.
Surprises. Your studio is lovely. I probably wouldn't remember to duck when I went to bed and knock my brains out multible times. I wish you would tell us more. Did you sell everything in Portugal? Are you planning on returning? I've so enjoyed your gardens. I'm glad the furbabies are happy too.
Love the apartment! Esp the sunlight! Will you do a Q&A sonn to tell us a bit more about how you see 2025? Do you think you will finish the house you are building this year? And if you do, will you be moving in this year? If so, will you keep the tiny home as a garden space to have a cosy place to be when you are enjoying the summer?
Gracias Eugenia por compartir tus lecciones y aprendizajes con el 🌎 se agradece tanta realidad, simpleza y estética a la vez. Te envío mucho amor para ti y Pepe 💖
I’ve read many of the comments below. This is a very evolved awakened couple. I applaud their choices. All of them. We are simply an audience. We choose our channels. There’s no need to project anything into the choices these conscious individuals make. A refreshing display of evolutionary creativity is in fact refreshing. Bravo to this courageous couple, may they continue to prosper through their renewed commitment to change and expansion❤ Again, 👏👏👏
Thank you for your video, I wonder how is Lolita adapting to the indoor life? I have an indoor/outdoor cat and have been thinking of moving. It’s so hard to find a place with an outdoor area like garden as I have now, so I wondered if Lolita is ok? Perhaps my cat would be too.
@EugeniaDiaz - I love your channel and your videos but these captions are very very hard to read as someone who is vision impaired😵💫 and if you’re not narrating that part of the video, i miss the entire story, and am left in ignorance 😢can you please be mindful of that?🙏 grazie millie bella 💖
Hi Eugenia, lovely to meet you. What a beautiful video, so aesthetically beautiful ❤ I am a new content creator. I love in Spain, although British. I wondered where you are? Truly so calming and relaxing, thank you ❤
J’avoue ne plus trés bien comprendre ce qui se passe. Je commence à me lasser et pense laisser tomber cette fois, il n’y a plus l’authenticité du début.
Omg 😅 Lolita made me laugh the whole video ….. the expression on her face and rolling on the floor . Happy New Year to all of you 🎉 Wishing you lots of healing , love and laughter 🌺♥️🌺 M :)
Happy/Blessed New Year….i always look forward to your Beautiful Elegant videos….i sssooo understand about living in transitioning housing…why I enjoy your videos is because I live In substandard transitional housing and it lets me enjoy your beauty and yummy foods….AND….the pets….it is all divine and I love it…stay happy and healthy….love love love…love all of you….Spiritdancing/Darlene 🎉🎉💃💃💞💞🥰🥰💯💯💯💯
Just as equally confused about your living situation as everyone else seems to be.. hoping you’re both happy and healthy in this new chapter of your lives.
It's so obvious what's happening I can't see how it's confusing: Eugenia suffered from a miscarriage last year, it was emotionally and physically devastating for them and she's already mentioned in other videos that running their homestead was very hard to do while she was recovering from it. Eventually they've decided to rent this studio apartment so that they (probably mainly Eugenia) can have a more restful time while they continue to work on their main house. The homestead is a lot of work and it seems that Eugenia just isn't up to it for the moment. They probably go back all the time to maintain things/build the house.
@@akuaand It’s not really that obvious to be honest. They haven’t addressed it, not that they have to by any means and someone said this place isn’t even in Portugal so I can see why it wouldn’t make much sense to most people.
@veronicacanaveira1068 if you've been watching her videos consistently then it's quite obvious. I mean it's incredibly obvious that they aren't conpletely abandoning their house that they're in the middle of building so the only logical conclusion based on all the things we know from her previous videos, is what I already said. She's given you all the information already
@@akuaand I do watch her videos continuously, and I didn’t form this conclusion, nor did a lot of other people going off of the comments. Regardless of their situation, as I said, I wished them a healthy and happy life. Thanks for clarifying.
