Magic exists.
If you choose to see it.
Not as an escape from real life but as the most beautiful way to live it.
I'm Derya, and I believe the world is a storybook. I choose to read it as a fairytale and that's exactly how I'm writing my own chapter in it. Every fortnight I share what I find.
Every two weeks, a letter lands in your inbox.
A museum that changed how I see something. A walk that turned into a revelation. A myth I found buried in an Amsterdam street. I use history, mythology, culture, art - whatever I'm noticing - to find the extraordinary hiding inside ordinary days.
And sometimes? A short story - inspired by history and mythology to help you feel the magic, not just read it.
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Bath this summer. Amsterdam coming soon.
Come walk a city with me, through its history, its myths, its hidden magic.
The Magical Journey Workshops
“Magic is simply finding the extraordinary within the ordinary”
— Derya
What People Are Saying
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"The greatest gift for me was to recapture a sense of magic that I haven’t felt in my home city for a long time. And the even greater gift of knowing how to tap into it whenever I want."
- Maritza, Amsterdam
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“I loved the sense of sisterhood Derya and you fostered in the group through the intro exercises and lots of opportunities to chat and connect as we walked around."
- Tessa, Bath/UK
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“The writing exercises and prompts were so helpful at kickstarting my creative writing flow. Derya’s knowledge of the city was so vast and deep I now feel full of stories, and I know how to get them out."
- Izzy, Bath/UK
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"The variety of locations and activities was so delicious, and put me in touch with my heart and my feelings, which I know helps me to write better"
- Jesicca, Bath/UK
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She's Magic.
This is the inside of the fairytale.
The blog is where I share the magic I find in the world. She's Magic is where I share what it actually takes to choose it every day.
The resistance. The rituals. The small things I sprinkle into ordinary days to make them feel alive. A personal belief. A recipe. A dance routine. A mindfuck I'm working through.
A letter to you about what choosing magic really looks like from the inside.
This is my most personal writing. A paid membership - weekly letter, real community, women choosing magic together.
Between letters, I'm on Instagram.
