It is all About LOVE
Wholeness. Healing. Love. Evolution.
I am Filiz Hekimoglu
Born in İzmir, shaped by more than thirty countries, and driven by one simple intention: to live a life rich with abundance, joy, and celebration — and to share that life with the people around me.
Discovering, creating, traveling, and sharing through journaling, teaching, healing, storytelling, and celebrating is not just my passion — it is my calling.
My professional life began in international food trade. For over twenty years I built and ran Ara Gıda, connecting suppliers across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Commerce taught me resilience and the art of building trust across cultures.
But food was never just business for me. It was always a language.
And teaching was always a calling — not from a textbook, but from life itself. Not from a textbook, but from life itself. I teach through dream journeys and healing journeys. Through the stories we carry, the wounds we transform, and the dreams we dare to follow. I believe that every person holds within them a map to their own life, own truth — and my role is simply to make possible to them read it.
🍳 TheLongTable — The social side of cooking
In Urla, in Özlem’s wood-fired kitchen, my dear friend Filiz Ozkan first taught me that cooking is never just about food — it is about connection, generosity, and the joy of sharing.
When life took me to Kuwait I met Meltem, and in October 2017 we held our first cooking class. What happened next surprised even us. TheLongTable became a gathering place for people from every nationality — cooking, laughing, and sharing meals together. Nine years later. Two hundred classes. Thousands of seats filled. A community that keeps growing.
Because some tables, once set, never truly empty.
🌱 TheLongTalk — Practical wonder for the modern mystics
Over time my work moved toward healing and personal transformation. I became a certified Life Coach and Healing Practitioner and began supporting people emotionally and spiritually.
TheLongTalk was born from this — a magical school where the essence can be felt rather than articulated. A platform for teachers, healers and creators to share their knowledge with a conscious international community.
Are you ready to find your way back to yourself?
✈️ TheLongTravel — A dream journal
Visiting more than thirty countries taught me how similar people truly are beneath different languages and traditions. Everywhere I went I found the same human needs — kindness, belonging, love and hope.
From the Sigiriya Rock in Sri Lanka to the Schönbrunn Palace Orangery in Vienna, from the streets of Krakow to the ancient stupas of Anuradhapura — every journey changed something in me permanently.
The more I journey, the more I realize how little I know.
🌸 Bloom — Everyone has a story. Everyone is unique.
Together with Penni and Jacqui I co-created Bloom Magazine — a free platform for creative writers, artists, teachers and healers from around the world to share their voices, their stories, and their gifts.
Just your story and the world waiting to hear it.
🛒 Collection — Every object has a story
I have always believed that the objects around us are not neutral. They carry energy. They hold stories. The Collection was born from this belief — a curated space for unique handmade works, artistic products, and thoughtful objects chosen with intention and love.
💛 Family
The most important role in my life has always been being a mother. My son Tibet and my dog Topa and my masters LBF, SS, CT, TA, HH have been my greatest teachers. They taught me how to love.
💫 Today
Today I continue developing international projects — building platforms focused on education, creativity, travel, wellness, and human connection and celebrating life while traveling.
But beyond titles and businesses, I see myself simply as someone who keeps evolving — a woman who believes in reinvention, meaningful experiences, and building bridges between people, cultures, and ideas.
I value warmth over perfection, authenticity over appearance, and purpose over status.
Whether through a meal, a course, a journey, or a story — my intention is always the same: to inspire connection, growth, and a more conscious way of living.
You are welcome here.
Filiz Hekimoglu