Eugenia, Lo siento. No tenía idea que estabas sufriendo tanto. Reconozco que el aborto espontáneo fue muy difícil y le guardo mucha simpatía como lo he sufrido yo misma. Pero recuérdate que tú y Pepe han creado una existencia bella que incluye una comunidad grande. la cual te apoya y te quiere mucho. Eso en sí es un gran éxito y un regalo que tiene muchísimo valor. Creo yo que ser artista significa sufrir mucho porque el artista percibe profundamente la belleza y la fragilidad de todo en esta existencia. Es importante cultivar a lo largo de la vida resistencia, el hábito de apreciar y mantener su vulnerabilidad. Tu demuestras toda estas cualidades siempre..❤
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Ah, Eugenia, you are breath of fresh air. I have been very stressed; over challenges I have no control over. I've had so-called professionals lie to me, and my adult son. I've given these people money when they never completed the project. I wake up in the morning frightened and then spend the day working on my attitude and focusing on my blessings...of which there are many. So, at "76," I am still learning lessons. Wishing everyone joy.
altough we have very different lives, I so deeply resonte with the story you told us today. 2024 was a very hard year, lots of changes and unstability. Things didn't go as planned and now I am here digesting it all and finally reaching a even deeper sense of letting go, taking myself out of the way and allowing a higher force to guide me. When the path in front disappears, you become the path...moment to moment, finding joy in the ordinary, breath by breath surrendinrg into the unknown.
Eugenia, extrañaba mucho tus videos siempre me traen paz y me dan esperanzas. Es un placer volver a verte, gracias por tu generosidad en compartir tus procesos. Un gran abrazo para este comienzo de año y espero que todo lo difícil del año pasado se pueda descomponer en tierra fértil para los nuevos brotes, ideas, proyectos y cuidados 🌿🌱🌺 🌼
Happy new year.good to hear from you, after a good rest. That's a beautiful rental apartment, looks newly built.Hope you all enjoy the space.Cant wait to see you in the new house under construction, you deserve it.😃
Happy New Year. ✨ So lovely to see you all and even more so while enjoying this new space and home together. May it be a peaceful sanctuary for you all. 🤲🏽✨🐾🌸🫀
such a beautiful space! you guys have great taste and the video was lovely, looking forward more videos about this new adventure!
Je decouvre ta chaine. Tu as un appartement magnifique, lumineux, minimaliste, décoré avec goût. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi la traduction automatique ne fonctionne pas sur tes videos. C’est dommage. Mon anglais n’est pas assez bon bon pour tout comprendre.
So happy to see you and your family back Eugenia! Your videos give me so much inspiration. I can really relate to you, also moved country recently and a settle was needed to find calmness again. Hope 2025 will be fine for everyone of us 🤍✨
I so relate to enjoying modern conveniences - I make RUclips videos about my life semi off grid in a tiny house in the remote west and am visiting my mom right now and just to have running water feels like an incredible luxury or not having to build a fire for heat. I still love my way of life and it’s nice to have a break. May this new space bring you the healing and ease you need! ❤
Happy New Year Eugenia, glad to see you🎉🎉❤ This is exciting!
I’m so glad that you are able to take the time you need. I can’t imagine how exhausting living to keep your land alive is. Thank you for sharing ALL the aspects of your journey. Can’t wait to see your next adventures.
Happy New Year 🩷
Thank you for sharing a little bit of your life with us. What a beautiful space to heal and live in.
Happy New Year to you and Pepe and of course to the fur babies .Wishing you a happy healthy year moving forward in all your plans !❤
Dear Eugenia, happy New Year to you, Pepe and the fur babies. A new perspective and place to live ( for however long) is balm for the soul! I hope that you find peace, joy and relaxation. Yes, 2024 was a shocker of a year - 2025 appears to have a much kinder energy - thank goodness! Sending you all big hugs and love from Australia! ❤❤❤❤
Happy New Year! We'll be starting our journey doing research in Portugal and Spain. Would love to retire there someday!
I actually love your sense of humor and can imagine this is a long overdue and needed break for you. Enjoy it 💛
So happy you found a way to relax and take time to reset 💕 If I could ask, where is your sofa from? It's beautiful!
Best of luck in this new space!😊
Happy New Year! What a lovely flat. I can only imagine how hard the tint home/homestead life is. I know that I definitely couldnt do it for a long time. You deserve a break ❤
What a lovely new home! It's great to have so much light and space. But what is happening with your other property? Can Lolita still get outside?
I just adore your style Eugenia and so look forward to the artistic direction of your videos. Also, I always learn from your very wise proverbs. Thank you. :)
What a beautiful peaceful space. I hope you both find the rest and healing that you need. May I ask the brand of the vacuum you used.
I think it is Dyson.
That place looks beautiful Eugenia. It’s a great idea for you and Pepe to take some time away from your homestead, especially since it’s winter. You guys can enjoy the modern amenities like you said as well. Lolita cuddling up with Pepe was so adorable. Use this time to reset your minds and bodies. Love to Aspen and Lolita ❤❤
Would love to hear what your plans are with the other property. I am in a transitional time myself, trying to take a leap of faith of moving into a new space with alot of potential. So hard to make big decisions!
Ok, I am in love with Lolita! Each time I see her, I am so grateful she survived her health crisis and is still here. I loved her tactics of trying to get Eugenia's attention. She's a girl with attitude alright. Sending light and love to yours and Pepes new adventure. May it unfold many a blessing...
Я скучала!! Все очень красиво!!❤
Thank you for the video! I missed you!
Congratulations on your new home! Lots of blessings. Lolita is so adorable😍😍
You have created a very beautiful space. May I ask where I can find your lovely skirt and top ? Your style is so inspiring. ❤
Happy New Year Eugenia, and may it be a beautiful one for you and your family. This new spot is gorgeous! Thank you for always sharing your heart. ❤️
Parabéns ao casal pela sua dedicação um grande abraço ❤❤
Thank you, Eugenia! Such a comforting and inspiring video - I have been feeling like you and this gives me courage to make some changes. You have made your new home so beautiful and calm! Also I love the blanket on your couch, beautiful colours!
Muy buen contenido, bastante recomendable...Eugenia, que bello departamento...feliz a~nio nuevo a ambos!!!
💛💛💛💛 Love your new home so much !!!
Beautiful space! Thank you for sharing ❤
Happy new year Eugenia n Pepe n to lolita 😘... This rental place is beautiful n so serene... Enjoy a lovely staycation to recharge rejuvenate, recenter your lives... Much needed for all hardcore work you do back home.... Keep posting videos... Love this serenity❤❤
So happy you are back and that you’re well 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Thank you for taking CARE of yourself...Return to say I purchased the book you are reading. Thank you.
Nice to see you back, all the best in 2025 and wishing you new beginnings and achievements and comforts for you both.
I love the aesthetic of your cabin life but I think it causes you great stress as you have a need to curate and control your environment. Wishing you peace and serenity wherever you are.
Feliz Año Eugenia. Te deseo buena suerte con tus nuevos planes para el 2025. Disfruta de este parentesis en tu project anterior y espero que te sirva para recargar pilas y regresar con energias renovadas.😀
Nice yo see you all back together ❤❤❤❤❤😊
I enjoyed this video so much and I'm so happy for you! So glad youre taking time for yourself and to just be!! Because I've been worried sometimes when I watched your videos because you guys push yourself so hard for so long.. i hope you can enjoy this time and find a good balance for when you get back to your home that youre building..❤
Thank you for always sharing such wonderful moments in time
Quel changement ! Profitez bien de ce confort ! Et ravie de te revoir par ici
😂I would never own a fluffy dog that sheds because my Labradors shed enough to kill vacuums within 2 years usually. I have a robot vacuum on each level of the house to help me ave time. Love the new apartment!! I’m always surprised how much didn’t come with it, here they’re fully furnished in most areas. Glad you’re taking care of yourself! I just made granola for the week’s breakfasts, salmon for lunches and am working on sourdough breads now. 😊
I am glad that you and your family are back. Looking forward to more videos. Well wishes
Beautiful minimalistic space.
Happy new year and all the best ❤😊🍀
¡Feliz 2025! Un año más junto a ustedes. Saludos desde 🇦🇷 Claudia y Ivana 🌻
I am so glad you moved.. How wonderful a new chapter and upgrade your space. Congratulations. All good things to come 🤩
It’s so lovely !
It is ok to reevaluate life and happiness at any time and the New Year is a great time 🎉 you will find the right balance for you.
Enjoy the respite. You both deserve it. Time for self-care. Blessings and prayers for a brighter and better year for you and Pepe.
Beautiful flat! It looks close to where I live. Beautiful region. Take good care, heal and get grounded. Sorry for all the entitled comments. People can be ridiculous behind their keyboards.
Drooling over that cinnamon bun! 🥰
That is a huge, luxury studio with an incredible view.
How do they do it?!
Surprises.
Your studio is lovely. I probably wouldn't remember to duck when I went to bed and knock my brains out multible times.
I wish you would tell us more. Did you sell everything in Portugal? Are you planning on returning?
I've so enjoyed your gardens.
I'm glad the furbabies are happy too.
I love your sofa, where is it from?
what an amazing place . How are your cat and dog handling the change in the appartment
Hello. I think it’s a really good idea. And Lolita… 😂🤍 Happy new year. ✨ Bonjour from Quebec city. 💁🏻♀️🇨🇦
Beautiful video, thank you
Eugenia - this was a lovely and elegant video mirrored by your new life-home which is soo lovely - blessings to you Helene
Love the apartment! Esp the sunlight! Will you do a Q&A sonn to tell us a bit more about how you see 2025? Do you think you will finish the house you are building this year? And if you do, will you be moving in this year? If so, will you keep the tiny home as a garden space to have a cosy place to be when you are enjoying the summer?
LOVE this for you Eugenia! Yes!
Gracias Eugenia por compartir tus lecciones y aprendizajes con el 🌎 se agradece tanta realidad, simpleza y estética a la vez. Te envío mucho amor para ti y Pepe 💖
I’ve read many of the comments below. This is a very evolved awakened couple. I applaud their choices. All of them. We are simply an audience. We choose our channels. There’s no need to project anything into the choices these conscious individuals make. A refreshing display of evolutionary creativity is in fact refreshing. Bravo to this courageous couple, may they continue to prosper through their renewed commitment to change and expansion❤ Again, 👏👏👏
What a dope space 👌🏾
Thank you for your video, I wonder how is Lolita adapting to the indoor life? I have an indoor/outdoor cat and have been thinking of moving. It’s so hard to find a place with an outdoor area like garden as I have now, so I wondered if Lolita is ok? Perhaps my cat would be too.
Here for Queen Lolita 🙋🏻♀️👑💅🏼!
Hi Pepe 👋🏼 and sister Eugenia 🫶
Hugs to the gorgeous 🐶
Happy new year ❤😊🥰😘
Yes, modern conveniences! Which vacuum cleaner is that?
It's a Dyson
@EugeniaDiaz - I love your channel and your videos but these captions are very very hard to read as someone who is vision impaired😵💫 and if you’re not narrating that part of the video, i miss the entire story, and am left in ignorance 😢can you please be mindful of that?🙏 grazie millie bella 💖
Hi Eugenia, lovely to meet you. What a beautiful video, so aesthetically beautiful ❤
I am a new content creator. I love in Spain, although British. I wondered where you are?
Truly so calming and relaxing, thank you ❤
Eugênia! You always surprise me... In the good way ❤
J’avoue ne plus trés bien comprendre ce qui se passe. Je commence à me lasser et pense laisser tomber cette fois, il n’y a plus l’authenticité du début.
La vida son cambios... O no? Agua estancada crea olores. Ellos están en proceso, evolución Dicese tbien😊
Um abraço do Brasil 🇧🇷
Hooray! Exciting changes :)
I think the dog an the cat will not be very happy with this change...they love to stay outside in the nature😁😁
omg, Eugenia is back! = Yass! ----- Hola, hola! encantada de verte de neuvo!
So happy for you two. You need rest.
🌞 thx Norway
What part of Catalonia is this or is this Andorra?
When the cat quickly gives up the sofa.😂
Nothing like being rich.......
Are u still in Portugal? Serra de Estrela?
Omg 😅
Lolita made me laugh the whole video ….. the expression on her face and rolling on the floor .
Happy New Year to all of you 🎉
Wishing you lots of healing , love and laughter 🌺♥️🌺
M :)
Happy/Blessed New Year….i always look forward to your Beautiful Elegant videos….i sssooo understand about living in transitioning housing…why I enjoy your videos is because I live In substandard transitional housing and it lets me enjoy your beauty and yummy foods….AND….the pets….it is all divine and I love it…stay happy and healthy….love love love…love all of you….Spiritdancing/Darlene 🎉🎉💃💃💞💞🥰🥰💯💯💯💯
Welcome Back. We have missed you🤍
How do you keep Lolita from scratching the furniture?
Very beatiful. Please what is couch brand? Thank you so mauch for answer.
Fridge squarespace ?
Where did you get the ibuprofen from for the gluten-free recipe
Just as equally confused about your living situation as everyone else seems to be.. hoping you’re both happy and healthy in this new chapter of your lives.
exactly, they are building a new house , which is their house?
It's so obvious what's happening I can't see how it's confusing: Eugenia suffered from a miscarriage last year, it was emotionally and physically devastating for them and she's already mentioned in other videos that running their homestead was very hard to do while she was recovering from it. Eventually they've decided to rent this studio apartment so that they (probably mainly Eugenia) can have a more restful time while they continue to work on their main house. The homestead is a lot of work and it seems that Eugenia just isn't up to it for the moment. They probably go back all the time to maintain things/build the house.
@@akuaand It’s not really that obvious to be honest. They haven’t addressed it, not that they have to by any means and someone said this place isn’t even in Portugal so I can see why it wouldn’t make much sense to most people.
@veronicacanaveira1068 if you've been watching her videos consistently then it's quite obvious. I mean it's incredibly obvious that they aren't conpletely abandoning their house that they're in the middle of building so the only logical conclusion based on all the things we know from her previous videos, is what I already said. She's given you all the information already
@@akuaand I do watch her videos continuously, and I didn’t form this conclusion, nor did a lot of other people going off of the comments. Regardless of their situation, as I said, I wished them a healthy and happy life. Thanks for clarifying.
The Mountain is You changed my life. Enjoy!! ❤
De onde é o aspirador, pf? Parece de qualidade. Quero um desses.
Dyson.
Welcome back ❤
Eugenia, Lo siento. No tenía idea que estabas sufriendo tanto. Reconozco que el aborto espontáneo fue muy difícil y le guardo mucha simpatía como lo he sufrido yo misma. Pero recuérdate que tú y Pepe han creado una existencia bella que incluye una comunidad grande. la cual te apoya y te quiere mucho. Eso en sí es un gran éxito y un regalo que tiene muchísimo valor. Creo yo que ser artista significa sufrir mucho porque el artista percibe profundamente la belleza y la fragilidad de todo en esta existencia. Es importante cultivar a lo largo de la vida resistencia, el hábito de apreciar y mantener su vulnerabilidad. Tu demuestras toda estas cualidades siempre..❤
Whats the name of the book 📖 you showed ?
at 6:08 it is shown: the pivot year
Oh😍, that cat is the boss!